Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1977 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 2 0
Mankowski 3b 5 1 1 0
Staub dh 5 0 2 0
Kemp lf 5 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 5 1 2 0
Oglivie rf 5 0 2 2
May c 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
  Fuentes ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 10 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0
Smith 2b 5 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 0 1 0
Singleton rf 5 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 1 1 0
May dh 5 0 2 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 0 1
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Garcia pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 1 0
  Muser ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 1 0 1 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 8 2
Detroit 000 101 000 002102
Baltimore 010 001 000 01380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   5.2 7 2 1 3 2
  Foucault  L (7-6) 5.0 1 1 0 1 5
Totals
10.2
8
3
1
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (20-11) 11.0 10 2 2 2 5
Totals
11.0
10
2
2
2
5

  E–Mankowski (10), Scrivener (3).  2B–Detroit Thompson (24,off Palmer).  SF–DeCinces (5,off Ruhle).  IBB–Bumbry (4,by Foucault).  SB–Oglivie (9,2nd base off Palmer/Skaggs); LeFlore (38,2nd base off Palmer/Dempsey); Kelly (25,2nd base off Ruhle/May); Garcia (2,2nd base off Foucault/May).  CS–LeFlore (18,2nd base by Palmer/Skaggs); Whitaker (2,2nd base by Palmer/Skaggs); Oglivie (9,2nd base by Palmer/Skaggs).  WP–Ruhle (4), Foucault (2).  IBB–Foucault (4,Bumbry).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:58.  A–7,547.
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