The Athletics collected 18 hits and stole six bases, both representing their season highs, but they still had difficulty beating the Blue Jays, 9-8. The Blue Jays had only nine hits, including a homer by Doug Rader. Two unearned runs in the third inning proved essential to the A's, who finally decided the outcome in the seventh when Rob Picciolo batted in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Toronto Blue Jays 8
Game Played on Saturday, August    27, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
A's          3  0  2    1  1  0    2  0  0  -   9 18  0
Blue Jays    0  2  2    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   8  9  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .260      Staggs 2b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .253
  Murray ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .175      A. Woods lf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .272
Scott 2b              5   0   3   0     0   0   .261      Howell 3b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .308
Page lf               2   1   0   0     3   0   .292      Fairly 1b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .279
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Rader dh              4   2   1   1     1   1   .251
Tabb 1b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .216      Ewing rf              3   0   1   2     0   0   .295
E. Williams dh        5   2   3   2     0   0   .249        Velez ph,rf         1   1   0   0     1   1   .250
  Mallory pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Torres ss             3   2   2   0     1   0   .259
Sanguillen c          4   1   3   1     0   0   .270      Ashby c               4   1   1   1     0   0   .201
  Alexander pr,cf     1   1   0   0     0   0   .231      Bowling cf            2   1   1   1     2   1   .176
Gross 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .225      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tyrone rf             3   0   2   1     2   0   .241        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo ss           5   0   2   2     0   0   .175        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   9  18   6     5   3             Totals               35   8   9   8     6   4

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 23,651
Left on Base: A's 10, Blue Jays 7
DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Fairly, Bowling
Doubles: E. Williams (10), Bowling (3), Howell (12), Ewing (7), A. Woods (15)
Home Runs: Rader (13)
Stolen Bases: North 2 (16), Page (32), Sanguillen (2), Scott (21), Alexander (20)
Caught Stealing: Mallory (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Staggs (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich W(7-6)           5.1   7   5   5   2   2   1  25   4.71
Lacey                   2     1   3   3   4   0   0  11   3.33
Bair SV(2)              1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.01
Totals                  9     9   8   8   6   4   1  42

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(10-12)      3.1   9   6   4   2   1   0  20   4.53
Murphy                  2.2   6   3   3   2   0   0  15   5.37
Vuckovich               1     2   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.49
Willis                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.56
Totals                  9    18   9   7   5   3   0  46

Wild Pitches: Medich 2 (3), Lemanczyk (14)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim McKean


ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; North stole second; Scott
flied out to left; Page walked; Tabb struck out; E. Williams
doubled to left [North scored, Page scored]; Sanguillen singled
to center [E. Williams scored, Sanguillen out at second (center
to first to second)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (pitcher to first); A. Woods
made an out to shortstop; Howell singled to center; Fairly
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to left; Tyrone singled to right;
Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Tyrone to second]; Picciolo made
an out to shortstop; North singled to left [Tyrone to third];
Scott grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader flied out to right; Ewing flied out to
center; Torres walked; Medich threw a wild pitch [Torres to
second]; Medich threw a wild pitch [Torres to third]; Ashby
singled [Torres scored]; Bowling doubled to left [Ashby scored];
Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Blue Jays 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Tabb
singled; E. Williams singled [Tabb scored (error by Fairly)
(unearned)]; Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross reached on an
error by Bowling [E. Williams scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gross
to third]; Tyrone walked; Picciolo forced Tyrone (third to
second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods made an out to second; Howell doubled to
left; Fairly flied out to left; Rader walked; Ewing doubled to
right [Howell scored, Rader scored]; Torres flied out to center;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North singled; North stole second; Scott singled
to center [North scored (no RBI), Scott out at second (center to
third to second)]; MURPHY REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Page
walked; Page stole second; Tabb flied out to center; Page was
picked off second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); Bowling
struck out; Staggs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sanguillen singled to right; Sanguillen stole second; Gross
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Sanguillen to third]; Tyrone
singled [Sanguillen scored]; Picciolo singled to left [Tyrone to
second]; North forced Picciolo (second unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Howell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Scott singled; Scott stole second; Page grounded
out (first unassisted) [Scott to third]; Tabb lined to pitcher;
E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 7, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Rader homered; Ewing flied out to left; Torres
singled; LACEY REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Ashby grounded out
(third to first) [Torres to second]; Bowling walked; Staggs
popped to second in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 7, Blue Jays 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Sanguillen singled to right; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
SANGUILLEN; Alexander stole second; Gross singled [Alexander to
third]; Tyrone walked [Gross to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED
MURPHY (PITCHING); Picciolo singled [Alexander scored, Gross
scored, Tyrone out at third (center to second)]; MURRAY BATTED
FOR NORTH; Murray struck out; Scott singled [Picciolo to
second]; Page walked [Picciolo to third, Scott to second]; Tabb
flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 9, Blue Jays
5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MURRAY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NEWMAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C );
A. Woods grounded out (third to first); Howell walked; Fairly
popped to catcher in foul territory; Rader flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Blue Jays 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WILLIS REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); E. Williams
singled to left; MALLORY RAN FOR E. WILLIAMS; Alexander popped
to pitcher; Mallory was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Gross was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 9, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MALLORY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VELEZ BATTED
FOR EWING; Velez walked; Torres singled to left [Velez to
second]; Ashby flied out to center; Bowling walked [Velez to
third, Torres to second]; BAIR REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Staggs
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Velez scored, Torres stayed at
second, Bowling stayed at first]; A. Woods doubled to left
[Torres scored, Bowling scored]; Howell grounded out (shortstop
to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Blue Jays 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Tyrone made an
out to third; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Blue Jays
8.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Fairly made an out to second; Rader struck out;
Velez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 9, Blue Jays 8.