Friday June 15, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
With a crowd of 32,627 on hand, the Indians exploded for 19 hits and won their fourth straight game, defeating the Mariners, 13-3. After counting once in the first inning, the Indians erupted for seven runs in the second, two scoring on a double by Toby Harrah and two on a single by Ron Pruitt. Bobby Bonds added a homer in the third. Ruppert Jones homered for the Mariners and Tom Paciorek added their two other runs with a single and double. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 13, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Mariners 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 2 Indians 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 x - 13 19 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Milbourne 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Norris lf 6 1 2 0 0 0 .224 R. Jones cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .264 Harrah 3b,ss 6 2 3 2 0 0 .248 Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Bonds rf 5 2 2 2 1 0 .318 Horton dh 4 2 2 0 0 0 .297 Manning cf 5 1 3 2 1 1 .264 Roberts rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Alexander c 4 0 1 1 1 0 .211 Meyer 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Hassey 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .154 Paciorek lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .271 Pruitt dh 5 2 3 2 0 1 .269 Cox c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Kuiper 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Rosello pr,2b 2 2 1 1 1 0 .308 O. Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Veryzer ss 2 1 0 0 0 0 .223 Dressler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cox ph,3b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .206 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 8 3 0 3 Totals 43 13 19 11 5 2 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 32,622 Left on Base: Mariners 5, Indians 13 DP: Mariners 1, Indians 1 Errors: Milbourne, Bochte, Veryzer Doubles: Roberts (14), R. Jones (12), Paciorek (7), Harrah (8), Rosello (1) Home Runs: R. Jones (14), Bonds (8) Stolen Bases: Bonds (18) Sacrifice Flies: Alexander (5) GIDP: Norris (4) Hit by Pitch: Veryzer (2,by O. Jones) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA O. Jones L(1-7) 1.1 6 5 5 0 0 0 11 6.79 Dressler 6.2 13 8 7 5 2 1 39 6.75 Totals 8 19 13 12 5 2 1 50 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(9-4) 8 6 2 1 0 3 1 30 3.20 Clyde 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 9.00 Totals 9 8 3 2 0 3 1 35 Hit by Pitch: O. Jones (2) Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Steve Palermo MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); R. Jones grounded out (second to first); Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Norris grounded out (second to first); Harrah singled to center; Bonds flied out to left [Harrah to second]; Manning singled to center [Harrah scored]; Alexander singled to left [Manning to second]; Hassey forced Alexander (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 1. MARINERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer singled to left; Paciorek forced Meyer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Pruitt singled to center; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pruitt to second]; Veryzer was hit by a pitch; Norris singled to left [Pruitt to third, Veryzer to second]; Harrah doubled to left [Pruitt scored, Veryzer scored, Norris to third]; DRESSLER REPLACED O. JONES (PITCHING); Bonds singled to shortstop [Norris scored, Harrah to third]; Bonds stole second; Manning was walked intentionally; Alexander hit a sacrifice fly to right [Harrah scored]; Hassey singled to right [Bonds scored, Manning to third, Hassey to second (on throw)]; Pruitt singled to center [Manning scored, Hassey scored]; Kuiper walked [Pruitt to second]; ROSELLO RAN FOR KUIPER; Veryzer popped to catcher in foul territory; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 8. MARINERS 3RD: ROSELLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cox popped to first in foul territory; Mendoza struck out; Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 8. INDIANS 3RD: Norris flied out to center; Harrah flied out to center; Bonds homered; Manning was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 9. MARINERS 4TH: R. Jones homered; Bochte flied out to right; Horton singled to right; Roberts reached on an error by Veryzer [Horton to second]; Meyer flied out to left; Paciorek singled to center [Horton scored (unearned), Roberts to second]; Cox forced Paciorek (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 9. INDIANS 4TH: Alexander walked; Hassey singled to right [Alexander to second]; Pruitt was called out on strikes; Rosello flied out to right; Veryzer forced Hassey (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 9. MARINERS 5TH: Mendoza flied out to center; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 9. INDIANS 5TH: Norris singled to left; Harrah grounded out (first unassisted) [Norris to second]; Bonds walked; Manning singled to left [Norris to third, Bonds to second]; Alexander flied out to right; Hassey popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 9. MARINERS 6TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Horton flied out to center; Roberts doubled to center; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 9. INDIANS 6TH: Pruitt singled to center; Rosello doubled to center [Pruitt scored]; COX BATTED FOR VERYZER; Cox singled to right [Rosello to third]; Norris grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rosello scored, Cox out at second]; Harrah singled to right; Bonds forced Harrah (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 11. MARINERS 7TH: COX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Paciorek flied out to center; Cox popped to first in foul territory; Mendoza flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 11. INDIANS 7TH: Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Hassey reached on an error by Milbourne [Hassey to second]; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 11. MARINERS 8TH: Milbourne popped to first in foul territory; R. Jones doubled to left; Bochte lined into a double play (pitcher to shortstop) [R. Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 11. INDIANS 8TH: Rosello walked; Cox singled to center [Rosello to second]; Norris reached on an error by Bochte [Rosello scored (no RBI), Cox to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Bonds popped to shortstop in foul territory; Manning singled to right [Cox scored (unearned), Norris to third]; Alexander made an out to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Indians 13. MARINERS 9TH: CLYDE REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Horton singled to right; Roberts grounded out (third to first) [Horton to second]; Meyer flied out to right; Paciorek doubled to left [Horton scored]; Cox grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Indians 13.

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