Bobby Bonds hit two homers, each with a man on base, but an error by the right fielder helped the Tigers defeat the Angels, 12-9. With the score tied, 9-9, Rusty Staub singled for the Tigers in the sixth inning. When Jason Thompson doubled, an error by Bonds in handling the hit enabled Staub to score the Tigers' go-ahead run. A fumble by left fielder Gil Flores resulted in another unearned run in the seventh before Thompson iced the Tigers' victory with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 12, California Angels 9
Game Played on Sunday, August    28, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Angels       2  0  3    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   9 11  3
Tigers       1  0  2    1  5  1    1  1  x  -  12 14  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Flores lf             6   1   1   0     0   0   .290      LeFlore cf            5   3   3   1     0   0   .321
Remy 2b               4   3   2   2     0   1   .269      Fuentes 2b            5   1   2   0     0   1   .302
Bonds rf              5   2   2   4     0   1   .274      Staub dh              3   2   1   0     2   0   .273
Jackson 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Kemp lf               5   1   3   2     0   0   .264
  Solaita ph,1b       0   1   0   0     2   0   .241      Thompson 1b           3   2   2   2     1   0   .269
Baylor dh             4   0   1   1     1   2   .251      Oglivie rf            4   1   0   1     1   0   .249
Chalk 3b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .271      May c                 4   1   2   2     1   0   .263
Guerrero ss           5   0   3   0     0   0   .325      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   1     1   1   .194
Torres cf             1   1   0   0     2   1   .155      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Briggs cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .164        Corcoran ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .231
  Mulliniks ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .280        Scrivener ss        2   0   0   0     0   0   .098
Humphrey c            2   1   0   0     1   0   .244      Sykes p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goodwin ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Etchebarren c       0   0   0   0     0   0   .253        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bosley ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .325        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nolan p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .067        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   9  11   7     8   9             Totals               37  12  14  10     6   2

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 14,985
Left on Base: Angels 10, Tigers 9
DP: Angels 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Flores, Bonds, Chalk, Sykes
Doubles: Baylor (22), Guerrero (6), Thompson (20)
Triples: Remy 2 (7), May (3)
Home Runs: Bonds 2 (33), Rodriguez (8), Thompson (26)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy (17)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (8), Corcoran (2)
GIDP: Flores (7)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan                   4     5   4   3   1   0   1  19   6.20
Barlow                  0.1   2   5   5   4   0   0   7   8.06
Miller L(5-6)           3.2   7   3   1   1   2   1  19   4.07
Totals                  8    14  12   9   6   2   2  45

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes                   2     4   5   4   1   0   2  12   3.87
Grilli                  3     2   2   2   4   5   0  15   3.81
Taylor                  0.2   1   1   1   0   1   0   3   1.35
Crawford                0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   4.23
Foucault W(5-5)         3.1   3   0   0   2   3   0  14   2.77
Totals                  9    11   9   8   8   9   2  46

Wild Pitches: Crawford (2)
Balks: Sykes (2)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ANGELS 1ST: Flores grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy
tripled to center; Bonds homered [Remy scored]; Jackson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Baylor grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore reached on an error by Chalk; Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first) [LeFlore to second]; Staub
grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to third]; Kemp singled
to pitcher [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Thompson flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Chalk flied out to center; Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Torres walked; Humphrey lined to pitcher;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); May made an
out to first; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Flores singled to center; Sykes balked [Flores to
second]; Remy reached on an error by Sykes on a sacrifice bunt
[Flores scored (no RBI), Remy to second]; Bonds homered [Remy
scored (unearned)]; GRILLI REPLACED SYKES (PITCHING); Jackson
struck out; Baylor struck out; Chalk walked; Guerrero singled to
right [Chalk to third]; Torres was called out on strikes; 3 R (2
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer flied out to center; LeFlore singled to
shortstop; Fuentes singled to third [LeFlore to second]; Staub
walked [LeFlore to third, Fuentes to second]; Kemp singled to
right [LeFlore scored, Fuentes to third, Staub to second];
Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fuentes scored, Staub to
third]; Oglivie lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
5, Tigers 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Humphrey made an out to second; Flores grounded out
(first unassisted); Remy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: May flied out to center; Rodriguez homered; Veryzer
flied out to center; LeFlore flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 5, Tigers 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Bonds flied out to right; Jackson struck out; Baylor
walked; Chalk singled to center [Baylor to third]; Guerrero
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: BARLOW REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Fuentes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Staub walked; Kemp singled to center
[Staub to second]; Thompson walked [Staub to third, Kemp to
second]; Oglivie walked [Staub scored, Kemp to third, Thompson
to second]; May singled to left [Kemp scored, Thompson scored,
Oglivie to second]; Rodriguez walked [Oglivie to third, May to
second]; MILLER REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); CORCORAN BATTED FOR
VERYZER; Corcoran hit a sacrifice fly to center [Oglivie scored,
May to third]; LeFlore singled to right [May scored, Rodriguez
to second]; Fuentes struck out; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5,
Tigers 9.

ANGELS 6TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); Torres
walked; Humphrey walked [Torres to second]; TAYLOR REPLACED
GRILLI (PITCHING); Flores flied out to right; Remy tripled to
right [Torres scored, Humphrey scored]; Bonds struck out;
SOLAITA BATTED FOR JACKSON; CRAWFORD REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING);
Solaita walked; Crawford threw a wild pitch [Remy scored,
Solaita to second]; Baylor doubled to left [Solaita scored];
FOUCAULT REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Chalk grounded out (third
to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Tigers 9.

TIGERS 6TH: SOLAITA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BRIGGS REPLACED
TORRES (PLAYING CF); Staub singled to right; Kemp made an out to
third; Thompson doubled to right [Staub scored (error by Bonds)
(unearned)]; Oglivie lined to pitcher; May was walked
intentionally; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 9, Tigers 10.

ANGELS 7TH: Guerrero doubled to left; Briggs was called out on
strikes; GOODWIN BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Goodwin was called out on
strikes; Flores made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 9, Tigers 10.

TIGERS 7TH: ETCHEBARREN REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING C ); Scrivener
made an out to second; LeFlore singled to center; Fuentes
singled to left [LeFlore scored (error by Flores) (unearned),
Fuentes to second]; Staub made an out to third; Kemp made an out
to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Tigers 11.

ANGELS 8TH: Remy flied out to left; Bonds flied out to center;
Solaita walked; Baylor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 9, Tigers 11.

TIGERS 8TH: Thompson homered; Oglivie flied out to left; May
tripled to center; Rodriguez struck out; Scrivener flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Tigers 12.

ANGELS 9TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Guerrero
singled to center; MULLINIKS BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Mulliniks walked
[Guerrero to second]; BOSLEY BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Bosley
singled to right [Guerrero to third, Mulliniks to second];
Flores grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Bosley
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 9, Tigers 12.