Pat Corrales' debut as Texas manager was a successful one as Richie Zisk drove in three runs with a single and a two-run homer and Bobby Bonds added a two-run blast to power the Rangers to a 9-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Corrales took over after Billy Hunter was fired as Texas manager earlier Sunday. [ap]

Texas Rangers 9, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Kingdome

Rangers 3 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 - 9 8 1 Mariners 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 - 4 13 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 4 1 1 2 1 2 .267 Cruz 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .235 Wills 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .250 Reynolds ss 5 0 4 1 0 0 .292 Oliver cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .324 Ruppert Jones cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Zisk lf 2 2 2 3 2 0 .262 Bochte dh 5 0 2 0 0 2 .263 Grubb dh 4 0 2 2 0 1 .275 Meyer lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Harrah ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .229 Beamon 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .182 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Hale rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Jorgensen 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .196 Milbourne 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Sundberg c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .278 Pasley c 3 2 2 2 1 0 .241 Mason 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 9 8 9 7 5 Totals 37 4 13 3 3 5 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 5,807 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Mariners 9 DP: Rangers 3, Mariners 2 Errors: Wills Doubles: Wills (17), Grubb (19), Pasley (5) Home Runs: Zisk (22), Jorgensen (1), Bonds (31), Pasley (1) Stolen Bases: Cruz (59) Sacrifice Hits: Mason (6) Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (3) GIDP: Harrah (8), Oliver (7), Hale 2 (2), Ruppert Jones (15) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins W(18-8) 6.1 12 4 3 0 3 1 29 3.04 Mirabella 2.2 1 0 0 3 2 0 11 5.79 Totals 9 13 4 3 3 5 1 40 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott L(7-15) 3 5 5 5 1 2 1 15 5.27 Colborn 3 3 4 4 4 0 2 15 5.24 Brown 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 9 4.15 Totals 9 8 9 9 7 5 3 39 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Larry Barnett RANGERS 1ST: Bonds lined to shortstop; Wills doubled to left; Oliver walked; Zisk singled to right [Wills scored, Oliver to third, Zisk to second (on throw)]; Grubb singled to center [Oliver scored, Zisk to third]; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center [Zisk scored]; Jorgensen flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to center; Reynolds singled; Ruppert Jones struck out; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 0. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Mason grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Meyer flied out to center; Beamon singled to center; Hale flied out to center; Milbourne grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Mariners 0. RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver singled to center; Zisk homered [Oliver scored]; Grubb was called out on strikes; Harrah made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Pasley grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz made an out to shortstop; Reynolds singled to center; Ruppert Jones flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. RANGERS 4TH: COLBORN REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg lined to left; Mason grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte singled to center; Meyer singled to center [Bochte to second]; Beamon forced Meyer (second to shortstop) [Bochte to third]; Hale grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Beamon out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds walked; Bonds was picked off first (pitcher to first); Wills walked; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wills to second]; Zisk walked; Grubb doubled to right [Wills scored, Zisk to third]; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Pasley doubled to center; Cruz singled to left [Pasley to third]; Cruz stole second; Reynolds reached on an error by Wills [Pasley scored, Cruz scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Ruppert Jones forced Reynolds (shortstop to second); Bochte singled to center [Ruppert Jones out at third (center to second to third)]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Mariners 2. RANGERS 6TH: Jorgensen homered; Sundberg walked; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Sundberg to second]; Bonds homered [Sundberg scored]; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 2. MARINERS 6TH: Meyer flied out to right; Beamon singled to center; Hale grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Beamon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 2. RANGERS 7TH: BROWN REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Zisk walked; Grubb forced Zisk (first to shortstop); Harrah grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 2. MARINERS 7TH: Milbourne singled to right; Pasley homered [Milbourne scored]; Cruz struck out; Reynolds singled to right; MIRABELLA REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Ruppert Jones walked [Reynolds to second]; Bochte struck out; Meyer struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 4. RANGERS 8TH: Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg was called out on strikes; Mason was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 4. MARINERS 8TH: NORMAN REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING SS); Beamon walked; Hale made an out to second; Milbourne forced Beamon (third to second); Pasley walked [Milbourne to second]; Cruz made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 4. RANGERS 9TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Wills walked; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wills out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: Reynolds singled to center; Ruppert Jones grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Reynolds out at second]; Bochte made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Mariners 4.

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