Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
August 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 1 1 0
Meyer lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Horton dh 3 0 0 1
Roberts cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Stein 1b,3b 3 0 0 0
Cox T. 3b 2 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Cox L. c 2 0 0 0
  Narron ph,c 1 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0
  Beniquez ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 1
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 1 0
Heath dh 4 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 1 3 0
McKay 3b 4 1 2 0
Cox 2b 2 0 1 1
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Seattle 000 000 001132
Oakland 002 000 00x282
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (8-12) 6.2 7 2 2 3 5
  Heaverlo   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  W (15-7) 9.0 3 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
7

  E–T Cox (10), Milbourne (4), Newman (13), Cox (5).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Oakland McKay (7,off Honeycutt).  SF–Horton (3,off Norris).  SH–Cox (6,off Honeycutt).  IBB–Newman (5,by Honeycutt).  SB–Cruz (30,2nd base off Norris/Essian); Henderson (58,2nd base off Honeycutt/L Cox).  CS–Mendoza (4,3rd base by Norris/Essian).  IBB–Honeycutt (5,Newman).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:23.  A–13,629.
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