Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf,lf 5 1 2 1
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
Muser lf 3 0 0 0
  Harlow pr,cf 1 0 0 0
May 1b 4 1 1 1
Murray dh 4 0 0 0
Kelly rf 4 0 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Garcia ss 3 1 1 0
  Belanger pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 3 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 1 1
Page lf 4 0 1 1
Allen 1b 3 0 1 0
Williams dh 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
Armas rf 3 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 1 1 0
Scott ss 3 0 1 0
Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Baltimore 001 110 000382
Oakland 100 010 000292
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (4-2) 7.0 9 2 2 2 1
  Martinez  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen  L (1-2) 4.2 4 3 2 3 5
  Coleman   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Lacey   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Giusti   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
4
8

  E–Muser (1), Harlow (5), Page (4), Bahnsen (1).  DP–Baltimore 3, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland North (3,off Grimsley).  IBB–Muser (2,by Bahnsen).  SH–North (4,off Grimsley).  SF–Sanguillen (1,off Grimsley).  SB–L May (2,2nd base off Bahnsen/Sanguillen); Bumbry (5,2nd base off Bahnsen/Sanguillen).  CS–Allen (3,2nd base by Grimsley/Dempsey).  IBB–Bahnsen (5,Muser).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:40.  A–5,419.
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