Entering the game with a .176 average. Larry Cox cracked a homer and two singles as the Mariners enjoyed their best hitting and scoring game of the season in a 13-2 rout of the Royals. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 13, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Thursday, July 3, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Mariners 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 1 - 13 18 1 Royals 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Milbourne 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .217 Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .310 Beniquez cf 4 1 1 3 1 0 .252 Washington ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Bochte 1b 5 1 1 1 1 0 .275 Wathan lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .325 Paciorek dh 5 2 3 1 0 0 .341 Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Meyer lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .310 Aikens 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .258 Simpson lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .272 Hurdle rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .321 J. Anderson 3b 4 1 3 2 1 0 .256 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 L. Roberts rf 5 1 0 0 0 1 .262 Quirk 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Mendoza ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 .292 Chalk ph,3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .259 L. Cox c 4 3 3 2 1 0 .191 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Christenson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 13 18 10 4 2 Totals 33 2 7 1 3 5 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 21,777 Left on Base: Mariners 8, Royals 7 DP: Mariners 2, Royals 0 Errors: Bochte, Hurdle Doubles: Paciorek (10), Meyer (15), Beniquez (5), Hurdle (17), McRae (16) Triples: Mendoza (1) Home Runs: L. Cox (4), J. Anderson (6) Stolen Bases: J. Anderson (1), Wilson (34) Caught Stealing: Mendoza (3) Sacrifice Hits: Milbourne (4) Sacrifice Flies: Beniquez (1) GIDP: Wathan (11), McRae (6) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie W(4-7) 5.2 4 2 1 2 1 0 23 5.82 Rawley SV(6) 3.1 3 0 0 1 4 0 13 2.86 Totals 9 7 2 1 3 5 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(10-4) 7.1 12 6 5 1 2 2 35 2.29 Pattin 0.1 3 5 4 2 0 0 5 4.06 Christenson 1.1 3 2 1 1 0 0 8 5.17 Totals 9 18 13 10 4 2 2 48 Passed Balls: Porter (5) Wild Pitches: Beattie (2) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Steve Palermo MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to right; Beniquez grounded out (first unassisted); Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. MARINERS 2ND: Paciorek doubled to left; Meyer popped to pitcher; J. Anderson singled to center [Paciorek scored]; L. Roberts flied out to center; J. Anderson stole second; Mendoza grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Aikens walked; Hurdle doubled to left [Aikens scored]; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hurdle to third]; Quirk flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 1. MARINERS 3RD: L. Cox singled to left; Milbourne out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [L. Cox to second]; Beniquez flied out to center; Bochte singled to right [L. Cox scored]; Paciorek singled to shortstop [Bochte to second]; Meyer struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson singled to second; Wilson stole second; Washington singled to second [Wilson to third]; Wathan grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Washington out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 1. MARINERS 4TH: J. Anderson singled to center; L. Roberts forced J. Anderson (shortstop to second); Mendoza singled to right [L. Roberts to third]; L. Cox grounded out (shortstop to first) [L. Roberts scored, Mendoza to second]; Milbourne flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to right; Aikens grounded out (second to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 1. MARINERS 5TH: Beniquez flied out to left; Bochte flied out to left; Paciorek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Quirk grounded out (first unassisted); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 1. MARINERS 6TH: Meyer doubled to right [Meyer scored (error by Hurdle) (unearned)]; J. Anderson popped to second; L. Roberts grounded out (third to first); Mendoza flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); Washington grounded out (second to first); Wathan reached on an error by Bochte; Porter singled to right [Wathan to third]; Beattie threw a wild pitch [Wathan scored (unearned), Porter to second]; Aikens walked; RAWLEY REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Hurdle struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 4, Royals 2. MARINERS 7TH: L. Cox homered; Milbourne singled to shortstop; Beniquez walked [Milbourne to second]; Bochte flied out to left; Paciorek popped to first in foul territory; Meyer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: SIMPSON REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING LF); McRae doubled to left; CHALK BATTED FOR QUIRK; Chalk struck out; White struck out; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 2. MARINERS 8TH: CHALK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); J. Anderson homered; L. Roberts struck out; Mendoza tripled to right; PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Mendoza was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); L. Cox walked; Milbourne singled to right [L. Cox to second]; Beniquez doubled to left [L. Cox scored, Milbourne scored]; Bochte was walked intentionally; Paciorek singled to right [Beniquez scored, Bochte to third]; CHRISTENSON REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Simpson singled to center [Bochte scored, Paciorek to second]; J. Anderson walked [Paciorek to third, Simpson to second]; Porter allowed a passed ball [Paciorek scored (unearned), Simpson scored (unearned), J. Anderson to third]; L. Roberts flied out to right; 7 R (5 ER), 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 12, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: Washington struck out; Wathan grounded out (first unassisted); Porter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 12, Royals 2. MARINERS 9TH: Mendoza singled to center; L. Cox singled to third [Mendoza to second]; Milbourne forced L. Cox (shortstop to second) [Mendoza to third]; Beniquez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mendoza scored]; Bochte flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 13, Royals 2. ROYALS 9TH: Aikens singled to center; Hurdle singled to center [Aikens to second]; McRae grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Aikens to third, Hurdle out at second]; Chalk walked; White flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 13, Royals 2.

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