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Wednesday June 20, 1979
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A single by Bruce Bochte in the fourth inning produced the winning run when the Mariners downed the White Sox, 5-3. Willie Horton hit his 13th homer of the season and 301st of his career in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


Seattle Mariners 5, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Wednesday, June 20, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Mariners     1  1  1    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 14  0
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Milbourne 2b          5   1   2   0     0   0   .285      Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
R. Jones cf           3   1   1   1     2   1   .260        Moore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Bochte 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .338      Washington rf         3   0   2   1     0   0   .275
Horton dh             5   1   2   2     0   1   .292      Orta dh               3   0   1   1     1   0   .227
Meyer 3b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .302      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .306
Roberts lf            3   1   1   0     2   1   .289      Bannister 3b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .333
Stinson c             5   0   2   1     0   0   .257      Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Simpson rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Pryor ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Mendoza ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .201        Nordhagen ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
O. Jones p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May c                 2   1   1   0     2   0   .238
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Squires pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gates 2b              1   1   0   0     2   0   .125
                                                            Torres ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .318
                                                          Farmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howard p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Trout p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  14   5     5   4             Totals               31   3   8   3     5   3

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance:  8,781
Left on Base: Mariners 11, White Sox 7
DP: Mariners 2, White Sox 3
Doubles: Bochte (17), R. Jones (14), Meyer (12), Washington (19)
Triples: Meyer (2)
Home Runs: Horton (13)
Caught Stealing: Washington (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Washington (3)
GIDP: Simpson 2 (2), Stinson (3), Lemon (4), Bannister (3)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
O. Jones W(2-7)         8     8   3   3   4   2   0  33   6.40
Montague                0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.54
Rawley SV(8)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.14
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   3   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Farmer L(2-1)           3.1   8   4   4   3   0   0  21   4.95
Howard                  2.2   4   1   1   1   2   1  12   4.45
Trout                   3     2   0   0   1   2   0  10   4.24
Totals                  9    14   5   5   5   4   1  43

Wild Pitches: O. Jones (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Bill Haller


MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); R. Jones
walked; Bochte doubled to left [R. Jones to third]; Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first) [R. Jones scored, Bochte to
third]; Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); Washington
singled to left; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Orta singled to center; Johnson struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts walked; Stinson flied out to left; Simpson
singled to center [Roberts to second]; Mendoza popped to first
in foul territory; Milbourne singled to second [Roberts to
third, Simpson to second]; R. Jones walked [Roberts scored,
Simpson to third, Milbourne to second]; Bochte forced R. Jones
(second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 2, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bannister flied out to right; Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Pryor lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 2, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Horton made an out to second; Meyer tripled to
center; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson
singled to center [Meyer scored]; Simpson singled to center
[Stinson to third, Simpson to second (on throw to 3b)]; Mendoza
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners
3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: May singled to right; Gates walked [May to
second]; Garr singled to left [May to third, Gates to second];
Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored, Gates to
third, Garr to second]; Orta grounded out (second to first)
[Gates scored, Garr to third]; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 3, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 4TH: Milbourne singled to center; R. Jones grounded out
(first unassisted) [Milbourne to second]; Bochte singled to
right [Milbourne scored]; HOWARD REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING);
Horton struck out; Meyer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister singled to right; Lemon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bannister out at
second]; Pryor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 4, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 5TH: Roberts was called out on strikes; Stinson singled
to center; Simpson grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Stinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May flied out to center; Gates walked; Garr
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Gates to second]; Washington
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, White Sox
2.

MARINERS 6TH: Mendoza grounded out (third to first); Milbourne
grounded out (first unassisted); R. Jones doubled to left;
Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta walked; Johnson struck out; Bannister
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Orta
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 7TH: Horton homered; Meyer walked; Roberts singled to
left [Meyer to second]; TROUT REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING);
Stinson forced Roberts (shortstop to second) [Meyer to third];
Simpson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Stinson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon made an out to second; Pryor grounded out
(third to first); May walked; Gates grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 8TH: Mendoza struck out; Milbourne made an out to
second; R. Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington doubled to right; Orta flied out to left; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 5, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte flied out to right; Horton singled to
right; Meyer doubled to right [Horton to third]; Roberts was
walked intentionally; Stinson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Bannister singled to center; O. Jones threw a
wild pitch [Bannister to second]; Lemon singled to right
[Bannister to third]; MONTAGUE REPLACED O. JONES (PITCHING);
NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR PRYOR; Nordhagen struck out; May walked
[Lemon to second]; SQUIRES RAN FOR MAY; TORRES BATTED FOR GATES;
Torres grounded out (second to first) [Bannister scored, Lemon
to third, Squires to second]; RAWLEY REPLACED MONTAGUE
(PITCHING); MOORE BATTED FOR GARR; Moore grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 3.



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