Following up a shutout in his previous start, Mark Fidrych pitched the Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Athletics. The Bird allowed five hits. The A's run counted in the fourth when Bill North singled, took third on a single by Mike Jorgensen and scored as the Tigers executed a double play on a grounder by Mitchell Page. The A's committed five errors, three of them resulting in as many unearned runs. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      11, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       1  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  5  0
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  5


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Fuentes 2b            5   1   1   2     0   0   .315      North cf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .240
Mankowski 3b          5   0   2   0     0   1   .287        Scott ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Staub dh              3   0   0   1     0   0   .217        Tyrone ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Jorgensen rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Page lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Oglivie rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .246      Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Corcoran cf           2   0   1   0     1   1   .222      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .278
  LeFlore cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Sanguillen dh         3   0   1   0     0   0   .277
Veryzer ss            4   1   0   1     0   0   .183      Perez 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .235
Kimm c                3   2   0   0     0   1   .000      Newman c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Fidrych p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Armas ph,cf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .258
                                                          Picciolo ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .170
                                                            E. Williams ph,c    2   0   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                          Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   5   4     3   4             Totals               29   1   5   0     0   6

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 18,164
Left on Base: Tigers 6, A's 1
DP: Tigers 3, A's 0
Errors: Page, Allen, Gross, Picciolo 2
Doubles: Fuentes (9)
Caught Stealing: Oglivie (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (3)
GIDP: Newman (1), Page (3), Perez (5)
Hit by Pitch: Kimm (1,by Ellis)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fidrych W(2-2)          9     5   1   1   0   6   0  29   1.91
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   6   0  29

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(2-6)            3.1   4   5   2   2   1   0  19   6.31
Torrealba               2.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   9   0.82
Giusti                  3     1   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.25
Totals                  9     5   5   2   3   4   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Ellis (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Durwood Merrill


TIGERS 1ST: Fuentes reached on an error by Picciolo [Fuentes to
second (error by Picciolo)]; Mankowski lined to center [Fuentes
to third]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fuentes scored
(unearned)]; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Jorgensen grounded out (pitcher to first); Page grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson walked; Oglivie forced Thompson (shortstop
to second); Oglivie was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Corcoran walked; Veryzer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
was called out on strikes; Sanguillen popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Kimm was hit by a pitch; Fuentes lined to center;
Mankowski singled [Kimm to third]; Staub reached on a fielder's
choice [Kimm scored (error by Allen) (unearned), Mankowski to
third, Staub to second]; Kemp struck out; Thompson flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez singled; Newman grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Perez out at second]; Picciolo
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie singled; Corcoran singled [Oglivie to
third]; Veryzer forced Corcoran (shortstop to second) [Oglivie
scored]; Kimm reached on an error by Page [Veryzer to third,
Kimm to second]; Fuentes doubled [Veryzer scored, Kimm scored
(unearned)]; TORREALBA REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Gross dropped
a foul fly hit by Mankowski for an error; Mankowski struck out;
Staub popped to third in foul territory; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North singled; Jorgensen singled [North to
third]; Page grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [North scored, Jorgensen out at second]; Allen grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Athletics 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Kemp grounded out (second to first); Thompson
grounded out (first to pitcher); Oglivie walked; Corcoran struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: LEFLORE REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING CF); Gross
singled; Sanguillen lined to center; Perez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Kimm
popped to first in foul territory; Fuentes grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: ARMAS BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Armas was called out on
strikes; E. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; E. Williams lined to
center; North grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 7TH: GIUSTI REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); E. WILLIAMS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SCOTT REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING SS);
ARMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Mankowski singled; Staub
grounded out (first unassisted) [Mankowski to second]; Kemp
flied out to center; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jorgensen struck out; Page grounded out (second
to first); Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Oglivie flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen
singled; Perez struck out; Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Kimm struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mankowski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: E. Williams grounded out (third to first); TYRONE
BATTED FOR SCOTT; Tyrone struck out; Jorgensen grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 1.