Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
August 27, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1976 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Oakland Athletics 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 1 0 0
Meyer lf 5 1 2 0
Oglivie rf 4 1 2 3
Staub dh 5 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Wockenfuss c 4 1 1 0
Wagner ss 4 1 2 2
Scrivener 2b 4 1 1 1
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 2 0
  Williams ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0
  Sandt ss 1 0 1 0
Baylor rf 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 3 0 2 0
  Alexander lf,cf 1 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lintz 2b 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 1 1 1
  Newman c 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Haney ph 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Gross 1b 4 0 0 0
McMullen dh,3b 4 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 9 1
Detroit 041 201 0008110
Oakland 000 001 000191
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (8-9) 9.0 9 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (2-4) 1.2 4 4 2 2 2
  Todd   5.1 6 4 4 1 0
  Bahnsen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
6
3
2

  E–Gross (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland North 2 (17,off Ruhle 2).  HR–Detroit Oglivie (10,4th inning off Todd 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Tenace (15,6th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Oglivie (4,off Todd).  SB–LeFlore (48,2nd base off Todd/Tenace).  CS–Oglivie (3,2nd base by Abbott/Tenace).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:11.  A–5,884.
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