Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
September 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 2, Seattle Mariners 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 2
Otis cf 2 0 1 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Wathan 1b 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 2 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 1 1
Bochte 1b 4 2 2 2
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 2 0 2 0
  Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 1 0 1 0
  Stein 3b 1 0 0 0
Roberts lf 3 0 0 1
Simpson rf 3 0 1 0
Milbourne ss,3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Cox c 4 1 1 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Kansas City 200 000 000261
Seattle 000 001 30x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (11-10) 7.1 9 4 4 4 2
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (8-14) 9.0 6 2 2 3 8
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
8

  E–Porter (13).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (17,off Bannister); Cowens (17,off Bannister), Seattle Meyer (20,off Leonard).  3B–Kansas City Brett (17,off Bannister).  HR–Seattle Bochte (14,7th inning off Leonard 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Simpson (5,off Hrabosky).  SB–Cruz 2 (42,2nd base off Leonard/Porter 2).  CS–Meyer (6,2nd base by Leonard/Porter); R Jones (8,2nd base by Leonard/Porter).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:32.  A–12,340.
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