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Saturday August 13, 1977
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The Athletics ended their 14-game losing streak, longest in the history of the Oakland franchise, by defeating the Orioles, 9-6. Jerry Tabb collected three hits and drove in four runs for the A's, while Manny Sanguillen and Tim Hosley each accounted for two RBIs. In the first inning, when the A's scored three runs, Mitchell Page successfully stole his 26th consecutive base of the season. Doug DeCinces and Lee May socked solo homers for the Orioles. [The Sporting News]


Oakland Athletics 9, Baltimore Orioles 6

Game Played on Saturday, August 13, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

A's          3  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  2  -   9 11  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  0    4  0  1  -   6  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott 2b              3   2   2   1     1   0   .262      Bumbry cf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .289
Sanguillen c          5   0   1   2     0   1   .260        Robinson ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .149
Page lf               3   1   1   0     2   1   .297        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .240
  Mallory rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Smith 2b,ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .236
Tyrone rf             3   0   0   0     2   1   .250      Kelly lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Alexander pr,cf     0   1   0   0     0   0   .265        Mora ph,lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Gross 3b              0   1   0   0     0   0   .223      Singleton rf          3   1   1   0     1   1   .327
  Perez 3b            4   1   0   0     0   1   .243      Murray dh             4   1   2   0     0   0   .271
Hosley dh             4   1   1   2     0   1   .241      L. May 1b             4   1   1   1     0   2   .241
Tabb 1b               5   0   3   4     0   1   .205      DeCinces 3b           4   2   2   1     0   2   .262
Murray cf,lf          5   1   1   0     0   2   .185      Garcia ss             2   0   0   0     0   2   .231
Picciolo ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .167        Crowley ph          1   1   1   2     0   0  1.000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dauer 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Skaggs c              4   0   1   1     0   2   .243
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   9  11   9     5   9             Totals               35   6   9   5     2  14

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 16,522
Left on Base: A's 8, Orioles 4
DP: A's 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Tyrone, Smith
Doubles: Tabb (1), Skaggs (4)
Home Runs: DeCinces (13), L. May (18)
Stolen Bases: Scott 2 (19), Page (26), Murray (7)
Caught Stealing: Tabb (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Scott (2)
GIDP: Perez (8), Murray (18)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (5,by Flanagan), Hosley (1,by D. Martinez)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(8-13)        6.1   6   5   4   1  11   1  26   3.60
Lacey                   2.1   3   1   1   1   2   1  10   3.10
Bair SV(1)              0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.47
Totals                  9     9   6   5   2  14   2  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan L(8-9)         0.2   3   3   3   1   2   0   7   3.81
D. Martinez             4.2   6   4   4   3   4   0  23   3.55
T. Martinez             3.2   2   2   0   1   3   0  14   2.06
Totals                  9    11   9   7   5   9   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Flanagan (2), D. Martinez (6)
Wild Pitches: T. Martinez (2)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott singled to left; Scott stole second; Scott
stole third; Sanguillen struck out; Page walked; Page stole
second; Tyrone struck out; Gross was hit by a pitch; Hosley
singled to right [Scott scored, Page scored, Gross to second];
Tabb singled to center [Gross scored, Hosley to second]; D.
MARTINEZ REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Murray popped to catcher
in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: PEREZ REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Bumbry struck
out; Smith struck out; Kelly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Picciolo singled to left; Scott out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Picciolo to second];
Sanguillen flied to center; Page grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray
singled; L. May made an out to shortstop; DeCinces struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tyrone lined to center; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hosley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia struck out; Skaggs struck out; Bumbry
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tabb flied out to center; Murray singled to
catcher; Murray stole second; Picciolo singled to catcher
[Murray to third]; Scott singled [Murray scored, Picciolo to
third, Scott to second (on throw to 3b)]; Sanguillen singled to
center [Picciolo scored, Scott scored]; Page struck out; Tyrone
walked [Sanguillen to second]; Perez struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Smith flied out to right; Kelly grounded out (first
unassisted); Singleton singled to left; Murray grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hosley was hit by a pitch; Tabb doubled to right
[Hosley scored]; Tabb was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); Murray struck out; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: L. May struck out; DeCinces homered; Garcia struck
out; Skaggs struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Scott walked; Sanguillen grounded out (second to
first) [Scott to second]; Page walked; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED D.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); T. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Scott to
third, Page to second]; Tyrone was walked intentionally; Perez
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Tyrone out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry struck out (catcher to first); Smith flied
out to left; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 7, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Hosley flied out to center; Tabb was called out
on strikes; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton walked; Murray singled to right
[Singleton to second]; L. May struck out; DeCinces singled to
left [Singleton to third, Murray to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
GARCIA; Crowley singled to right [Singleton scored, Murray
scored, DeCinces scored (error by Tyrone), Crowley to third];
LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Skaggs grounded out (third
to first) [Crowley scored (unearned)]; Bumbry walked; Smith was
called out on strikes; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
7, Orioles 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: DAUER REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING 2B); SMITH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Picciolo was called out on
strikes; Scott popped to first in foul territory; Sanguillen
lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: MORA BATTED FOR KELLY; Mora singled to left;
Singleton forced Mora (shortstop to second); Murray grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Singleton out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Orioles 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MORA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Page singled;
Page was picked off first but was safe on an error by Smith
[Page to second]; Tyrone reached on a fielder's choice [Page out
at third (pitcher to third)]; ALEXANDER RAN FOR TYRONE; Perez
reached on a fielder's choice [Alexander to second]; Hosley
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Alexander to third, Perez to
second]; Tabb singled to left [Alexander scored (unearned),
Perez scored (unearned)]; Murray forced Tabb (third to second);
2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MURRAY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MALLORY REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING
RF); L. May homered; DeCinces struck out; Dauer grounded out
(third to first); Skaggs doubled to right; BAIR REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); ROBINSON BATTED FOR BUMBRY; MUSER BATTED FOR
ROBINSON; Muser struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9,
Orioles 6.



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