New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
July 31, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 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 9, Oakland Athletics 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 3
White lf 4 1 2 0
Munson dh 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 1 0 0
Piniella rf 5 1 1 0
Johnson c 3 2 1 3
Nettles 3b 4 3 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 0 0
Dent ss 1 0 1 1
  Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 8 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mallory rf 4 0 0 0
Perez 2b 2 1 0 0
  Scott 2b 1 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 1 0
  Newman c 1 1 1 0
Page lf 4 0 1 1
Gross 3b 4 0 1 1
McKinney 1b 4 0 1 0
Crawford dh 3 0 1 0
Armas cf 4 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 2 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
New York 023 120 100980
Oakland 100 000 010284
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (10-7) 8.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Clay   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (10-12) 4.1 6 8 5 5 2
  Giusti   3.2 2 1 0 4 2
  Lacey   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
9
5
9
4

  E–Perez (9), Page 2 (12), McKinney (6).  DP–New York 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Sanguillen (4).  2B–Oakland Newman (6,off Figueroa).  HR–New York Johnson (7,3rd inning off Blue 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Dent (6,off Blue).  SB–White (12,2nd base off Blue/Sanguillen).  WP–Figueroa (2).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:38.  A–11,052.
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