Jim Sundberg stretched his hitting streak to a club-record 19 games as the Rangers split a twi-night doubleheader with the Mariners. After the Mariners won the opener, 6-5, the Rangers came back to take the nightcap, 4-2. In the first game, a run-scoring double by Sundberg in the third inning helped the Rangers assume a 4-0 lead, but the Mariners rallied and went in front, 5-4, before Bobby Bonds tied the score in the ninth with his first homer in a Texas uniform. In the Mariners' half, Juan Bernhardt doubled and scored the winning run on a pinch-single by Leon Roberts.

Sundberg had two hits in the nightcap. Juan Beniquez and Bump Wills homered for the Rangers, who broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning on a double by Jim Mason, single by Mike Hargrove, sacrifice fly by Al Oliver and single by Richie Zisk. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 6, Texas Rangers 5 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, May 19, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Rangers 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 12 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 - 6 9 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .237 Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Oliver lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .256 Reynolds ss 4 0 0 1 1 0 .308 Bonds dh 5 2 3 1 0 0 .293 Braun rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Zisk rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .307 Hale rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .110 Sundberg c 4 0 1 1 1 0 .327 Roberts ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .302 Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Ruppert Jones cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .210 Beniquez cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .259 Bochte lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .277 Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .207 Stanton dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .198 Campaneris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Stein 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .240 Mason ph,ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .222 Bernhardt 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .318 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milbourne pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stinson c 3 1 2 3 0 0 .277 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baez ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .186 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 12 5 4 3 Totals 32 6 9 6 5 2 Time of Game: 2:49 Left on Base: Rangers 9, Mariners 8 DP: Rangers 0, Mariners 2 Errors: Cruz Doubles: Hargrove (6), Oliver (8), Bonds 2 (6), Zisk (7), Sundberg (5), Stein (11), Stinson (6), Bochte (8), Bernhardt (3) Home Runs: Bonds (3) Stolen Bases: Beniquez (4), Harrah (5), Bochte (3) Sacrifice Hits: Stein (1), Cruz (4) GIDP: Bonds (3), Sundberg (4) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis 5 6 5 5 3 2 0 24 4.09 Comer L(0-1) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 1.35 Lindblad 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0.00 Barker 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.86 Totals 8.1 9 6 6 5 2 0 39 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pole 2 6 4 4 2 1 0 14 5.68 Todd 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 14 3.86 House W(2-2) 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 13 4.11 Totals 9 12 5 5 4 3 1 41 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to right; Oliver doubled to left [Hargrove scored]; Bonds grounded out (third to first); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg walked; Wills flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 0. RANGERS 2ND: Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Harrah grounded out (second to first) [Beniquez to third]; on the first pitch, Campaneris attempted a suicide squeeze bunt, but the pitch broke two fingers, forcing him to leave the game; MASON BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Mason struck out; Hargrove singled to right [Beniquez scored]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: MASON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Ruppert Jones walked; Bochte singled to center [Ruppert Jones to third]; Stanton made an out to second; Stein struck out; Bochte stole second; Bernhardt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Mariners 0. RANGERS 3RD: Bonds doubled; Zisk doubled to left [Bonds scored]; Sundberg doubled to center [Zisk scored]; TODD REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); Wills struck out; Beniquez flied out to right [Sundberg to third]; Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Mason grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 0. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds doubled; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Ruppert Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte singled to shortstop; Stanton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 0. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Wills struck out; Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Stein doubled to center; Bernhardt grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson doubled to left [Stein scored]; Cruz singled to second [Stinson to third]; Reynolds forced Cruz (second to shortstop) [Stinson scored]; Braun grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 2. RANGERS 6TH: Harrah singled to second [Harrah to second (error by Cruz)]; Mason singled to left [Harrah to third]; Hargrove walked [Mason to second]; HOUSE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Oliver made an out to second; Bonds grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 2. MARINERS 6TH: Ruppert Jones walked; Bochte doubled to center [Ruppert Jones scored]; Stanton walked; COMER REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Stein out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Bochte to third, Stanton to second]; Bernhardt flied out to right; Stinson singled to center [Bochte scored, Stanton scored]; Cruz flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 5. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk singled to center; Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to first) [Zisk out at second]; Wills made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 5. MARINERS 7TH: Reynolds flied out to center; Braun grounded out (second to first); Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 5. RANGERS 8TH: HALE REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING RF); Beniquez flied out to right; Harrah grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Mason singled to pitcher; Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 5. MARINERS 8TH: Bochte made an out to second; Stanton flied out to right; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 5. RANGERS 9TH: Oliver flied out to center; Bonds homered; Zisk made an out to shortstop; Sundberg flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 5. MARINERS 9TH: Bernhardt doubled to center; MILBOURNE RAN FOR BERNHARDT; LINDBLAD REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); BAEZ BATTED FOR STINSON; Baez was walked intentionally; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Milbourne to third, Baez to second]; Reynolds was walked intentionally; ROBERTS BATTED FOR HALE; BARKER REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Roberts singled to left [Milbourne scored, Baez to third, Reynolds to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 6.

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