After the pitching of Vida Blue and batting of Jerry Tabb produced a 3-1 victory in the first game, the Athletics scored an unearned run in the 10th inning of the second game and beat the Tigers, 6-5, to complete the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. Tabb drove in two runs in the opener with a single and homer, while Blue pitched a four-hitter in a duel with Dave Rozema.

In the nightcap, the A's had homers by Jim Tyrone and Jeff Newman while taking a 5-3 lead, but the Tigers tied the score in the eighth inning on a pass with the bases loaded and a wild pitch. Mitchell Page drew a pass from John Hiller in the A's 10th and stole second with two away before Wayne Gross walked. Tim Hosley then hit a grounder that bounced off Tom Veryzer's glove into left field, enabling Page to race home from second with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, August    24, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
A's          2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  9  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .317      North cf              2   1   1   0     2   0   .247
Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .303        Alexander cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Staub dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .273      Perez 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Kemp lf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .262      Page lf               4   1   0   0     0   0   .293
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .266        Murray lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Stanley rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Tabb 1b               4   1   2   2     0   0   .221
Wockenfuss c          3   0   0   0     0   2   .263      Sanguillen dh         4   0   2   1     0   0   .263
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .223
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Tyrone rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .234
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hosley c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .208
  Scrivener ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .166
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   4   1     2   7             Totals               30   3   9   3     3   2

Time of Game: 1:53
Left on Base: Tigers 4, A's 8
DP: Tigers 1, A's 0
Doubles: Staub (29), Picciolo (5)
Home Runs: Tabb (4)
Caught Stealing: Sanguillen (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Perez (6)
GIDP: Tyrone (3)
Hit by Pitch: Perez (3,by Rozema)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(14-5)          8     9   3   3   3   2   1  35   2.86
Totals                  8     9   3   3   3   2   1  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(12-15)           9     4   1   1   2   7   0  32   3.84
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   7   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Rozema (6)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes made an out to second;
Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; Perez was hit by a pitch [North to
second]; Page forced Perez (first to shortstop) [North to
third]; Tabb singled to right [North scored, Page to third];
Sanguillen singled [Page scored, Tabb to second]; Gross walked
[Tabb to third, Sanguillen to second]; Tyrone grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
struck out; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Hosley grounded out (third to first); Picciolo
doubled to left; North walked; Perez grounded out (second to
first) [Picciolo to third, North to second]; Page grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Wockenfuss struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first); Veryzer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tabb homered; Sanguillen singled; Gross singled
[Sanguillen to second]; Sanguillen was caught stealing third
(catcher to shortstop to third) [Gross to second]; Tyrone struck
out; Hosley popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes grounded out (second to
first); Staub doubled to right; Kemp walked; Thompson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); North
grounded out (second to first); Perez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley flied out to center; Wockenfuss grounded out
(first unassisted); Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Tabb
grounded out (catcher to first); Sanguillen flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
singled to right [LeFlore out at second (right to shortstop)];
Fuentes singled; Staub walked [Fuentes to second]; Kemp singled
to left [Fuentes scored, Staub to second]; Thompson flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Tyrone
grounded out (third to first); Hosley singled; Picciolo forced
Hosley (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wockenfuss struck out; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North singled; Perez out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [North to second]; Page grounded out (first
unassisted) [North to third]; Tabb grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 8TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); MURRAY
REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); ADAMS BATTED FOR VERYZER; Adams
flied out to right; LeFlore flied out to right; Fuentes grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING SS); Sanguillen
grounded out (second to first); Gross struck out; Tyrone
singled; Hosley forced Tyrone (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp
grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.