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.

The Tigers then rallied for four runs in the eighth. Tim Corcoran singled with the bases loaded, driving in two runs to tie the score. Fuentes followed with a single to put the Tigers ahead and Staub accounted for an insurance run with another single. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 10, Oakland Athletics 8
Game Played on Saturday, September 3, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A'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.