Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
September 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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 3, Texas Rangers 13

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 2 1
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0
  Stinson c 0 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 1 1 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 1 1
Craig rf 4 0 1 0
Simpson lf 4 0 2 1
Milbourne ss 4 1 1 0
Cox c 1 0 0 0
  Beamon ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,lf 2 1 0 0
Wills 2b 4 3 2 1
Bell 3b 4 2 3 2
  Soderholm 3b 1 0 0 0
Ellis dh 4 1 2 2
  Washington pr,dh 1 0 1 2
Zisk rf 4 1 1 1
Sample lf,cf 4 2 1 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 2 5
Sundberg c 5 1 3 0
  Mahlberg c 0 0 0 0
Norman ss 4 1 2 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 18 13
Seattle 001 002 0003102
Texas 000 506 20x13180
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (10-11) 4.0 5 5 5 1 4
  Lewis   1.1 6 4 1 0 0
  Stein   0.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Twitchell   1.0 2 2 0 1 0
  Rawley   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
18
13
8
4
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (9-6) 8.0 9 3 3 1 2
  Kern   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
3

  E–Meyer (21), Lewis (1).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Seattle Bochte (36,off Medich); Simpson (11,off Medich), Texas Bell (39,off R Stein); J Ellis (11,off R Stein).  HR–Texas Montanez (5,4th inning off Honeycutt 3 on, 2 out); Zisk (16,6th inning off Lewis 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cox (2,off Medich).  IBB–Sample (1,by Honeycutt).  CS–Rivers (8,2nd base by Lewis/Cox).  WP–Honeycutt (5).  IBB–Honeycutt (7,Sample).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:31.  A–6,258.
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