Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 2, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 1 1
Jones cf 5 2 3 1
Bochte 1b 5 1 2 1
Horton dh 4 0 2 1
Meyer 3b 4 0 2 1
Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0
Simpson rf 3 1 0 0
Milbourne ss 4 0 0 0
Cox c 3 0 0 0
  Stinson c 1 1 1 0
Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 2 2 0
Bailor rf 4 2 1 0
Solaita dh 1 0 0 1
  Carty ph,dh 3 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 2 1 1 1
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 1
Howell 3b 4 1 3 4
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Woods lf 3 1 1 0
Ainge 2b 3 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Seattle 000 110 0215122
Toronto 000 420 20x8101
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  L (0-2) 4.1 3 5 4 2 1
  Hinton   1.2 5 3 2 0 0
  Stein   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
3
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (6-5) 7.1 10 4 3 1 2
  Jefferson  SV (1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
1
2

  E–Meyer (18), Simpson (5), Griffin (27).  DP–Seattle 1, Toronto 2.  2B–Seattle Bochte 2 (32,off Stieb 2); Horton (15,off Stieb).  3B–Toronto Griffin (7,off Twitchell).  HR–Toronto Howell (12,4th inning off Twitchell 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Ainge (7,off Twitchell).  SF–Solaita (1,off Twitchell).  HBP–Bailor (5,by Twitchell); Griffin (4,by R Stein).  IBB–Mayberry (7,by R Stein).  SB–R Jones (27,2nd base off Stieb/Cerone).  CS–Bosetti (10,2nd base by Twitchell/Cox).  WP–Twitchell (2), Hinton (1).  HBP–Twitchell (2,Bailor); R Stein (1,Griffin).  IBB–R Stein (4,Mayberry).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:26.  A–14,776.
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