Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
September 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Seattle Mariners 2, Texas Rangers 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 5 0 2 1
Bochte 1b 5 0 3 1
Horton dh 3 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Roberts lf 4 0 0 0
Craig rf 4 1 2 0
Milbourne ss 3 0 1 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 1 0
Cox c 2 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 1 0 0 0
  Stinson c 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
Branch p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 1 1
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 1 0 0
Montanez dh 4 0 1 0
Zisk rf 3 2 2 1
Putnam 1b 3 1 0 0
Sample lf 3 0 2 2
Sundberg c 3 0 1 1
Norman ss 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Seattle 001 000 0012111
Texas 200 102 00x570
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Branch  L (0-1) 5.2 7 5 5 3 2
  Hinton   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (4-6) 6.2 7 1 1 2 2
  Lyle  SV (11) 2.1 4 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
7

  E–R Jones (5).  DP–Seattle 1, Texas 1.  2B–Seattle Bochte (35,off Lyle); R Jones (29,off Lyle), Texas Sample (19,off Branch); Zisk (21,off Branch).  HR–Texas Rivers (6,1st inning off Branch 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Zisk (2,off Branch).  IBB–Putnam (4,by Branch).  SB–R Jones (28,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg).  WP–Alexander 2 (4).  IBB–Branch (1,Putnam).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:05.  A–6,473.
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