Rookie lefthander Bob Sykes combined on a five-hitter with reliever Steve Foucault as the Tigers defeated the Angels, 3-1. The Tigers bunched singles by Jason Thompson, Ben Oglivie and Milt May with a sacrifice fly by Tom Veryzer for two runs in the fourth inning. Ron LeFlore homered for the other tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
Detroit Tigers 3, California Angels 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August 23, 1977 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 0 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .317 Flores lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .278 Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .304 Remy 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Staub dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .273 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Kemp lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Jackson 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .237 Thompson 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .268 Solaita ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Oglivie rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .251 Baylor cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 May c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Chalk 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Guerrero dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .313 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .193 Torres pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Humphrey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Simpson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 3 10 3 2 4 Totals 32 1 6 1 2 5 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 13,875 Left on Base: Tigers 10, Angels 7 DP: Tigers 0, Angels 1 Errors: Remy, Jackson Doubles: Flores (12) Triples: Guerrero (2) Home Runs: LeFlore (16) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (29) Sacrifice Flies: Veryzer (3), Jackson (2) GIDP: Veryzer (5) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sykes W(4-4) 6 4 1 1 2 2 0 24 3.58 Foucault SV(10) 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 2.52 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 5 0 35 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Simpson L(6-10) 6.2 8 3 3 2 1 1 31 5.63 LaRoche 2.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 3.20 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 4 1 40 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Staub singled to center; Kemp flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Flores grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy flied out to center; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. TIGERS 2ND: Thompson made an out to shortstop; Oglivie flied out to center; May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (third to first); LeFlore reached on an error by Jackson (assist by Mulliniks); Fuentes singled to left [LeFlore to third]; Staub walked [Fuentes to second]; Kemp flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Guerrero tripled to center; Mulliniks grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren struck out; Flores struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to left; Oglivie singled to right [Thompson to second]; May singled to right [Thompson scored, Oglivie to third]; Rodriguez struck out; Veryzer hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oglivie scored]; LeFlore walked [May to second]; Fuentes flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Remy flied out to center; Bonds flied out to left; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Angels 0. TIGERS 5TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson singled to right; Oglivie flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Baylor singled to second; Chalk grounded out (third to first) [Baylor to second]; Guerrero made an out to second; Mulliniks walked; Etchebarren forced Baylor (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Angels 0. TIGERS 6TH: May flied out to right; Rodriguez singled to third; Veryzer grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: Flores singled to second; Remy walked [Flores to second]; Bonds forced Remy (shortstop to second) [Flores to third]; Jackson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Flores scored, Bonds to second (on throw to home)]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Angels 1. TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore homered; Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); Staub flied out to right; Kemp reached on an error by Remy; LAROCHE REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Thompson singled to center [Kemp to third]; Oglivie struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 1. ANGELS 7TH: Chalk singled to second; FOUCAULT REPLACED SYKES (PITCHING); Guerrero made an out to shortstop; Mulliniks was called out on strikes; GOODWIN BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Goodwin flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 1. TIGERS 8TH: HUMPHREY REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING C ); May popped to third in foul territory; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; Veryzer popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 1. ANGELS 8TH: Flores doubled to right; Remy flied out to center [Flores to third]; Bonds was called out on strikes; SOLAITA BATTED FOR JACKSON; Solaita flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 1. TIGERS 9TH: SOLAITA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LeFlore singled to right; Fuentes struck out; LeFlore stole second; Staub was called out on strikes; Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 1. ANGELS 9TH: Baylor flied out to right; Chalk struck out; Guerrero singled to shortstop; TORRES RAN FOR GUERRERO; Mulliniks grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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