Dock Ellis pitched seven shutout innings before weakening in the eighth as the Athletics dealt the Tigers their sixth straight setback, 6-3. The A's combined singles by Earl Williams and Tony Armas and a double by Marty Perez with two errors by third baseman Phil Mankowski, a walk and hit batsman to score five runs in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Monday, May       30, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  0    5  0  0    1  0  0  -   6  7  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   3  7  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alexander ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .375      LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   2   .230
  Picciolo ss         3   1   0   0     1   1   .170      Fuentes 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .298
Sanguillen rf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Corcoran rf           4   0   0   1     0   0   .242
  Murray rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Kemp lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Gross 3b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .268      Thompson 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .264
Allen 1b              3   1   0   1     0   0   .255      Oglivie dh            3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
  Jorgensen 1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .194      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
E. Williams c         4   1   1   1     0   2   .262      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .307
McKinney dh           4   0   1   1     0   0   .194      Veryzer ss            1   0   0   0     1   0   .161
Armas cf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .239        Stanley ph          1   0   0   1     0   0   .237
Perez 2b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .198      Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tyrone lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .259        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6   7   6     1   6             Totals               32   3   7   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 12,026
Left on Base: A's 4, Tigers 7
DP: A's 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Mankowski 2
Doubles: Perez 2 (7), Kemp (7)
Triples: Fuentes (3)
Home Runs: Tyrone (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer (2)
GIDP: Kemp (4)
Hit by Pitch: Sanguillen (1,by Roberts)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(2-4)            8     6   3   3   3   2   0  32   6.88
Torrealba               0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.71
Coleman SV(1)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.25
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   3   0  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(3-7)          3.2   3   5   2   1   1   0  17   4.35
Crawford                5.1   4   1   1   0   5   1  20   4.91
Totals                  9     7   6   3   1   6   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Roberts (2)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Gross struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); LeFlore
grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes grounded out (second to
first); Corcoran grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen grounded out (third to first); E. Williams
grounded out (third to first); McKinney popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
singled to center; Oglivie popped to shortstop; May grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (second to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyrone grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski singled to right; Veryzer out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore
singled to right [Mankowski to third, LeFlore to second (on
throw to home)]; Fuentes lined to left; Corcoran grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Picciolo walked; Sanguillen was hit by a pitch
[Picciolo to second]; Gross forced Sanguillen (first to
shortstop) [Picciolo to third]; Allen reached on an error by
Mankowski [Picciolo scored (RBI), Gross to second]; E. Williams
singled to left [Gross scored, Allen to third]; McKinney reached
on an error by Mankowski [Allen scored (unearned) (RBI), E.
Williams to second]; Armas singled to center [E. Williams scored
(unearned), McKinney out at third (center to third)]; Perez
doubled to right [Armas scored (unearned)]; CRAWFORD REPLACED
ROBERTS (PITCHING); Tyrone popped to first in foul territory; 5
R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp doubled to left; Thompson lined to center [Kemp
to third]; Oglivie lined to left; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo struck out; Sanguillen lined to second;
Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski was called out on strikes; Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Allen popped to shortstop; E. Williams struck
out; McKinney singled to center; Armas singled to left [McKinney
to second]; Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Fuentes
singled to left; Corcoran flied out to left; Kemp grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tyrone homered; Picciolo flied out to right;
Sanguillen struck out (catcher to first); Gross grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING RF); Thompson
flied out to center; Oglivie walked; May popped to shortstop;
Mankowski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jorgensen was called out on strikes; E. Williams
struck out; McKinney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Veryzer walked; LeFlore forced Veryzer (shortstop to
second); Fuentes tripled to right [LeFlore scored]; Corcoran
grounded out (first unassisted) [Fuentes scored]; Kemp popped to
third in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas popped to third in foul territory; Perez
doubled to left; Tyrone grounded out (third to first); Picciolo
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson walked; TORREALBA REPLACED ELLIS
(PITCHING); Oglivie singled to center [Thompson to second]; May
forced Thompson (pitcher to third) [Oglivie to second];
Mankowski walked [Oglivie to third, May to second]; STANLEY
BATTED FOR VERYZER; COLEMAN REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING);
Stanley grounded out (first to pitcher) [Oglivie scored, May to
third, Mankowski to second]; LeFlore struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 3.