Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 20, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade cf 6 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 2 2
  Melton 3b 2 0 0 0
Blanks 2b 6 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 2 1 1
Carty dh 5 0 1 0
Bochte lf 5 0 0 1
Pruitt rf 5 1 1 0
Kendall c 5 1 1 0
Duffy ss 5 1 3 1
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 11 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b,ss 5 1 1 0
Perez 3b,2b 5 1 1 0
Page lf 4 0 1 1
Sanguillen dh 4 0 1 1
  Alexander pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Tyrone rf 4 1 1 2
McKinney 1b,3b 5 0 0 0
Newman c 3 0 1 0
  Mallory pr,1b 0 0 0 0
  Tabb ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Murray cf 5 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Hosley ph,c 2 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 7 4
Cleveland 030 000 100 0015111
Oakland 000 000 103 000472
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   8.1 4 4 3 2 3
  Kern  W (6-7) 3.2 3 0 0 2 5
Totals
12.0
7
4
3
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   11.0 10 4 4 5 3
  Bair  L (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.0
11
5
5
5
3

  E–Dade (4), Perez (13), McKinney (8).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Pruitt (8,off Blue).  3B–Oakland Perez (5,off Kern).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (23,12th inning off Bair 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Tyrone (3,9th inning off Waits 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Bochte (4,off Blue).  IBB–Page (4,by Kern); Tyrone (2,by Kern).  SB–Duffy (7,2nd base off Blue/Newman); Murray (9,2nd base off Kern/Kendall).  CS–Thornton (4,2nd base by Blue/Newman); Scott (13,2nd base by Kern/Kendall).  IBB–Kern 2 (7,Page,Tyrone).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–(none), 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:55.  A–5,022.
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