Vida Blue snapped his personal five-game losing streak and brought the Athletics their first victory under Bobby Winkles as new manager by defeating the Tigers, 7-1. Blue allowed only four hits. Four of the A's runs off Dave Rozema were unearned on bases-loaded errors by Tom Veryzer and Jason Thompson in the second inning. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      12, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  2
A's          1  4  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   7 10  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .246      North cf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .256
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .309        Alexander cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Staub dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .218      Perez 2b              3   2   2   1     2   0   .246
Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     2   2   .254      Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   1     1   0   .262
Thompson 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Oglivie rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .241      Sanguillen dh         4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Wockenfuss c          2   0   0   0     2   0   .267      Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Tyrone lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Newman c              4   2   2   0     0   0   .182
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Picciolo ss           3   1   2   1     1   0   .183
  Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sykes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   4   1     5   3             Totals               34   7  10   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  5,120
Left on Base: Tigers 8, A's 8
DP: Tigers 0, A's 0
Errors: Thompson, Veryzer, Newman
Doubles: Thompson (6), Newman (2)
Triples: Perez (3)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (13), North (12)
Caught Stealing: Tyrone (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Jorgensen (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(6-3)           2.2   9   6   2   2   1   0  20   2.88
Crawford                3.1   1   1   1   0   1   0  11   4.50
Grilli                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.91
Sykes                   1     0   0   0   2   0   0   5   4.15
Totals                  8    10   7   3   4   3   0  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(4-7)             9     4   1   1   5   3   0  36   3.96
Totals                  9     4   1   1   5   3   0  36

Wild Pitches: Sykes (2)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to right; LeFlore stole second
[LeFlore to third (error by Newman)]; Fuentes popped to second;
Staub flied out to center; Kemp walked; Thompson lined to left;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; North stole second; Perez
singled to left [North scored, Perez to second (on throw to
home)]; Jorgensen grounded out (shortstop to first) [Perez to
third]; Gross was called out on strikes; Sanguillen lined to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie walked; Wockenfuss flied out to left
[Oglivie to second]; Rodriguez flied out to center [Oglivie to
third]; Veryzer flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas lined to right; Tyrone grounded out (second
to first); Newman singled to left; Picciolo singled to left
[Newman to second]; North singled to right [Newman to third,
Picciolo to second]; Perez reached on an error by Veryzer
[Newman scored (unearned) (no RBI), Picciolo scored (unearned)
(no RBI), North to second]; Jorgensen walked [North to third,
Perez to second]; Gross reached on an error by Thompson [North
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Perez scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Jorgensen to third, Gross to second]; Sanguillen grounded out
(third to first); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 5.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes
struck out; Staub popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas popped to third in foul territory; Tyrone
singled; Tyrone was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Newman doubled to left; Picciolo singled to center [Newman
scored]; North singled to left [Picciolo to second]; Perez
walked [Picciolo to third, North to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED
ROZEMA (PITCHING); Jorgensen forced Perez (second to shortstop);
1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp walked; Thompson flied out to left; Oglivie
popped to third; Wockenfuss popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen
popped to second; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics
6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tyrone flied out to right; Newman lined to left;
Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 6TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Staub singled to left;
Kemp struck out; Thompson doubled to left [Staub scored];
Oglivie popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
tripled to center; Jorgensen hit a sacrifice fly to left [Perez
scored]; Gross popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Athletics 7.

TIGERS 7TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); Wockenfuss
walked; Rodriguez forced Wockenfuss (third to second); Veryzer
popped to first in foul territory; LeFlore singled to right
[Rodriguez to second]; Fuentes popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: GRILLI REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Sanguillen
flied out to right; Armas struck out; Tyrone grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 7.

TIGERS 8TH: Staub flied out to left; Kemp struck out; Thompson
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SYKES REPLACED GRILLI (PITCHING); Newman flied
out to right; Picciolo walked; Alexander flied out to left;
Perez walked [Picciolo to second]; Sykes threw a wild pitch
[Picciolo to third]; Jorgensen forced Perez (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 7.

TIGERS 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Wockenfuss
walked; Rodriguez lined to center; Veryzer forced Wockenfuss
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 7.