Continuing his superlative pitching, Frank Tanana beat the Tigers, 4-0, for the Angel lefthander's second successive shutout and fourth of the season, his eighth victory against one defeat and eighth complete game. The Tigers collected only three hits. The Angels backed Tanana with homers by Bobby Bonds and Bobby Grich. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       25, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Angels       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   4  8  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Flores cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .348      LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Remy 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .277      Fuentes 2b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .303
Chalk 3b              2   1   1   0     2   0   .333      Staub dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .230
Rudi lf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .266      Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .285
Bonds rf              3   1   1   2     1   1   .276      Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Baylor dh             3   0   0   0     1   0   .194      Corcoran rf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .381
Jackson 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .242      May c                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .295
  Solaita ph,1b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .322
Grich ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .263      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .152
Humphrey c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .213        Stanley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wagner ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
                                                          Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   8   4     6   6             Totals               29   0   3   0     2  11

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 13,150
Left on Base: Angels 7, Tigers 4
DP: Angels 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Jackson
Doubles: Chalk (9), Rudi (9)
Home Runs: Grich (6), Bonds (9)
Stolen Bases: Chalk (4), Remy (19), Rudi (1)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (6), Chalk (3), LeFlore (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Flores (2)
GIDP: Grich (4)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(8-1)           9     3   0   0   2  11   0  31   2.17
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2  11   0  31

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(3-6)          7     8   4   4   5   5   2  32   4.32
Grilli                  2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   9.45
Totals                  9     8   4   4   6   6   2  38

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


ANGELS 1ST: Flores struck out; Remy singled to left; Chalk
walked [Remy to second]; Remy stole third and Chalk stole
second; Rudi reached on a fielder's choice [Remy out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Chalk to third]; Rudi stole second;
Bonds walked; Baylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore was caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Fuentes walked;
Staub flied out to left; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Jackson popped to second; Grich homered; Humphrey
grounded out (shortstop to first); Flores singled to second;
Remy popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Corcoran
struck out; May grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Chalk doubled to left; Rudi singled to center [Chalk
scored]; Bonds forced Rudi (shortstop to second); Baylor walked
[Bonds to second]; Jackson popped to third in foul territory;
Bonds was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski singled to right; Veryzer forced Mankowski
(third to second); LeFlore flied out to center; Fuentes forced
Veryzer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
Tigers 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Grich struck out; Humphrey grounded out (pitcher to
first); Flores singled to center; Remy popped to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub walked; Kemp forced Staub (shortstop to
second); Thompson popped to third in foul territory; Corcoran
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk walked; Rudi was called out on strikes; Bonds
struck out while Chalk was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: May was called out on strikes; Mankowski was called
out on strikes; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
was called out on strikes; Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
singled to center; Jackson dropped a foul fly hit by Staub for
an error; Staub struck out; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Humphrey walked; Flores out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Humphrey to second]; Remy grounded out
(second to first) [Humphrey to third]; Chalk lined to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson struck out; Corcoran popped to third; May
lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Rudi doubled to left; Bonds homered [Rudi scored];
GRILLI REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Baylor flied out to right;
SOLAITA BATTED FOR JACKSON; Solaita walked; Grich grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to second to first) [Solaita
out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: SOLAITA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Mankowski
grounded out (second to first); STANLEY BATTED FOR VERYZER;
Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 9TH: WAGNER REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING SS); Humphrey
struck out; Flores grounded out (third to first); Remy popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Fuentes struck out; Staub popped to shortstop; Kemp
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Tigers 0.