New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 0 1 1
  Blair cf 2 0 1 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 1
Chambliss 1b 5 0 1 0
May dh 3 0 0 0
  Wynn ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 5 1 1 0
Healy c 4 0 0 0
Zeber 2b 2 2 2 0
Dent ss 3 1 2 2
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 2 1 0
Sanguillen dh 5 1 3 2
Page lf 4 1 1 0
Allen 1b 4 0 2 1
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Tyrone rf 3 1 0 0
Williams c,1b 4 2 2 2
Gross 3b 3 1 2 2
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
Scott ss 3 0 1 1
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 8
New York 002 200 000494
Oakland 501 001 10x8121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (2-3) 0.1 4 5 3 1 0
  Tidrow   5.2 6 2 1 2 5
  Lyle   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
5
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   3.1 4 4 3 3 5
  Lacey  W (1-0) 3.2 2 0 0 1 4
  Giusti   2.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
5
12

  E–Jackson (2), Chambliss (5), Nettles (5), Healy (1), Allen (5).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Zeber (1,off Lacey), Oakland Sanguillen (5,off Tidrow).  3B–New York Dent (1,off Medich).  HR–Oakland Gross (10,3rd inning off Tidrow 0 on, 2 out); E Williams (8,7th inning off Lyle 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Tyrone (1,off Tidrow).  IBB–Gross (3,by Tidrow).  SB–North (11,2nd base off Holtzman/Healy).  CS–North (6,2nd base by Tidrow/Healy); Scott (8,2nd base by Lyle/Healy).  IBB–Tidrow (3,Gross).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:50.  A–32,409.
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