Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1979 at Kingdome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Seattle Mariners 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 3 0
McRae dh 5 0 1 1
Brett 3b 5 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 1 1 1
Porter c 3 1 0 0
Cowens rf 2 0 1 0
White 2b 3 1 1 0
Wathan 1b 4 0 1 2
Washington ss 3 1 0 1
Chamberlain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 2 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0
Simpson rf 2 1 2 0
Stinson c 3 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 2 1 1 2
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Kansas City 001 004 0016100
Seattle 000 000 020282
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Chamberlain  W (4-1) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (10-10) 5.1 7 5 4 4 1
  Stein   3.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Hinton   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
5
3

  E–Honeycutt 2 (5).  DP–Kansas City 3, Seattle 2.  2B–Kansas City Wilson 2 (16,off Honeycutt,off R Stein); Wathan (7,off Honeycutt), Seattle Bochte (34,off Chamberlain).  3B–Kansas City White (2,off R Stein).  HR–Seattle Milbourne (2,8th inning off Chamberlain 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Cowens (2,off Honeycutt); Simpson (4,off Chamberlain).  SF–Washington (3,off R Stein).  IBB–White (3,by Honeycutt).  SB–Simpson (6,2nd base off Chamberlain/Porter).  WP–R Stein (2).  IBB–Honeycutt (6,White).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:26.  A–6,843.
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