Yankees 5, Mariners 6 Box Score, Apr 29, 1979

April 29, 1979 · 6:33 AM EDT

New York YankeesNYY · 89-71NYY89-715

Final

Seattle MarinersSEA · 67-95SEA67-95

W: Rafael VasquezL: Paul Mirabella

Top performers

TMThurman MunsonC2-4H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 1 RTop hitterWHWillie HortonDH3-5H-AB2B · 3 RBI
Winning pitcherRVRafael VasquezP4.0IP0 ER · 2 K · W
PMPaul MirabellaP1.1IP3 ER · 3 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

SEA100%50%100%NYY

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Biggest lead NYY by 3 · SEA by 2 · 2 lead changes

Key plays

B1 +11% SEATom Paciorek doubles (1) on a to right fielder Reggie Jackson. Bobby Valentine scores.NYY 0 · SEA 1
T6 +24% NYYThurman Munson hits a home run (1). Willie Randolph scores.NYY 4 · SEA 2
B8 +12% SEARuppert Jones singles on a to center fielder Mickey Rivers. Leon Roberts scores. Willie Horton to 2nd.NYY 5 · SEA 3
B9 +46% SEAWillie Horton singles on a to left fielder Jay Johnstone. Julio Cruz scores. Joe Simpson scores. Leon Roberts to 3rd. Willie Horton to 2nd. Willie Horton advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by catcher Thurman Munson.NYY 5 · SEA 5
B9 +31% SEABruce Bochte singles on a to right fielder Reggie Jackson. Leon Roberts scores. Willie Horton to 3rd. Ruppert Jones to 2nd.NYY 5 · SEA 6

Team stats

NYY

SEA

9Hits12
5Runs6
1Home runs0
4Walks5
5Strikeouts4
2Errors0

1Stolen bases1
.290Batting average.324
.371On-base %.419
.452Slugging.432
5.19ERA5.00
14Left on base14

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	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
WRWillie Randolph2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	4	1	2	2	1	0	0
RJReggie JacksonRF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
GNGraig Nettles3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
CCChris ChamblissDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
JSJim Spencer1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1
JJJay JohnstoneLF	3	1	1	1	0	1	1
FSFred StanleySS	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
Totals	31	5	9	5	1	4	5

3B: Spencer

HR: Munson

RBI: Rivers, Munson 2, Spencer, Johnstone

SB: Johnstone

LOB: 14

Pitching


DTDick Tidrow	0.0	1	0	0	0	1
PMPaul MirabellaL	1.1	1	3	2	3	19
RDRon Davis	0.0	1	0	1	0	5
TJTommy John	7.1	9	2	2	1	41
Totals	8.2	12	5	5	4	66

Mariners

Batting


JCJulio Cruz2B	3	1	2	0	2	0
BVBobby ValentineLF	4	1	1	0	1	1
TPTom Paciorek1B	5	1	2	1	0	1
LRLeon RobertsRF	3	2	1	0	1	0
WHWillie HortonDH	5	0	3	3	0	0
RJRuppert JonesCF	4	0	2	1	1	0
LCLarry CoxC	4	0	0	0	0	0
LMLarry Milbourne3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
MMMario MendozaSS	3	0	0	0	0	0
JSJoe SimpsonPR	0	1	0	0	0	0
BBBruce BochtePH	1	0	1	1	0	0
BSBill SteinPH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	37	6	12	6	5	4

2B: Paciorek, Horton

3B: Jones

RBI: Paciorek, Horton 3, Jones, Bochte

SB: Cruz

LOB: 14

Pitching


OJOdell Jones	5.0	6	5	2	3	1	34
RVRafael VasquezW	4.0	3	0	2	2	0	25
Totals	9.0	9	5	4	5	1	59

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1979 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 0–2 SEA · SEA leads 2–0

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

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 0–2 SEA · SEA leads 2–0

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

Players mentioned