For the second game in succession, Rusty Staub drove in three runs as the Tigers came from behind to defeat the Athletics, 10-8. The A's, who had homers by Manny Sanguillen, Mike Jorgensen and Mitchell Page, built up an 8-4 lead before the Tigers picked up two runs in the seventh inning on a single by Tito Fuentes and homer by Staub. Detroit Tigers 10, Oakland Athletics 8Game Played on Saturday, September 3, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumA's 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 - 8 13 3 Tigers 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 x - 10 13 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .263 LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .321 Scott 2b 4 1 3 1 1 0 .261 Fuentes 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .307 Page lf 2 1 1 2 2 0 .298 Staub dh 5 1 2 3 0 0 .275 E. Williams dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .243 Kemp lf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .264 Murray pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Thompson 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .264 Crawford ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Oglivie rf 3 2 1 1 1 0 .252 Tyrone rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .250 May c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .261 Sanguillen c 4 2 2 1 0 1 .275 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .208 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .197 Tabb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Corcoran ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .238 Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .231 Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .098 Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .227 Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .185 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault 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 35 8 13 8 4 2 Totals 36 10 13 9 3 4 Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 11,159 Left on Base: A's 7, Tigers 6 DP: A's 1, Tigers 2 Errors: Gross, Jorgensen, Coleman, May Doubles: Kemp (28), Oglivie (20), Rodriguez (8) Triples: Scott (3), LeFlore (8) Home Runs: Sanguillen (5), Jorgensen (2), Page (17), Staub (18) Stolen Bases: Scott (23), LeFlore (31) Sacrifice Hits: May (6) Sacrifice Flies: Page (3), Jorgensen (3), Picciolo (2) GIDP: E. Williams 2 (18), Staub (15) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 3.2 7 4 4 1 0 0 18 3.11 Keough 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 12 6.00 Lacey L(3-7) 0.1 1 3 2 1 0 0 4 3.60 Bair 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 6 3.84 Totals 8 13 10 8* 3 4 1 40 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sykes 3 5 4 4 0 0 3 13 4.11 Taylor 2 5 3 3 1 1 0 11 4.15 Glynn W(1-0) 3 3 1 1 3 1 0 15 3.00 Foucault SV(11) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.79 Totals 9 13 8 8 4 2 3 42 Wild Pitches: Lacey 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled; Scott singled to right [North to third]; Page hit a sacrifice fly to center [North scored]; E. Williams grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Scott out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; LeFlore stole second; Fuentes singled [LeFlore to third]; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [LeFlore scored (no RBI), Fuentes out at second]; Kemp reached on an error by Coleman [Kemp to second (error by Jorgensen)]; Thompson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tyrone grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen homered; Gross flied out to right; Jorgensen homered; Picciolo grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); May flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (second to first); Page homered; E. Williams made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer flied out to center; LeFlore tripled; Fuentes made an out to first; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: TAYLOR REPLACED SYKES (PITCHING); Tyrone grounded out (pitcher to first); Sanguillen struck out; Gross singled; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp doubled; Thompson walked; Oglivie doubled [Kemp scored, Thompson to third]; May made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez doubled to left [Thompson scored, Oglivie scored, Rodriguez out at third (left to shortstop to third)]; Veryzer singled; KEOUGH REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); LeFlore walked [Veryzer to second]; Debut game for Matt Keough; Fuentes lined to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo singled; North grounded out (pitcher to first) [Picciolo to second]; Scott tripled to right [Picciolo scored]; Page was walked intentionally; E. Williams grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Page out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 4. TIGERS 5TH: Staub flied out to right; Kemp struck out; Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Tyrone singled; Sanguillen singled [Tyrone to third]; GLYNN REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Gross walked [Sanguillen to second]; Jorgensen hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tyrone scored, Sanguillen to third, Gross to second]; Picciolo hit a sacrifice fly to center [Sanguillen scored]; North was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Tigers 4. TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie flied out to center; May lined to shortstop; Rodriguez popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Scott singled; Scott stole second [Scott to third (error by May)]; Page walked; E. Williams singled [Scott scored, Page to second]; MURRAY RAN FOR E. WILLIAMS; Tyrone popped to first in foul territory; Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 8, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: MURRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Veryzer flied out to left; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes singled; Staub homered [Fuentes scored]; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Kemp flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Tigers 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: Jorgensen made an out to second; Picciolo singled; North flied out to right; Scott walked [Picciolo to second]; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 8, Tigers 6. TIGERS 8TH: Thompson singled; Lacey threw a wild pitch [Thompson to second]; Lacey threw a wild pitch [Thompson to third]; Oglivie walked; May reached on an error by Gross on a sacrifice bunt [Oglivie to second]; BAIR REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck out; CORCORAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran singled [Thompson scored, Oglivie scored, May to second]; LeFlore struck out; Fuentes singled to center [May scored (unearned), Corcoran to third]; Staub singled [Corcoran scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Fuentes to second]; Kemp was called out on strikes; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 8, Tigers 10. ATHLETICS 9TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); FOUCAULT REPLACED GLYNN (PITCHING); CRAWFORD BATTED FOR MURRAY; Crawford made an out to shortstop; Tyrone popped to catcher in foul territory; TABB BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Tabb flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Tigers 10. |
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