Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 3, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 8, Oakland Athletics 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Smith 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dauer ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 3 1 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 2 3
May 1b 3 0 1 1
  Muser 1b 0 1 0 0
Murray dh 5 2 2 3
Kelly lf 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 2 1
Garcia ss 5 1 1 0
Skaggs c 2 1 1 0
  Mora ph 1 0 0 0
  Rudolph c 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murray lf 3 0 0 0
Perez 2b 5 1 1 0
Sanguillen 1b 5 0 1 0
McKinney dh 2 0 0 1
  Scott pr,dh,ss 1 1 1 0
Tyrone rf 2 0 1 0
  Mallory ph,rf 2 1 0 0
Gross 3b 4 2 1 2
Armas cf 3 1 1 3
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
Newman c 4 0 2 0
  Alexander pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 1 0
  Crawford ph 0 0 0 0
  Hosley ph,c 1 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Baltimore 000 131 010 28101
Oakland 100 200 030 06102
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   3.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Martinez D.   3.2 1 3 3 2 5
  Drago   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T.  W (4-0) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
10
6
6
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   4.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Bair   2.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Giusti   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lacey  L (3-6) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
10.0
10
8
8
5
4

  E–DeCinces (12), Murray (1), Newman (5).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore Garcia (5,off Langford); DeCinces (19,off Bair).  3B–Oakland Gross (1,off D Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Singleton (14,4th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out); Murray 2 (18,8th inning off Giusti 0 on, 0 out,10th inning off Lacey 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Armas (11,4th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Smith (8,off Langford); Picciolo (10,off Flanagan); Murray (1,off T Martinez).  SF–L May (3,off Bair); McKinney (2,off Flanagan); Armas (5,off Drago).  HBP–Maddox (1,by Langford).  SB–Kelly (21,2nd base off Bair/Newman).  CS–Maddox (1,2nd base by Bair/Newman); Alexander (12,2nd base by T Martinez/Skaggs).  HBP–Langford (2,Maddox).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:56.  A–5,103.
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