Floyd Bannister and Shane Rawley combined on a three-hitter and pitched the Mariners to a 9-2 victory over the White Sox. After doubles by Bruce Bochte and Rodney Craig helped produce two runs in the second inning, the Mariners put the game away in the third when Ruppert Jones singled, Tom Paciorek tripled and Willie Horton homered.

Bannister pitched hitless ball until the fifth when doubles by Lamar Johnson and Chet Lemon, together with an error by Craig, gave the White Sox their two runs. Rawley hurled the last three frames and yielded one hit. [The Sporting News]
Seattle Mariners 9, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 29, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Mariners     0  2  3    0  2  0    2  0  0  -   9 15  1
White Sox    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  3  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               5   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Bannister lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
R. Jones cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .269      Washington rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
  Roberts rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Morrison 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .278
Paciorek lf           5   1   2   1     0   1   .290      Johnson 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .309
  Simpson lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .283        Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Horton dh             4   1   1   2     1   0   .279        Moore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
B. Stein 3b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .251      Lemon cf              2   1   1   1     1   0   .315
Bochte 1b             3   3   3   0     2   0   .316      Nordhagen dh          3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Craig rf,cf           5   3   3   2     0   1   .367      Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Valentine ss          2   0   1   1     1   0   .281      Foley c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Mendoza ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .198        Colbern ph,c        2   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Cox c                 5   0   3   3     0   0   .216      Pryor ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rondon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burns p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  15   9     5   4             Totals               30   2   3   1     1   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 20,481
Left on Base: Mariners 9, White Sox 2
DP: Mariners 1, White Sox 2
Errors: Craig
Doubles: Paciorek (23), Bochte (38), Craig 2 (7), Cox (11), Johnson (29), Lemon (44)
Triples: Paciorek (4), Bochte (6)
Home Runs: Horton (29)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (1)
GIDP: Cruz 2 (7), Bell (3)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister W(10-15)      6     2   2   1   0   2   0  20   4.05
Rawley SV(11)           3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   3.84
Totals                  9     3   2   1   1   3   0  31

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham L(14-14)        2     7   5   5   1   1   1  13   4.90
Rondon                  2.2   4   2   2   2   1   0  14   3.72
Burns                   1.1   2   2   2   1   1   0   7   5.40
Hoyt                    2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Hoffman                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   5.34
Totals                  9    15   9   9   5   4   1  45

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dallas Parks


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jones
struck out; Paciorek doubled to right; Horton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister flied out to right; Washington struck
out; Morrison grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 2ND: B. Stein flied out to center; Bochte doubled to
right; Craig doubled to center [Bochte scored]; Valentine
walked; Cox singled to left [Craig scored, Valentine to third];
Cruz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Cox out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson flied out to center; Lemon grounded out
(third to first); Nordhagen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 2, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 3RD: R. Jones singled to left; Paciorek tripled to
right [R. Jones scored]; Horton homered [Paciorek scored];
RONDON REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); B. Stein walked; Bochte
singled to center [B. Stein to second]; Craig forced Bochte
(first to shortstop) [B. Stein to third]; Valentine popped to
first in foul territory; Cox popped to first in foul territory;
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell flied out to left; Foley flied out to left;
Pryor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5,
White Sox 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jones
singled to right; Paciorek struck out; Horton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister grounded out (second to first);
Washington made an out to shortstop; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 5TH: B. Stein flied out to right; Bochte walked; Craig
doubled to right [Bochte to third]; Valentine hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Bochte scored]; Cox doubled to center [Craig
scored]; BURNS REPLACED RONDON (PITCHING); Cruz struck out; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnson doubled to left; Lemon doubled to right
[Johnson scored]; Nordhagen reached on an error by Craig [Lemon
to third]; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Lemon scored (unearned), Nordhagen out at second];
COLBERN BATTED FOR FOLEY; Colbern flied out to right; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 7, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 6TH: COLBERN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); R. Jones
popped to third in foul territory; Paciorek flied out to left;
Horton walked; B. Stein forced Horton (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 7, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: ROBERTS REPLACED R. JONES (PLAYING RF); CRAIG
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Pryor flied out to center;
Bannister flied out to center; Washington flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 7, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte tripled to right; Craig singled to right
[Bochte scored]; HOYT REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); Valentine
singled to right [Craig to second]; Cox singled to left [Craig
scored, Valentine to second]; Cruz grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Valentine to third, Cox out at
second]; Roberts grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 9, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MENDOZA REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING SS); RAWLEY
REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Morrison grounded out (shortstop
to first); Johnson flied out to center; Lemon walked; Nordhagen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
9, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Paciorek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton grounded out
(shortstop to first); B. Stein lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 9, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SIMPSON REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING LF); Bell
flied out to center; Colbern grounded out (shortstop to first);
Pryor singled to left; Bannister grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 9, White Sox 2.

MARINERS 9TH: HOFFMAN REPLACED HOYT (PITCHING); Bochte walked;
Craig struck out; Mendoza forced Bochte (third to second); Cox
forced Mendoza (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 9, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first);
Morrison struck out; MOORE BATTED FOR SQUIRES; Moore flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 9, White Sox 2.
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