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Seattle Mariners @ New York Yankees

1979-07-23 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 20674 · 80°F, night · 2:20

New York Yankees defeated Seattle Mariners 6–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 5th. Ed Figueroa earned the win and Rich Gossage picked up the save. Chris Chambliss went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SEA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	11
NYA	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2		6	8

W: Ed Figueroa L: Glenn Abbott SV: Rich Gossage

Umpires — HP: Greg Kosc · 1B: George Maloney · 2B: Fred Spenn · 3B: Bill Deegan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Milbourne	4	1	2	0	1	0
Ruppert Jones	5	0	0	1	0	2
Bruce Bochte	3	1	2	0	1	0
Willie Horton	4	0	2	1	0	0
Dan Meyer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leon Roberts	4	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Simpson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stinson	4	0	3	0	0	0
Mario Mendoza	2	0	1	0	0	1
John Hale	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Valentine	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers	3	1	2	1	0	0
Thurman Munson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Chris Chambliss	2	1	1	2	1	0
Reggie Jackson	4	1	2	1	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Spencer	4	1	1	2	0	1
Willie Randolph	3	0	1	0	1	0
Brian Doyle	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bucky Dent	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roy White	1	0	0	0	0	0

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Glenn Abbott	4.1	5	3	1
Rich Hinton	3.2	3	1	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Figueroa	5.0	6	1	5
Ron Davis	1.2	1	1	2
Jim Kaat	0.2	2	0	0
Rich Gossage	1.2	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Larry Milbourne: T9
Ruppert Jones: 3/G.3-H
Bruce Bochte: W
Willie Horton: 4(1)3(B)/GDP

Bot 1

Mickey Rivers: S7
Thurman Munson: CS2(24)
Thurman Munson: W
Chris Chambliss: W.1-2
Reggie Jackson: S8.2-H(RBI);1-3(E8);BX2(84)
Lou Piniella: 3

Top 2

Dan Meyer: K
Leon Roberts: K
Joe Simpson: 3/G

Bot 2

Jim Spencer: K
Willie Randolph: 4/L
Brian Doyle: W
Bucky Dent: 9

Top 3

Bob Stinson: D7
Mario Mendoza: K
Larry Milbourne: 43.2-3
Ruppert Jones: K

Bot 3

Mickey Rivers: 5/FL
Thurman Munson: 8
Chris Chambliss: HR/9
Reggie Jackson: 43

Top 4

Bruce Bochte: S7
Willie Horton: S8.1-2
Dan Meyer: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Leon Roberts: 3/FL
Joe Simpson: 31

Bot 4

Lou Piniella: 63
Jim Spencer: 7
Willie Randolph: 63

Top 5

Bob Stinson: D9
Mario Mendoza: S8.2-3
Larry Milbourne: FC4.3X3(42);1-2
Ruppert Jones: K
Bruce Bochte: 6/L

Bot 5

Brian Doyle: D8
Bucky Dent: 54/SH.2-3
Mickey Rivers: S8.3-H
Thurman Munson: E6.1-3
Chris Chambliss: 8/SF.3-H(UR);1-2
Reggie Jackson: 8

Top 6

Willie Horton: 63
Dan Meyer: 43
Leon Roberts: K

Bot 6

Lou Piniella: 9
Jim Spencer: 31
Willie Randolph: D7
Brian Doyle: 9

Top 7

Joe Simpson: 9
Bob Stinson: S8
John Hale: K
Larry Milbourne: W.1-2
Ruppert Jones: 8

Bot 7

Bucky Dent: 8
Roy White: 5/L
Thurman Munson: 9

Top 8

Bruce Bochte: T8
Willie Horton: D9.3-H
Dan Meyer: 6
Leon Roberts: S6.2-3
Joe Simpson: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 8

Chris Chambliss: 43
Reggie Jackson: S6
Lou Piniella: K
Jim Spencer: HR/9.1-H
Willie Randolph: W
Brian Doyle: 43

Top 9

Bob Stinson: 63
Bobby Valentine: 53
Larry Milbourne: S9
Ruppert Jones: 43

Notes & reviews

Mariners manager Johnson ejected by 3B umpire Deegan for claiming Stinson was not tagged and that catcher Munson's body block on the play was obstructione

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