Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 1 0 0 0
  Murray cf 2 0 0 0
Scott 2b 3 0 0 0
Page lf 3 2 1 1
Williams 1b 4 0 1 1
Sanguillen dh 4 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 2 2 1
Tyrone rf 3 1 1 1
Hosley c 3 0 0 1
Picciolo ss 4 0 1 1
Blue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scott lf 4 0 0 0
Staggs 2b 4 0 1 0
Howell dh 4 0 1 0
  Woods pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 1 1 0
Velez rf 3 0 0 0
Ault 1b 4 1 2 2
Torres ss 4 0 1 0
Bowling cf 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Oakland 010 001 112670
Toronto 000 100 100260
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (13-15) 9.0 6 2 2 4 9
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (2-5) 8.0 5 4 4 4 4
  Johnson   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Sanguillen (12,off Clancy); Gross 2 (17,off Clancy 2); E Williams (11,off Clancy); Tyrone (4,off Johnson), Toronto Ault (19,off Blue).  HR–Oakland Page (14,8th inning off Clancy 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Ault (11,7th inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tyrone (4,off Clancy).  SF–Hosley (1,off Clancy).  SB–Scott (22,2nd base off Clancy/Cerone).  CS–North (10,2nd base by Clancy/Cerone); Staggs (9,2nd base by Blue/Hosley).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:12.  A–24,087.
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