A brief relief appearance by Shane Rawley resulted in the rookie lefthander receiving credit for his first major league victory when the Mariners defeated the Rangers, 7-3. Glenn Abbott, who started for the Mariners, was kayoed in the sixth when Bobby Bonds and Jim Sundberg homered to put the Rangers ahead, 3-2. Sundberg's blow extended his hitting streak to 20 games.

After Rawley relieved and retired the last batter in the sixth, the Mariners came back in their half with a single by Leon Roberts and homer by Steve Braun to beat Fergie Jenkins. Rawley was removed with two outs in the seventh, after pitching what amounted to one inning, and Enrique Romo came in to save the game. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 7, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 20, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Rangers 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 2 Mariners 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 x - 7 14 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Cruz 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .276 Oliver lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Reynolds ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 .324 Lowenstein lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .366 Bochte lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .277 Bonds rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .295 Ruppert Jones cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .221 Zisk dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Roberts rf 4 1 3 0 0 1 .314 Sundberg c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .331 Milbourne pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Hale rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Harrah 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .198 Braun dh 4 2 2 2 0 0 .246 Wills 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .244 Stein 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .241 Mason ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Bernhardt 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .310 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Stinson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 4 2 Totals 35 7 14 5 0 7 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 34,835 Left on Base: Rangers 8, Mariners 5 DP: Rangers 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Lowenstein, Mason Doubles: Stein (12), Bochte (9), Braun (4) Home Runs: Bonds (4), Sundberg (2), Braun (2) Stolen Bases: Beniquez (5), Harrah (6), Wills (10), Bonds (7), Ruppert Jones (7), Cruz (15), Reynolds (6) Caught Stealing: Harrah (2) Sacrifice Flies: Bernhardt (1) GIDP: Zisk (3) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(4-2) 7 13 7 7 0 7 1 33 3.42 Cleveland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.13 Totals 8 14 7 7 0 7 1 36 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott 5.2 8 3 3 1 0 2 24 4.22 Rawley W(1-4) 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 4.02 Romo SV(4) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 3.27 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 2 2 38 Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver singled to right; Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds flied out to center; Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Beniquez singled to right; Beniquez stole second; Harrah grounded out (third to first) [Beniquez to third]; Wills singled to right [Beniquez scored]; Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones singled to right; Roberts singled to left [Ruppert Jones to second]; Braun forced Roberts (first to shortstop) [Ruppert Jones scored (error by Mason) (no RBI)]; Stein doubled to center [Braun out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; Bernhardt singled to second [Stein to third]; Stinson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 1. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to center; Oliver made an out to shortstop; Bonds singled to left [Hargrove to second]; Zisk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 1. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz flied out to center; Reynolds struck out; Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 1. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Beniquez flied out to center; Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Ruppert Jones singled to center; Ruppert Jones stole second; Roberts struck out; LOWENSTEIN REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); Braun flied out to right; Stein grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 1. RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Mason grounded out (second to first); Hargrove singled to right; Lowenstein lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 1. MARINERS 5TH: Bernhardt singled to right; Stinson flied out to center; Cruz forced Bernhardt (second to shortstop); Cruz stole second; Reynolds singled to center [Cruz scored]; Reynolds stole second; Bochte struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 2. RANGERS 6TH: Bonds homered; Zisk flied out to center; Sundberg homered; Beniquez flied out to center; RAWLEY REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Harrah walked; Wills singled to third [Harrah to second]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MASON; Harrah stole third and Wills stole second; Bevacqua flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 2. MARINERS 6TH: NORMAN REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING SS); Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; Debut game for Nelson Norman; Roberts singled to center; Braun homered [Roberts scored]; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); Bernhardt flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 4. RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Lowenstein flied out to center; Bonds walked; ROMO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Bonds stole second; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 4. MARINERS 7TH: Stinson struck out; Cruz was called out on strikes; Reynolds singled to center; Bochte doubled [Reynolds scored]; Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 5. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg lined to first; Beniquez walked; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first) [Beniquez to second]; Wills made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 5. MARINERS 8TH: Roberts singled to center; MILBOURNE RAN FOR ROBERTS; Braun doubled to left [Milbourne scored (error by Lowenstein) (no RBI)]; CLEVELAND REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Stein singled to second [Braun to third]; Stein was picked off first (catcher to first); Bernhardt hit a sacrifice fly to left [Braun scored]; Stinson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 7. RANGERS 9TH: HALE REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING RF); JORGENSEN BATTED FOR NORMAN; Jorgensen struck out; Hargrove flied out to center; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 7.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".