In a meeting of two outstanding candidates for Rookie of the Year honors, Mitchell Page smashed two homers off Dave Rozema and drove in four runs to pace the Athletics to a 7-5 victory over the Tigers. Page connected for a solo shot in the first inning and followed with a three-run blast in the fifth.

The A's outfielder also rapped a single in four trips, giving him 11 hits in his last 23 at-bats. Jerry Tabb added a homer to cap the A's scoring in the eighth. Steve Kemp hit an inside-the-park homer with a man on base for the Tigers. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 4, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          1  0  0    0  5  0    0  1  0  -   7 11  0
Tigers       2  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jorgensen rf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .228      LeFlore cf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .321
Scott 2b              4   1   0   1     0   0   .257      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .307
Page lf               4   2   3   4     0   0   .302      Staub dh              3   1   1   1     0   0   .275
Tabb 1b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .219      Kemp lf               3   1   2   2     1   1   .266
E. Williams dh        4   0   2   0     0   0   .246      Thompson 1b           3   0   1   2     1   0   .265
Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Gross 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .232      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Tyrone cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .250        Mankowski ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Murray cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Veryzer ss            3   0   2   0     0   0   .201
Picciolo ss           4   0   2   1     0   2   .189        Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7  11   7     1   6             Totals               32   5   8   5     3   2

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 15,906
Left on Base: A's 3, Tigers 4
DP: A's 1, Tigers 3
Doubles: Staub (32)
Triples: Kemp (4)
Home Runs: Page 2 (19), Tabb (5), Kemp (18)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (17)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (10)
GIDP: Tyrone (4), Tabb (4), Scott (1), LeFlore (10)
Hit by Pitch: Jorgensen (2,by Rozema)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford                4.2   7   5   5   2   1   1  22   3.86
Lacey W(4-7)            3.1   1   0   0   1   1   0  11   3.48
Bair SV(4)              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.78
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   2   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(15-6)          8    10   7   7   1   4   3  33   3.01
Hiller                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.69
Totals                  9    11   7   7   1   6   3  37

Hit by Pitch: Rozema (7)
Wild Pitches: Rozema (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); Scott
grounded out (pitcher to first); Page homered; Tabb grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Fuentes flied out to right; Staub
doubled to right [LeFlore to third]; Kemp walked; Thompson
singled to center [LeFlore scored, Staub scored, Kemp to
second]; Oglivie lined to center; May forced Thompson (second to
shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: E. Williams singled; Sanguillen forced E.
Williams (second to shortstop); Rozema threw a wild pitch
[Sanguillen to second]; Gross walked; Tyrone grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Gross out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
singled; LeFlore grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Veryzer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo struck out; Jorgensen struck out; Scott
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Fuentes flied out to center; Staub lined to first;
Kemp tripled; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled; Tabb grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Page out at second]; E. Williams
singled; Sanguillen forced E. Williams (second unassisted); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); May flied
out to right; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross singled; Tyrone singled to center [Gross to
third]; Picciolo singled [Gross scored, Tyrone to third];
Jorgensen was hit by a pitch [Picciolo to second]; Scott forced
Picciolo (shortstop to second) [Tyrone scored, Jorgensen to
second]; Page homered [Jorgensen scored, Scott scored]; Tabb
struck out; E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R,
4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer singled; LeFlore forced Veryzer (third to
second); Fuentes singled [LeFlore to third]; Staub hit a
sacrifice fly to left [LeFlore scored]; Kemp hit an inside the
park homer to center [Fuentes scored]; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen made an out to first; Gross lined to
right; Tyrone lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied
out to center; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo was called out on strikes; Jorgensen
singled; Scott grounded into a double play (first to shortstop)
[Jorgensen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Veryzer flied out to left; LeFlore singled; LeFlore
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Fuentes lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page made an out to second; Tabb homered; E.
Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded
out (first to pitcher); Manny Sanguillen ejected by 1B umpire
Mike Reilly; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Staub flied
out to right; Kemp struck out; Thompson walked; Oglivie grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HILLER REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Gross made an
out to shortstop; Tyrone struck out; Picciolo singled; Jorgensen
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: MURRAY REPLACED TYRONE (PLAYING CF); BAIR REPLACED
LACEY (PITCHING); May flied out to left; MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR
RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski popped to third in foul territory; CORCORAN
BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Tigers 5.