Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 0, Seattle Mariners 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 3 0 1 0
  Sample pr 0 0 0 0
Montanez dh 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 3 0 2 0
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
  Soderholm 3b 0 0 0 0
Mahlberg c 1 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 1 1 0
Jones cf 2 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 1
Meyer 3b 1 0 0 0
  Stein 3b 0 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 2 0 0 0
  Beamon pr 0 0 0 0
  Roberts lf 0 0 0 0
Simpson rf 3 0 1 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
Dressler p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 1 3 1
Texas 000 000 000040
Seattle 100 000 00x131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (13-12) 7.2 3 1 1 9 5
  Lyle   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
9
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Dressler  W (1-2) 7.0 3 0 0 2 2
  McLaughlin  SV (12) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
3

  E–Meyer (19).  DP–Texas 1, Seattle 1.  2B–Texas Putnam (19,off Dressler); Zisk (20,off McLaughlin), Seattle Cruz (10,off Jenkins).  SH–Mahlberg (2,off Dressler); Paciorek (2,off Jenkins).  HBP–Meyer (4,by Jenkins).  IBB–Stinson (3,by Jenkins).  SB–Cruz (40,2nd base off Jenkins/Mahlberg); Simpson 2 (5,2nd base off Jenkins/Mahlberg 2); Beamon (1,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  HBP–Jenkins (3,Meyer).  IBB–Jenkins (6,Stinson).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:11.  A–5,112.
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