Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners
April 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1980 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Seattle Mariners 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Bailor rf 5 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 5 3 4 3
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
  Cannon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 2 1
Bonnell lf 4 1 1 1
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 1 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
  Upshaw ph 0 0 0 0
  Davis c 1 0 0 0
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 0 0
Craig cf 5 1 3 1
Meyer lf 4 1 1 2
Bochte 1b 4 2 3 0
Horton dh 4 1 0 1
Simpson rf 4 1 2 2
Cox 3b 3 0 1 2
Stinson c 4 1 1 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Toronto 200 001 030691
Seattle 410 100 20x8122
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk  L (0-1) 0.2 4 4 2 0 0
  Buskey   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Moore   3.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Jefferson   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  McLaughlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
2
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott  W (1-0) 6.1 5 3 3 3 3
  McLaughlin   1.1 4 3 3 1 0
  Heaverlo  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
4

  E–Howell (1), Mendoza (1), Heaverlo (1).  DP–Toronto 1, Seattle 1.  PB–Stinson (1).  2B–Toronto Mayberry (1,off McLaughlin), Seattle Craig (1,off Lemanczyk); T Cox (1,off Lemanczyk).  3B–Toronto Bonnell (1,off McLaughlin), Seattle Simpson (1,off Moore).  HR–Toronto Mayberry 2 (2,1st inning off Parrott 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Parrott 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Simpson (1,7th inning off Jefferson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Mendoza (1,off Moore); Cruz (1,off Jefferson).  IBB–T Cox (1,by Moore).  SB–Griffin (1,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson); Garcia (1,2nd base off Heaverlo/Stinson).  IBB–Moore (1,T Cox).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:34.  A–22,588.
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