Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
May 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1977 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
  McKinney 1b 1 0 0 0
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
  Lintz 2b 0 0 0 0
Page lf 4 1 1 0
Allen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Mallory pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 1 1
  Newman c 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams dh 4 1 2 1
Murray rf,cf 4 0 2 0
Scott ss 3 0 1 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Belanger ss 4 2 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 1
  Harlow cf 1 0 0 0
May dh 3 2 1 4
Murray 1b 4 2 2 0
  Muser 1b 1 0 0 0
Kelly lf,rf 4 1 3 3
DeCinces 3b 2 0 0 0
Smith 2b 3 0 2 1
  Dauer ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 9
Oakland 000 100 001271
Baltimore 520 011 00x9111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (1-3) 0.1 4 5 5 3 0
  Norris   1.0 2 2 1 1 1
  Umbarger   4.2 5 2 2 3 5
  Bahnsen   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Coleman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
7
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (4-1) 9.0 7 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–Gross (7), Belanger (3).  DP–Oakland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Page (10,off Palmer), Baltimore Bumbry (4,off Ellis); Murray (3,off Ellis); Kelly (2,off Umbarger).  HR–Oakland E Williams (6,9th inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore L May (2,1st inning off Ellis 3 on, 0 out); Kelly (3,5th inning off Umbarger 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Singleton (1,2nd base by Norris/Sanguillen).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:39.  A–3,232.
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