Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jorgensen rf 4 1 1 0
Scott 2b 4 1 0 1
Page lf 4 2 3 4
Tabb 1b 4 1 1 1
Williams dh 4 0 2 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 0
Tyrone cf 4 1 1 0
  Murray cf 0 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 2 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 2 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Staub dh 3 1 1 1
Kemp lf 3 1 2 2
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 2
Oglivie rf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 2 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Oakland 100 050 0107110
Detroit 200 030 000580
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   4.2 7 5 5 2 1
  Lacey  W (4-7) 3.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Bair  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (15-6) 8.0 10 7 7 1 4
  Hiller   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Staub (32,off Langford).  3B–Detroit Kemp (4,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Page 2 (19,1st inning off Rozema 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Rozema 2 on, 1 out); Tabb (5,8th inning off Rozema 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Kemp (18,5th inning off Langford 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Jorgensen (2,by Rozema).  SF–Staub (10,off Langford).  CS–LeFlore (17,2nd base by Lacey/Sanguillen).  WP–Rozema (2).  HBP–Rozema (7,Jorgensen).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:25.  A–15,906.
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