Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
September 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 7, Kansas City Royals 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 2 1 0
Jones cf 4 2 1 0
Paciorek lf 1 0 0 0
  Simpson pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 2 2 2
Roberts rf 4 1 2 5
  Craig rf 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 2 0
Stein 3b 3 0 2 0
Cox c 4 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 4 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 2 1
McRae dh 5 0 1 2
Brett 3b 4 1 1 2
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Wathan 1b 2 0 1 0
  LaCock ph,1b 1 1 0 0
White 2b 3 1 1 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0
  Patek ss 0 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Seattle 204 000 1007100
Kansas City 002 000 300590
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (9-14) 6.0 5 2 2 0 3
  McLaughlin  SV (14) 3.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (11-11) 2.1 5 6 6 3 1
  Pattin   4.2 3 1 1 3 4
  Busby   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Martin   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Seattle Roberts (22,off Gura); Cruz (11,off Gura), Kansas City McRae (29,off McLaughlin); Quirk (4,off McLaughlin).  HR–Seattle Roberts (15,3rd inning off Gura 3 on, 1 out), Kansas City Brett (20,3rd inning off Bannister 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Paciorek (3,off Gura); B Stein (3,off Pattin).  IBB–Horton (3,by Gura).  HBP–Porter (7,by Bannister).  SB–Cruz 2 (44,2nd base off Gura/Porter,2nd base off Pattin/Porter); R Jones 2 (30,2nd base off Pattin/Porter,3rd base off Pattin/Porter); Wilson (70,2nd base off Bannister/Cox).  CS–B Stein (2,2nd base by Gura/Porter).  HBP–Bannister (4,Porter).  IBB–Gura (4,Horton).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:53.  A–24,240.
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