New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 6 2 1 0
Rivers cf 6 1 2 0
Munson c 5 1 1 1
Chambliss 1b 6 0 2 3
Piniella dh 6 0 1 0
  May ph,dh 0 0 0 1
White lf 6 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 0 0
Wynn rf 6 0 0 0
Dent ss 5 0 1 0
  Alston ph 1 1 1 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 5 10 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 6 0 0 0
Sanguillen dh 7 1 2 1
Page lf 7 0 0 0
Allen 1b 6 1 3 1
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lintz pr,3b,2b 0 0 0 0
  Armas ph 1 0 0 0
  Alexander 2b 1 0 0 0
Williams c 6 0 1 0
Tyrone rf 2 0 0 0
  Mallory pr,rf 2 0 1 0
Perez 2b,ss 5 0 1 0
Scott ss 3 0 1 0
  McKinney ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 2 11 2
New York 200 000 000 000 0035100
Oakland 000 000 002 000 0002110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   8.1 5 2 2 3 4
  Lyle  W (2-1) 6.2 6 0 0 3 3
Totals
15.0
11
2
2
6
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   13.0 7 2 2 4 6
  Giusti  L (0-2) 1.1 3 3 3 2 1
  Coleman   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
15.0
10
5
5
6
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Randolph (6,off Blue); Rivers (3,off Blue); Alston (1,off Giusti), Oakland Sanguillen (6,off Guidry).  HR–Oakland Sanguillen (2,9th inning off Guidry 0 on, 0 out); Allen (5,9th inning off Guidry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rivers (2,off Giusti); May (1,off Coleman).  IBB–Munson 2 (3,by Blue,by Giusti).  SB–White (2,2nd base off Giusti/E Williams); E Williams (1,2nd base off Guidry/Munson); Mallory (4,2nd base off Lyle/Munson).  CS–North (7,2nd base by Guidry/Munson); Mallory 2 (3,2nd base by Lyle/Munson 2).  IBB–Blue (3,Munson); Giusti (3,Munson).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:45.  A–7,813.
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