1982 AL Game: Sea. @ Bsn. Cowens Hits for the Cycle

September 5, 1982

 Seattle's Al Cowens hit for the cycle today, leading the Mariners to a 8-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. He got the hardest to get hits for the cycle by the 2nd inning. Cowens ripped a 2-run homer in the 1st and a 2-run triple in the 2nd, ending the day with 5 RBI.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Seattle Mariners At 1982 Boston Red Sox               9/5/1982
 
  Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Simpson LF        4  4  2  0 .265     J.Remy 2B           4  2  2  0 .282  
  M.Castillo 3B       5  1  2  0 .272     D.Evans RF          4  3  2  2 .303  
  A.Cowens RF         5  2  4  5 .270     J.Rice LF           5  0  1  1 .300  
  R.Zisk DH           4  1  0  0 .283     C.Yastrzemski DH    4  0  3  0 .320  
  D.Revering 1B       4  0  2  2 .216     C.Lansford 3B       3  0  1  0 .311  
  R.Sweet C           3  0  1  1 .286     W.Boggs 1B          5  0  3  2 .392  
  D.Henderson CF      5  0  1  0 .264   A-R.Gedman PR         0  0  0  0 .290  
  T.Cruz SS           5  0  2  0 .217     R.Nichols CF        5  0  0  0 .326  
  J.Cruz 2B           5  0  2  0 .262     D.Stapleton SS      4  0  0  0 .256  
                                          G.Allenson C        3  0  0  0 .161  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  8 16  8                 Totals      37  5 12  5
 
A-Pinch Ran For Boggs In 9th Inning
 
Mariners........ 2 2 0  0 0 0  3 1 0  -  8 16  0
Red Sox......... 1 0 1  0 0 0  1 0 2  -  5 12  0
 
Mariners (66-69)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Stoddard WIN(3-1)       8 1/3  11   5   5   5   2   1   3.28
B.Caudill SAVE(28th)      0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   3.60
Totals                    9      12   5   5   5   2   1
 
Red Sox (68-67)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Rainey LOSS(4-7)        6 1/3  10   7   7   3   4   1   5.46
L.Aponte                  2 2/3   6   1   1   1   2   0   4.91
Totals                    9      16   8   8   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,958 DATE- Sunday, September 5th 1982 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Jerry Neudecker, George Maloney, Ken Kaiser
T- 3:31
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners:10  Red Sox:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 2  Red Sox: 2
DOUBLES- A.Cowens(36th), J.Cruz(20th), J.Rice(17th)
TRIPLES- A.Cowens(7th), J.Remy(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Cowens(18th), D.Evans(32nd)
RBIs- A.Cowens-5(61st), D.Revering-2(27th), R.Sweet(21st), D.Evans-2(94th),
      J.Rice(63rd), W.Boggs-2(40th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Sweet
WALKS- J.Simpson, R.Zisk, D.Revering, R.Sweet, J.Remy, D.Evans, C.Yastrzemski,
       C.Lansford, G.Allenson
HIT BY PITCH- C.Lansford
STRIKE OUTS- R.Zisk-3, R.Sweet, D.Henderson-2, J.Rice, G.Allenson
GIDP- A.Cowens, J.Cruz, D.Evans, R.Nichols
2-out RBI- A.Cowens-2, W.Boggs
RLISP 2-out- D.Henderson, R.Nichols-4, R.Zisk, T.Cruz, R.Sweet-2
TEAM RISP- Mariners: 4 for 11  Red Sox: 4 for 10
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Jerry Remy robbed Manny Castillo of a base hit.
          Bot 3rd: Al Cowens robbed Jim Rice of an extra base hit.
 
Right fielder Al Cowens hit for the cycle and had 5 RBI as the Seattle
Mariners outscored the Boston Red Sox 8 to 5.
 
Cowens was a source of great heartache for the Boston faithful all day.  He
just kept pounding out hits! He blasted a two-run home run in the 1st inning,
tripled plating two runs in the 2nd inning, doubled in the 7th inning and
slapped a single which brought home a run in the 8th inning.  Boston had a
chance in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Bob Stoddard(3-1) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 and 1/3 innings and
allowing 5 runs. Stoddard got help from Bill Caudill who earned his 28th
save.  Chuck Rainey(4-7) took the loss.  He was unable to control the Seattle
offense and allowed 10 hits and 3 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.  
 
Cowens was jubilant after the game 'Let me see a box-score' he joked, 'I want
to see how that game looks on paper.'