Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 14, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 3 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 0 0
Staub dh 5 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 5 1 2 1
Oglivie rf 4 2 4 1
Corcoran lf 4 0 2 2
May c 4 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 5 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade cf 4 2 2 1
Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0
Blanks 3b 3 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 1
Carty dh 3 0 0 0
Bochte lf 4 0 0 0
Pruitt rf 3 1 1 0
Kendall c 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 2
Detroit 022 000 1005131
Cleveland 120 000 000362
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  W (5-5) 7.1 6 3 2 2 2
  Taylor  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  L (12-12) 6.1 10 5 5 2 5
  Monge   2.2 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
5

  E–Trammell (1), Thornton (5), Duffy (13).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Oglivie (21,off Bibby); Corcoran (1,off Bibby).  HR–Detroit Oglivie (19,7th inning off Bibby 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Oglivie (1,off Monge); Kuiper (18,off Sykes); Blanks (5,off Sykes); Kendall (5,off Sykes); Duffy (13,off Sykes).  IBB–Corcoran (1,by Monge).  SB–LeFlore 3 (36,2nd base off Bibby/Kendall 3); Whitaker (2,2nd base off Bibby/Kendall); Dade (13,2nd base off Sykes/May).  CS–Pruitt (3,2nd base by Sykes/May).  BK–Bibby (3).  IBB–Monge (4,Corcoran).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:33.
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