Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade 3b 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 1
Bochte lf 4 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 0 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
  Lowenstein pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Norris cf 3 1 1 0
Pruitt rf 4 0 2 1
Kendall c 3 0 0 1
Duffy ss 3 1 1 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b 4 0 0 0
Page dh 3 0 1 0
Tabb 1b 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
Tyrone rf 3 0 0 0
Mallory lf 4 1 1 0
Murray cf 3 0 1 1
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Cleveland 001 000 102461
Oakland 010 000 000132
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (12-10) 9.0 3 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (8-14) 8.1 5 4 3 2 4
  Bair   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
3
4

  E–Dade (5), Scott (14), Perez (14).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Cleveland Duffy (9,off Langford); Carty (18,off Langford), Oakland Murray (4,off Eckersley).  SF–Kendall (4,off Langford).  IBB–Norris (2,by Bair).  HBP–Sanguillen (2,by Eckersley).  SB–Norris (22,2nd base off Langford/Sanguillen); Page 2 (29,2nd base off Eckersley/Kendall 2); Mallory (9,2nd base off Eckersley/Kendall).  CS–Bochte (3,2nd base by Langford/Sanguillen); Pruitt (1,2nd base by Langford/Sanguillen).  HBP–Eckersley (5,Sanguillen).  IBB–Bair (4,Norris).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–(none), 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:18.  A–2,702.
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