Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 31, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Alexander ss 1 1 1 0
  Picciolo ss 2 0 1 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Scott ss 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen rf 4 0 3 0
  Murray pr 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Allen 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams c 4 0 1 0
  Lintz pr 0 0 0 0
McKinney dh 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 3 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 1 1 1
Tyrone lf 3 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 0 1 1
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 0
Kemp lf 3 0 2 1
Stanley 1b 4 2 3 1
Wockenfuss dh 3 1 0 0
May c 3 1 1 1
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 1
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Oakland 100 000 010291
Detroit 100 000 22x591
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (3-6) 6.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Lacey   2.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hiller  W (2-5) 8.0 9 2 2 1 9
  Foucault  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
10

  E–Armas (3), Oglivie (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 4.  2B–Detroit Kemp (8,off Blue).  HR–Oakland Perez (1,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Stanley (5,8th inning off Lacey 0 on, 1 out); May (4,8th inning off Lacey 0 on, 2 out).  SH–May (4,off Blue).  SB–Alexander (11,2nd base off Hiller/May); Oglivie (3,2nd base off Blue/E Williams); LeFlore (9,2nd base off Blue/E Williams).  CS–McKinney (1,2nd base by Hiller/May); Kemp (1,2nd base by Blue/E Williams).  WP–Hiller (2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:21.  A–7,067.
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