Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
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 Kingdome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Seattle Mariners 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 3 0
Fuentes 2b 5 1 2 0
Staub dh 5 2 2 3
Kemp lf 5 0 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 1
Oglivie rf 5 0 2 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 3 3 2
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 1
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 1 0
Baez 2b 3 1 0 0
Meyer 1b 4 1 1 3
Stanton dh 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 1 0
Stinson c 4 0 2 0
Bernhardt 3b 4 0 1 0
Lopez rf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Kekich p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Detroit 001 040 1107150
Seattle 000 030 000370
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (5-0) 7.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Foucault   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (10-8) 4.1 10 5 5 0 2
  Kekich   2.2 2 1 1 2 2
  Romo   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Laxton   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Detroit LeFlore 2 (20,off Abbott 2); Kemp (24,off Kekich); Rodriguez (5,off Romo), Seattle Stinson (11,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Rodriguez 2 (7,3rd inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out); Staub (16,5th inning off Abbott 2 on, 1 out), Seattle Meyer (18,5th inning off Wilcox 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Thompson (7,off Kekich).  SB–Kemp (3,2nd base off Kekich/Stinson); Collins (21,2nd base off Wilcox/May); Ruppert Jones (11,2nd base off Wilcox/May).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:35.  A–55,670.
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