Tuesday May 15, 1979
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Seattle Mariners 6, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, May 15, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome

Royals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 2 Mariners 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 x - 6 8 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .313 Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .191 Braun ph,lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .357 R. Jones cf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .235 Brett 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .265 Paciorek lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .372 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .336 Simpson rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Porter dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .331 Horton dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .315 LaCock 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .287 Roberts rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Hale lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Wathan c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .250 Meyer 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Poquette ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 B. Stein 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .236 Cruz ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Cox c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .400 Quirk ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .202 Washington 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 5 2 5 7 Totals 29 6 8 5 1 2 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 6,356 Left on Base: Royals 7, Mariners 2 DP: Royals 3, Mariners 1 Errors: Hurdle, Wathan Doubles: LaCock (8), Paciorek (4) Home Runs: R. Jones (4), Horton (7) Stolen Bases: R. Jones (11), Paciorek (1) Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (3) GIDP: Hurdle (3), Meyer (4), Cruz (4), B. Stein (5) Hit by Pitch: Meyer (2,by Gura) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(1-5) 7.1 7 5 4 1 2 1 29 6.35 Martin 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 3.60 Totals 8 8 6 5 1 2 2 32 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parrott 6.2 4 2 2 4 6 0 28 2.43 Rawley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.00 McLaughlin W(2-2) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 6.49 Totals 9 5 2 2 5 7 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Gura (4) Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Dick Feaser, 2B - Gale Miller, 3B - Jay Levet ROYALS 1ST: Wilson was called out on strikes; Brett singled to left; Otis walked [Brett to second]; Porter struck out; LaCock doubled to left [Brett scored, Otis to third]; Hurdle was walked intentionally; Wathan forced Hurdle (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz lined to right; R. Jones grounded out (second to first); Paciorek doubled to right; Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington struck out; Wilson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Roberts popped to shortstop; Meyer walked; B. Stein flied out to right; Cox flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to left; Otis flied out to right; Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Mendoza flied out to right; Cruz struck out; R. Jones homered; Paciorek flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 1. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Hurdle flied out to center; Wathan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Horton flied out to right; Roberts singled to right; Meyer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 1. ROYALS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Washington grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 1. MARINERS 5TH: B. Stein reached on an error by Hurdle [B. Stein to second]; Cox singled to left [B. Stein to third]; Mendoza forced Cox (shortstop to second) [B. Stein scored (unearned)]; Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mendoza out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 2. ROYALS 6TH: Brett singled to center; Otis struck out; Porter grounded out (second to first) [Brett to second]; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 6TH: R. Jones struck out; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 2. ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle grounded out (third to first); Wathan walked; Cruz struck out; Washington singled to left [Wathan to second]; BRAUN BATTED FOR WILSON; Braun walked [Wathan to third, Washington to second]; RAWLEY REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Brett walked [Wathan scored, Washington to third, Braun to second]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Otis flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 2. MARINERS 7TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Roberts grounded out (third to first); Meyer was hit by a pitch; B. Stein grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Meyer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 2. ROYALS 8TH: Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock singled to right; Hurdle grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [LaCock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 2. MARINERS 8TH: Cox singled to right; Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cox to second]; Cruz singled to center [Cox to third]; R. Jones singled to left [Cox scored, Cruz to third]; MARTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Paciorek reached on a fielder's choice [Cruz out at home (shortstop to catcher), R. Jones to second]; R. Jones stole third and Paciorek stole second [R. Jones scored (error by Wathan), Paciorek to third]; Horton homered [Paciorek scored]; Roberts lined to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 6. ROYALS 9TH: SIMPSON REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING RF); HALE REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING LF); POQUETTE BATTED FOR WATHAN; Poquette grounded out (second to first); QUIRK BATTED FOR CRUZ; Quirk struck out; MCRAE BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 6.

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