Yankees 5, Mariners 6 Box Score, Apr 27, 1979

April 27, 1979 · 9:05 PM EST

New York YankeesNYY · 89-71NYY89-715

Final

Seattle MarinersSEA · 67-95SEA67-95

W: Mike ParrottL: Dick TidrowS: Shane Rawley

Top performers

RJReggie JacksonRF2-4H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 1 RTop hitterWHWillie HortonDH2-3H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 1 R
Winning pitcherMPMike ParrottP7.1IP0 ER · 1 K · W
DTDick TidrowP1.2IP3 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcher
SaveSRShane RawleyP0.1IP0 ER · 1 K · S

Game flow

SEA100%50%100%NYY

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Biggest lead NYY by 5 · SEA by 1 · 1 lead change

Key plays

T1 +17% NYYLou Piniella hits a home run (1). Mickey Rivers scores.NYY 2 · SEA 0
B7 +18% SEABobby Valentine doubles (1) on a to right fielder Reggie Jackson. Julio Cruz to 3rd.NYY 5 · SEA 3
B7 +31% NYYLeon Roberts grounds into a double play, third baseman Graig Nettles to first baseman Chris Chambliss. Bobby Valentine out at 3rd. Leon Roberts out at 1st.NYY 5 · SEA 3
B8 +33% SEABob Stinson hits a home run (2).NYY 5 · SEA 5
B8 +30% SEADan Meyer hits a home run (2).NYY 5 · SEA 6

Team stats

NYY

SEA

11Hits11
5Runs6
2Home runs4
5Walks5
2Strikeouts4

2Stolen bases1
.314Batting average.344
.400On-base %.432
.543Slugging.781
6.75ERA5.00
19Left on base13

1979 American League Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1BAOrioles	102	57	.642	—
2MIBrewers	95	66	.590	8.0
3BORed Sox	91	69	.569	11.5
4NYYankees	89	71	.556	13.5
5LAAngels	88	74	.543	15.5
6DETigers	85	76	.528	18.0
7KCRoyals	85	77	.525	18.5
8TERangers	83	79	.512	20.5
9MITwins	82	80	.506	21.5
10CLGuardians	81	80	.503	22.0
11CWWhite Sox	73	87	.456	29.5
12SEMariners	67	95	.414	36.5
13OAAthletics	54	108	.333	49.5
14TOBlue Jays	53	109	.327	50.5

Game info

Venue: The Kingdome

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	5	1	3	1	0	0	0
WRWillie Randolph2B	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
LPLou PiniellaDH	4	1	1	2	1	0	0
RJReggie JacksonRF	4	1	2	1	1	1	1
GNGraig Nettles3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
CCChris Chambliss1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
JBJuan BeníquezLF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
BDBucky DentSS	3	1	2	0	0	1	0
JSJim SpencerPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
JJJay JohnstoneLF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	5	11	5	2	5	2

2B: Rivers, Munson

HR: Piniella, Jackson

RBI: Rivers, Randolph, Piniella 2, Jackson

SB: Rivers, Jackson

LOB: 19

Pitching


DTDick TidrowL	1.2	3	3	1	0	3	11
RGRon Guidry	6.1	8	3	4	4	1	49
Totals	8.0	11	6	5	4	4	60

Mariners

Batting


JCJulio Cruz2B	3	0	1	2	0	2	1
BVBobby Valentine3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
TPTom Paciorek1B	3	1	1	1	1	0	1
LRLeon RobertsRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
WHWillie HortonDH	3	1	2	1	1	1	0
RJRuppert JonesCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
LCLarry CoxC	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
LMLarry MilbourneSS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
MMMario MendozaSS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
BBBruce Bochte1B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
JSJoe SimpsonLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BSBob StinsonC	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
DMDan MeyerPH	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
JHJohn HaleRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	6	11	6	4	5	4

2B: Valentine, Mendoza

HR: Paciorek, Horton, Stinson, Meyer

RBI: Cruz 2, Paciorek, Horton, Stinson, Meyer

SB: Cruz

LOB: 13

Pitching


MPMike ParrottW	7.1	7	0	3	1	0	41
RHRick Honeycutt	1.1	4	5	2	0	2	16
SRShane RawleyS	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	2	2	60

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1979 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 3–0 SEA · NYY leads 3–0

Mariners edge Yankees 6-5 as Horton goes 2-for-3

Players mentioned

New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1979 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 3–0 SEA · NYY leads 3–0

Mariners edge Yankees 6-5 as Horton goes 2-for-3

Players mentioned