Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 5 1 4 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 0
  Dimmel rf 1 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 1 1
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
  Muser 1b 0 0 0 0
Mora lf 3 0 0 0
  Bumbry lf 1 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 3 2 2 2
Belanger ss 4 0 3 1
Skaggs c 4 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 13 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Baltimore 000 000 1124130
Detroit 000 000 000040
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (15-11) 9.0 4 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (4-5) 8.0 10 4 4 3 3
  Taylor   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Thompson (21,off Palmer).  3B–Baltimore Bumbry (3,off Sykes).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (16,9th inning off Sykes 1 on, 0 out).  SB–DeCinces (6,2nd base off Sykes/May).  CS–Belanger (8,2nd base by Taylor/May); Oglivie (8,2nd base by Palmer/Skaggs); Kemp (3,2nd base by Palmer/Skaggs).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:18.  A–1,969.
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