The Mariners spoiled Sparky Anderson's debut as Detroit manager by scoring an unearned run in the ninth to defeat the Tigers, 3-2. Leon Roberts tripled off reliever John Hiller with two out in the ninth. Aurelio Rodriguez then booted Larry Milbourne's grounder as Roberts scored the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Seattle Mariners 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      14, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Mariners     0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3 12  1
Tigers       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  2


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Milbourne 2b          5   1   1   0     0   0   .273      LeFlore cf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .309
R. Jones cf           5   0   2   0     0   0   .260      Morales rf            3   1   2   0     0   0   .248
Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Horton dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .294      Kemp lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .349
Meyer 3b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .292      Staub dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Simpson rf,lf         3   0   2   0     0   0   .271      Parrish c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .301
Stinson c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .262
  Cox ph,c            1   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   3   1     0   0   .257
Hale lf               1   0   0   0     2   0   .268      Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Roberts ph,rf       1   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Wagner 2b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .298
Mendoza ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .200        Wockenfuss ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Machemer pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Billingham p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  12   1     2   2             Totals               35   2   9   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 21,957
Left on Base: Mariners 8, Tigers 9
DP: Mariners 2, Tigers 2
Errors: Meyer, Parrish, Rodriguez
Doubles: Morales (12), LeFlore (6)
Triples: Meyer (1), Roberts (2)
Caught Stealing: Bochte (1), Simpson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Simpson (1)
GIDP: Bochte 2 (7), Trammell (3), Staub (8)
Hit by Pitch: Morales (1,by Honeycutt)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt               4     6   2   1   1   1   0  20   4.76
Rawley W(3-6)           4.1   3   0   0   1   2   0  16   4.10
McLaughlin SV(3)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.97
Totals                  9     9   2   1   2   3   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              8    11   2   1   2   0   0  33   2.84
Hiller L(3-5)           1     1   1   0   0   2   0   5   3.24
Totals                  9    12   3   1   2   2   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Honeycutt (3)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - John Shulock


MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); R. Jones
singled; Bochte grounded into a double play (second to first)
[R. Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Tigers 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer
singled to center; Simpson singled to center [Meyer to second];
Stinson grounded out (second to first) [Meyer to third, Simpson
to second]; Hale was walked intentionally; Mendoza grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
singled to left; Thompson grounded out (second to first)
[Parrish to second]; Rodriguez singled to right [Parrish
scored]; Trammell forced Rodriguez (third to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Tigers 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Milbourne singled to center; R. Jones singled to
left [Milbourne to third]; Bochte grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Milbourne scored, R. Jones out at
second]; Parrish dropped a foul fly hit by Horton for an error;
Horton singled to center; Meyer tripled to center [Horton scored
(unearned)]; Simpson flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
flied out to center; Morales doubled to right; Kemp singled
[Morales to third]; Staub reached on an error by Meyer [Morales
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Kemp to third]; Parrish flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

MARINERS 4TH: Stinson flied out to right; Hale grounded out
(second to first); Mendoza singled to center; Milbourne flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez singled to center; Trammell grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

MARINERS 5TH: R. Jones grounded out (second to first); Bochte
grounded out (third to first); Horton popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Wagner walked; LeFlore doubled to right [Wagner to
third]; Morales was hit by a pitch; RAWLEY REPLACED HONEYCUTT
(PITCHING); Kemp made an out to shortstop; Staub made an out to
third; Parrish forced Morales (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

MARINERS 6TH: Meyer singled to right; Simpson out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Meyer to second]; Stinson flied out to
left; Hale was walked intentionally; Mendoza forced Hale
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 6TH: Thompson struck out; Rodriguez singled to left;
Trammell flied out to center; Wagner was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

MARINERS 7TH: Milbourne flied out to center; R. Jones flied out
to center; Bochte singled to left; Bochte was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore singled; Morales singled to right [LeFlore
to third]; Kemp flied out to center; Staub grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

MARINERS 8TH: Horton grounded out (second to first); Meyer
grounded out (second to first); Simpson singled to center;
Simpson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Parrish flied out to center; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 2, Tigers 2.

MARINERS 9TH: HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); COX BATTED
FOR STINSON; Cox was called out on strikes; ROBERTS BATTED FOR
HALE; Roberts tripled to left; Mendoza struck out; Milbourne
reached on an error by Rodriguez [Roberts scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; R. Jones flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: COX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ROBERTS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); SIMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); WOCKENFUSS BATTED
FOR WAGNER; Wockenfuss walked; MACHEMER RAN FOR WOCKENFUSS;
MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); LeFlore flied out to
center; SUMMERS BATTED FOR MORALES; Summers flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 3, Tigers 2.