Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 3, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 8, Detroit Tigers 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 1 1 0
Scott 2b 4 1 3 1
Page lf 2 1 1 2
Williams dh 4 0 1 1
  Murray pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Tyrone rf 5 1 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 2 2 1
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
  Tabb ph 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 2
Picciolo ss 3 1 2 1
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0
Fuentes 2b 5 1 3 1
Staub dh 5 1 2 3
Kemp lf 5 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 2 1 0
Oglivie rf 3 2 1 1
May c 3 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 2
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
  Corcoran ph 1 1 1 2
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 13 9
Oakland 121 012 1008133
Detroit 100 300 24x10131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   3.2 7 4 4 1 0
  Keough   3.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Lacey  L (3-7) 0.1 1 3 2 1 0
  Bair   1.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
13
10
9
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes   3.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Taylor   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Glynn  W (1-0) 3.0 3 1 1 3 1
  Foucault  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
2

  E–Gross (21), Jorgensen (2), Coleman (3), May (8).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Kemp (28,off Coleman); Oglivie (20,off Coleman); Rodriguez (8,off Coleman).  3B–Oakland Scott (3,off Taylor), Detroit LeFlore (8,off Coleman).  HR–Oakland Sanguillen (5,2nd inning off Sykes 0 on, 1 out); Jorgensen (2,2nd inning off Sykes 0 on, 2 out); Page (17,3rd inning off Sykes 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Staub (18,7th inning off Keough 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Page (3,off Sykes); Jorgensen (3,off Glynn); Picciolo (2,off Glynn).  IBB–Page (5,by Taylor).  SH–May (6,off Lacey).  SB–Scott (23,2nd base off Glynn/May); LeFlore (31,2nd base off Coleman/Sanguillen).  WP–Lacey 2 (4).  IBB–Taylor (1,Page).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:56.  A–11,159.
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