Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1979 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 3 0
Wills 2b 4 2 2 1
Oliver lf 4 0 2 0
Bell 3b 5 1 2 3
Montanez dh 3 0 0 0
  Ellis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 2 0 1 1
  Zisk ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Grubb rf 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0
Mahlberg c 3 0 0 0
Norman ss 4 0 1 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 2 2
Meyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 2 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 0 0 0
Cox c 3 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 1 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 2 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Texas 300 000 2005110
Seattle 000 020 000240
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (14-10) 9.0 4 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott  L (13-9) 6.1 9 5 5 4 3
  Rawley   2.2 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Texas Rivers (24,off Parrott); Putnam (18,off Parrott), Seattle Horton (16,off Comer).  3B–Seattle Horton (5,off Comer).  SH–Mahlberg (1,off Parrott).  IBB–Grubb (3,by Parrott); J Ellis (1,by Rawley).  HBP–Paciorek (4,by Comer).  SB–Bell (4,2nd base off Parrott/Cox); Paciorek (6,2nd base off Comer/Mahlberg); Cruz (39,2nd base off Comer/Mahlberg).  CS–Wills (9,2nd base by Rawley/Cox).  WP–Rawley (5).  HBP–Comer (7,Paciorek).  IBB–Parrott (14,Grubb); Rawley (4,J Ellis).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:24.  A–5,759.
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