Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0
Fuentes 2b 5 1 3 1
Staub dh 5 1 2 2
Kemp lf 4 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 2 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 5 0 2 1
Carew 1b 5 0 1 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Bostock cf 2 0 0 0
Adams lf 4 0 0 0
Chiles dh 3 0 0 0
Cubbage 3b 4 1 0 0
Ford rf 3 1 1 0
Randall 2b 4 0 2 1
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Detroit 101 001 1004121
Minnesota 010 000 100260
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  W (11-4) 9.0 6 2 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  L (4-7) 6.2 9 4 4 1 5
  Burgmeier   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
6

  E–Thompson (9).  2B–Detroit Oglivie (16,off Redfern), Minnesota Randall (6,off Rozema).  3B–Detroit Fuentes (7,off Redfern).  HR–Detroit Staub (13,6th inning off Redfern 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Ford (9,by Rozema).  SB–LeFlore (25,2nd base off Redfern/Wynegar).  CS–Chiles (1,2nd base by Rozema/May).  BK–Redfern (2).  HBP–Rozema (5,Ford).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:40.  A–18,060.
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