Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
August 24, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0
Fuentes 2b 2 0 0 0
Staub dh 5 0 1 0
Kemp lf 5 1 2 1
Thompson 1b 4 1 0 0
Oglivie rf 3 1 1 0
  Stanley ph,rf 1 1 0 0
May c 4 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 2 2
  Rodriguez ph,3b 0 0 0 1
Scrivener ss 3 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Veryzer ss 0 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mallory lf 5 1 1 0
Perez 2b 5 0 1 0
Page dh 3 1 0 0
Tyrone rf 5 1 1 1
McKinney 1b 3 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Tabb 1b 1 0 1 0
  North pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 1 1 0 0
Murray cf 3 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
  Hosley 1b 1 0 0 0
Newman c 4 2 2 2
Picciolo ss 4 0 2 1
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 4
Detroit 100 101 020 0583
Oakland 001 201 100 1692
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   3.2 3 3 2 3 3
  Grilli   2.2 4 2 2 0 3
  Hiller  L (5-13) 3.1 2 1 0 3 1
Totals
9.2
9
6
4
6
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   6.0 6 3 2 3 4
  Lacey   1.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Bair  W (2-2) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
8
5
4
5
7

  E–Veryzer (16), Wilcox (2), Hiller (1), Mallory (2), Newman (7).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Detroit Kemp 2 (26,off Coleman,off Lacey), Oakland Newman (7,off Wilcox).  HR–Oakland Tyrone (4,6th inning off Grilli 0 on, 0 out); Newman (3,7th inning off Grilli 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Fuentes 2 (10,off Coleman 2).  HBP–LeFlore (4,by Coleman).  SB–Oglivie (5,2nd base off Coleman/Newman); North (14,2nd base off Hiller/May); Page (31,2nd base off Hiller/May).  CS–Picciolo (3,2nd base by Grilli/May).  WP–Coleman (7), Bair (5).  HBP–Coleman (1,LeFlore).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:01.  A–7,324.
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