Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
June 26, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 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 8, Texas Rangers 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Milbourne 2b 5 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 5 0 1 0
Bochte dh 5 0 1 2
Paciorek 1b 5 0 1 0
Meyer lf 4 1 3 0
  Simpson lf 1 0 0 0
Roberts rf 3 0 1 0
Anderson 3b 2 3 1 0
Mendoza ss 4 2 3 3
Cox c 4 2 2 3
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Beattie p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 1 2
Wills 2b 5 1 1 1
Oliver lf 5 0 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Zisk dh 3 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 0 1 0
Sample rf 2 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 1 0 0
Harrelson ss 1 0 0 0
  Frias ph,ss 2 1 1 0
  Putnam ph 1 0 0 0
  Ashford ss 0 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Seattle 030 410 0008141
Texas 000 000 400474
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (5-6) 6.1 7 4 4 3 2
  Beattie   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Rawley  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
6
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (4-4) 3.1 8 6 5 1 3
  Devine   2.2 4 2 0 0 1
  Kern   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Darwin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
5
2
4

  E–Paciorek (1), Oliver (3), Bell 2 (4), Staub (2).  DP–Seattle 2, Texas 2.  2B–Seattle Mendoza (3,off Matlack); Paciorek (8,off Kern), Texas Rivers (16,off Bannister); Wills (13,off Bannister).  HR–Seattle L Cox (3,2nd inning off Matlack 1 on, 2 out).  SH–L Roberts (2,off Matlack).  CS–Milbourne (2,2nd base by Matlack/Sundberg).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:31.  A–9,531.
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