Catfish Hunter made his first appearance since being injured on opening day and was the loser when the Athletics defeated the Yankees, 5-2. The A's piled up four runs before Hunter could settle down. In the first inning, Larry Murray singled and Mitchell Page homered. The A's followed with two more runs in the second on a pass to Earl Williams, double by Marty Perez and triple by Bill North. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       5, 1977 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          2  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5  8  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   1   2     0   0   .226      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     1   1   .307
Murray rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .300      White lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .305
Page lf               4   2   3   2     0   0   .375      Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .315
Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .288      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .286
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   1     0   1   .256
Sanguillen c          4   0   2   1     0   0   .330      Wynn dh               4   0   0   0     0   2   .213
  Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .165
  Blue p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blair cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .310
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Dent ss               4   0   2   1     0   0   .243
E. Williams dh,1b     2   1   0   0     2   1   .284      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perez 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Picciolo ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .171

Totals               33   5   8   5     3   4             Totals               36   2  10   2     1   9

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 11,889
Left on Base: A's 4, Yankees 9
DP: A's 0, Yankees 1
Doubles: Perez (2), Dent (6), White (5), Randolph (4)
Triples: North (2)
Home Runs: Page (6)
Stolen Bases: Murray (1), Page 2 (7), Gross (1)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Chambliss (1)
GIDP: E. Williams (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(2-2)             9    10   2   2   1   9   0  38   4.50
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   9   0  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(1-1)           9     8   5   5   3   4   1  36   2.81
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   4   1  36

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray
singled to right; Murray stole second; Page homered [Murray
scored]; Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (second to first); Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); E.
Williams walked; Perez doubled to left [E. Williams to third];
Picciolo struck out; North tripled to left [E. Williams scored,
Perez scored]; Murray grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Chambliss grounded out (third
to first); Wynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Page flied out to center; Allen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sanguillen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair
flied out to left; Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross flied out to center; E. Williams walked;
Perez forced E. Williams (shortstop to second); Picciolo flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph struck out; White singled to right; Munson
flied out to right; Jackson singled to center [White to third];
Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North flied out to left; Murray grounded out
(first unassisted); Page singled to right; Page stole second;
Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Wynn struck out; Nettles flied out to center; Blair
singled to center; Dent singled to left [Blair to second];
Randolph walked [Blair to third, Dent to second]; White was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen singled to center; Gross flied out to
center; E. Williams grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Sanguillen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Jackson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Chambliss grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Perez grounded out (first unassisted); Picciolo
grounded out (second to first); North grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Wynn flied out to right; Nettles singled to center;
Blair flied out to right; Dent doubled to right [Nettles
scored]; Randolph grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Murray grounded out (third to first); Page
singled to first; Page stole second; Allen was called out on
strikes; Sanguillen singled to right [Page scored]; ALEXANDER
RAN FOR SANGUILLEN; Alexander was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: NEWMAN REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING C ); E. WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BLUE REPLACED ALEXANDER
(PITCHING); White doubled to right; Munson singled to third
[White to third]; Jackson struck out; Chambliss hit a sacrifice
fly to left [White scored]; Wynn flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross walked; Gross stole second; E. Williams was
called out on strikes; Perez flied out to right; Picciolo made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 9TH: Nettles was called out on strikes; Blair singled to
center; Dent flied out to left; Randolph doubled to left [Blair
to third]; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 2.