Mariners 12, Yankees 4 Box Score, May 7, 1979

May 7, 1979 · 7:05 PM EDT

Seattle MarinersSEA · 67-95SEA67-9512

Final

New York YankeesNYY · 89-71NYY89-71

W: Rick HoneycuttL: Paul Mirabella

Top performers

DMDan Meyer1B3-4H-ABHR · 7 RBI · 2 RTop hitterTMThurman MunsonC2-5H-AB2B · 1 RBI · 2 R
RHRick HoneycuttP6.1IP1 ER · 1 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherPMPaul MirabellaP1.0IP4 ER · 1 K · L

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%SEA

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Biggest lead SEA by 8

Key plays

B2 +12% SEAJim Spencer grounds into a double play, second baseman Julio Cruz to shortstop Mario Mendoza to first baseman Bruce Bochte. Lou Piniella to 3rd. Reggie Jackson out at 2nd. Jim Spencer out at 1st.SEA 1 · NYY 0
B3 +10% NYYGraig Nettles singles on a to right fielder Joe Simpson. Thurman Munson scores.SEA 3 · NYY 2
B3 +12% NYYReggie Jackson singles on a to right fielder Joe Simpson. Graig Nettles scores. Lou Piniella to 2nd.SEA 3 · NYY 3
T5 +15% SEALeon Roberts doubles (6) on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Julio Cruz to 3rd.SEA 3 · NYY 3
T5 +21% SEADan Meyer hits a grand slam (3). Julio Cruz scores. Leon Roberts scores. Bruce Bochte scores.SEA 7 · NYY 3

Team stats

SEA

NYY

14Hits13
12Runs4
2Home runs0
7Walks3
5Strikeouts2
1Errors2

1Stolen bases1
.359Batting average.333
.468On-base %.381
.667Slugging.359
4.00ERA12.00
15Left on base24

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: Yankee Stadium I

Mariners

Batting


JCJulio Cruz2B	4	3	1	0	0	2	0
JSJoe SimpsonRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
BBBruce Bochte1B	2	4	1	0	0	3	0
DMDan Meyer1B	4	2	3	7	1	1	0
WHWillie HortonDH	4	0	1	2	0	1	0
RJRuppert JonesCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
BSBob StinsonC	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
BVBobby Valentine3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
MMMario MendozaSS	5	0	0	0	0	0	3
LRLeon RobertsRF	4	3	3	1	1	0	0
JHJohn HaleLF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	39	12	14	11	2	7	5

2B: Bochte, Horton, Stinson, Valentine, Roberts 2

HR: Meyer, Roberts

RBI: Meyer 7, Horton 2, Stinson, Roberts

SB: Cruz

CS: Stinson

LOB: 15

Pitching


BMByron McLaughlin	2.2	5	3	2	1	22
RHRick HoneycuttW	6.1	8	1	1	1	33
Totals	9.0	13	4	3	2	55

Yankees

Batting


WRWillie Randolph2B	5	0	1	0	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	5	2	2	1	0	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	4	1	1	1	0	1
LPLou PiniellaLF	4	0	3	0	1	0
RJReggie JacksonRF	4	0	2	2	1	1
JSJim Spencer1B	5	0	0	0	0	0
CCChris ChamblissDH	4	0	0	0	0	0
JBJuan BeníquezCF	3	1	2	0	1	0
BDBucky DentSS	4	0	1	0	0	0
BDBrian Doyle3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
CJCliff JohnsonPH	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	39	4	13	4	3	2

2B: Munson

RBI: Munson, Nettles, Jackson 2

SB: Beníquez

LOB: 24

Pitching


DTDick Tidrow	2.0	3	1	0	0	1	8
KCKen Clay	3.0	4	4	4	1	0	31
LTLuis Tiant	3.0	5	3	1	3	0	24
PMPaul MirabellaL	1.0	2	4	2	1	1	17
Totals	9.0	14	12	7	5	2	80

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1979 American League Standings

Game info

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · SEA 1–0 NYY · SEA leads 1–0

Mariners rout Yankees 12-4 as Meyer goes 3-for-4

Players mentioned

Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1979 American League Standings

Game info

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · SEA 1–0 NYY · SEA leads 1–0

Mariners rout Yankees 12-4 as Meyer goes 3-for-4

Players mentioned