Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf,lf 5 1 2 1
Smith 2b 2 0 1 0
  Dauer ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Singleton rf 5 1 4 2
  Garcia pr,ss 1 0 0 0
May 1b 5 0 0 0
  Rudolph c 1 0 0 0
Murray dh 5 2 2 1
Mora lf 6 1 2 1
  Harlow pr,cf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 1
  Shopay pr 0 1 0 0
  Muser 1b 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 1
  Kelly ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
  Crowley ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Maddox ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 7 16 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Corcoran cf 4 0 0 0
  LeFlore ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 5 1 3 0
Staub dh 6 1 1 1
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 3 2 1
Oglivie rf 3 2 2 2
  Stanley ph,rf 1 1 1 0
May c 2 0 0 1
  Adams ph 1 0 1 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 2 0 1 1
  Rodriguez ph,3b 2 0 1 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 1
  Wockenfuss ph,c 1 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Baltimore 001 001 121 107161
Detroit 010 202 100 118140
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   5.0 7 5 5 3 1
  Parrott   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Martinez T.   3.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Drago  L (6-4) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.2
14
8
8
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   5.2 8 2 2 3 4
  Hiller   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Foucault   1.2 5 3 3 0 2
  Taylor   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Sykes   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Ruhle   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Crawford  W (7-5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
16
7
7
6
8

  E–DeCinces (17).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Mora (5,off Wilcox); Belanger (9,off Wilcox).  3B–Baltimore Murray (2,off Ruhle).  HR–Baltimore Murray (20,3rd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 2 out); Singleton (20,7th inning off Foucault 0 on, 0 out); DeCinces (15,8th inning off Foucault 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Oglivie (18,6th inning off D Martinez 1 on, 0 out); Staub (19,11th inning off Drago 0 on, 2 out).  SH–May (7,off D Martinez).  SF–May (6,off D Martinez); Mankowski (1,off D Martinez).  HBP–Oglivie (3,by D Martinez).  SB–Harlow (5,2nd base off Ruhle/May).  CS–Fuentes (3,2nd base by D Martinez/Dempsey).  WP–T Martinez (3).  HBP–D Martinez (7,Oglivie).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–4:05.  A–22,062.
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