Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
August 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, California Angels 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 1
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Kemp lf 5 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 3 0
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 0
May c 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 1
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Flores lf 4 1 2 0
Remy 2b 3 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 2 0 0 1
  Solaita ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Baylor cf 4 0 1 0
Chalk 3b 4 0 1 0
Guerrero dh 4 0 2 0
  Torres pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphrey c 0 0 0 0
Simpson p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit 000 200 1003100
California 000 001 000162
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  W (4-4) 6.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Foucault  SV (10) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson  L (6-10) 6.2 8 3 3 2 1
  LaRoche   2.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4

  E–Remy (16), Jackson (5).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Flores (12,off Foucault).  3B–California Guerrero (2,off Sykes).  HR–Detroit LeFlore (16,7th inning off Simpson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Veryzer (3,off Simpson); Jackson (2,off Sykes).  SB–LeFlore (29,2nd base off LaRoche/Humphrey).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:24.  A–13,875.
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