Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners
September 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle Mariners 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b 4 2 1 1
Kuntz rf 4 0 1 0
Bannister lf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 4 1 2 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 1
Nordhagen dh 4 0 0 0
Pryor ss 4 0 2 0
Colbern c 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Rondon p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 2 2 0
Jones cf 4 2 1 0
Paciorek lf 4 1 1 4
  Simpson lf 1 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 1 1 1
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
  Craig rf 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
Stein 3b 2 1 1 1
Valentine ss 3 0 1 1
  Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0
Cox c 4 1 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 8 7
Chicago 100 001 100391
Seattle 010 133 00x882
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  L (14-13) 4.1 3 5 5 4 4
  Scarbery   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Burns   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Rondon   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Farmer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
8
7
6
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  W (11-11) 9.0 9 3 3 2 8
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
8

  E–Pryor (26), Roberts (5), B Stein (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Bannister (25,off Honeycutt); Pryor 2 (23,off Honeycutt 2); Johnson (27,off Honeycutt), Seattle Valentine (6,off Scarbery).  HR–Chicago Morrison (12,7th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 2 out), Seattle B Stein (7,4th inning off Wortham 0 on, 2 out); Paciorek (6,5th inning off Wortham 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bannister (3,by Honeycutt); R Jones (3,by Wortham).  SB–Morrison (10,2nd base off Honeycutt/Cox); Cox (2,2nd base off Scarbery/Colbern); Cruz (49,2nd base off Burns/Colbern).  WP–Scarbery (6).  HBP–Wortham (3,R Jones); Honeycutt (6,Bannister).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:20.  A–6,045.
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