Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
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 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 8, Oakland Athletics 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scott lf 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph,lf 2 1 0 0
Staggs 2b 4 1 0 1
Velez rf 3 1 2 3
Rader dh 5 0 1 1
Ault 1b 5 0 1 0
Howell 3b 5 2 3 0
Torres ss 3 1 1 0
Cerone c 4 1 3 2
Bowling cf 5 1 3 1
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 2 0 0 0
  Murray cf 0 1 0 0
Scott 2b 2 0 1 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Tabb 1b 4 0 1 0
Tyrone rf 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen dh 4 0 2 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Dunning p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 0
Toronto 020 005 0108141
Oakland 000 000 010152
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (2-4) 8.0 5 1 0 5 3
  Murphy   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Umbarger  L (1-5) 5.2 10 5 5 2 4
  Dunning   3.1 4 3 3 6 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
8
6

  E–Staggs (9), Tyrone (6), Picciolo (15).  DP–Toronto 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Velez (15,off Dunning); Rader (13,off Dunning), Oakland Tabb (3,off Clancy).  IBB–A Woods (3,by Dunning).  SB–North (13,2nd base off Clancy/Cerone); Page (30,2nd base off Clancy/Cerone).  IBB–Dunning (1,A Woods).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:41.  A–3,797.
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