Seattle Mariners vs Boston Red Sox
September 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1980 at Fenway Park. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 7, Boston Red Sox 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 2 2 0
Craig cf 4 2 4 2
Meyer lf 3 1 1 2
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 3
Paciorek rf 4 0 1 0
Walton dh 4 0 0 0
Edler 3b 4 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 1 0 0
Hill c 4 1 2 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Stapleton 2b 3 1 1 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 2
Perez 1b 4 1 1 1
Dwyer cf 4 0 0 0
Rader dh 3 0 0 1
Evans rf 1 0 0 0
Hoffman 3b 3 0 1 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Aponte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Seattle 310 010 2007111
Boston 020 002 000460
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  W (10-10) 5.0 6 4 3 2 1
  Sarmiento  SV (1) 4.0 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (9-12) 6.2 9 7 7 2 3
  Burgmeier   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Aponte   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
4

  E–Mendoza (18).  DP–Seattle 1, Boston 2.  2B–Seattle Cruz (7,off Eckersley), Boston Perez (26,off Abbott); Stapleton (24,off Abbott).  HR–Seattle Meyer (10,1st inning off Eckersley 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Cruz (12,off Eckersley).  SF–Bochte (5,off Eckersley); Rader (1,off Abbott).  SB–Craig (2,2nd base off Aponte/Fisk).  CS–Rice (2,2nd base by Sarmiento/Hill).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:39.  A–18,256.
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