Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
July 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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, California Angels 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Alexander ss 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Perez 2b 4 0 2 0
Page lf 4 0 1 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 1 0 0
Williams dh 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 1 1
Crawford rf 3 0 0 0
Armas cf 4 1 1 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Bosley cf 4 0 1 0
Remy 2b 4 0 1 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
  Torres lf 0 0 0 0
Solaita 1b 4 0 2 0
Bonds rf 4 1 1 0
Aikens dh 2 1 0 0
  Jackson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Chalk 3b 4 1 3 1
Mulliniks ss 3 1 3 3
Etchebarren c 2 0 1 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 12 4
Oakland 010 010 000260
California 020 200 00x4120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (6-7) 3.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Bair   2.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Lacey   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
4
4
2
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (11-7) 9.0 6 2 2 4 11
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
11

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2, California 1.  2B–Oakland Perez (10,off Ryan), California Bosley (2,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Armas (8,5th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out), California Mulliniks (1,4th inning off Langford 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Page 2 (17,2nd base off Ryan/Etchebarren 2); Remy (27,2nd base off Lacey/Sanguillen).  CS–Etchebarren (1,2nd base by Bair/Sanguillen); Solaita (2,2nd base by Bair/Sanguillen).  WP–Ryan (13).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:36.  A–41,303.
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