Seattle Mariners vs Cleveland Indians
August 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 7 1 2 0
Jones cf 5 0 2 0
Bochte 1b 6 0 2 2
Horton dh 5 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Stein 3b 1 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 6 0 2 0
Milbourne ss 4 1 2 0
  Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
Simpson rf 6 3 5 1
Stinson c 5 1 2 2
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 17 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 5 1 1 0
Manning cf 6 1 2 0
Bonds rf 3 1 1 0
  Pruitt c 2 0 0 0
  Veryzer pr 0 0 0 0
  Hassey c 1 0 0 0
Harrah ss 6 1 2 3
Johnson dh 4 1 2 1
Thornton 1b 5 0 1 0
Alexander c 2 0 1 0
  Alston rf 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 5 0 0 0
Rosello 3b 3 0 1 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox 3b 1 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 11 4
Seattle 002 003 000 0016172
Cleveland 200 001 101 0005112
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt   6.2 8 4 3 3 5
  McLaughlin  W (6-4) 5.1 3 1 1 1 5
Totals
12.0
11
5
4
4
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner   5.2 12 5 5 3 2
  Paxton   4.1 4 0 0 0 1
  Cruz  L (3-8) 2.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
17
6
5
3
4

  E–R Jones (4), Bochte (14), Harrah (16), Kuiper (7).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Seattle Paciorek (21,off Spillner); Bochte (30,off Spillner); Milbourne (12,off Spillner); R Jones 2 (28,off Spillner,off Paxton); Simpson (9,off Cruz), Cleveland Harrah (22,off McLaughlin).  HR–Seattle Stinson (6,6th inning off Spillner 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Harrah (13,1st inning off Honeycutt 1 on, 2 out); Johnson (12,6th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Meyer (4,off Paxton); Stinson (6,off Paxton); Hargrove (2,off Honeycutt).  IBB–Meyer (10,by Spillner).  SB–Alexander (4,2nd base off Honeycutt/Stinson).  CS–Manning (6,2nd base by Honeycutt/Stinson).  WP–Spillner (5).  IBB–Spillner (4,Meyer).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:45.  A–5,048.
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