Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 1, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Smith 2b 2 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Singleton rf 1 1 0 0
  Mora ph 1 1 1 2
  Shopay rf 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 4 0 1 0
  Muser 1b 0 0 0 0
Murray dh 4 1 1 0
Kelly lf 3 0 0 2
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 1 1 1
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Skaggs c 4 1 1 0
May R. p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murray lf 4 0 2 0
Perez 2b 5 0 0 0
Sanguillen 1b 4 0 1 0
McKinney dh 3 0 1 0
  Mallory ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Armas cf 4 0 1 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyrone rf 4 0 1 0
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 1 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 9 0
Baltimore 001 100 021572
Oakland 000 000 010190
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
May  W (12-9) 8.2 9 1 0 1 3
  Drago   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
0
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (2-2) 7.0 4 3 3 3 3
  Lacey   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Bair   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
4

  E–Garcia 2 (5).  2B–Oakland Picciolo (4,off R May); McKinney (7,off R May).  3B–Baltimore Murray (1,off Lacey).  HR–Baltimore Garcia (1,3rd inning off Coleman 0 on, 0 out); Mora (5,8th inning off Lacey 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Smith (7,off Lacey).  SF–Kelly (4,off Lacey).  CS–Smith (2,2nd base by Coleman/Newman).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:30.  A–8,831.
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