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Cleveland Guardians @ Oakland Athletics

1977-08-21 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 2702 · 2:18

Cleveland Indians defeated Oakland Athletics 4–1. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 9th. Dennis Eckersley earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	6
OAK	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Dennis Eckersley L: Rick Langford SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou DiMuro · 1B: Jim McKean · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Deegan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Dade	3	0	0	0	1	0
Duane Kuiper	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bruce Bochte	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andre Thornton	3	1	0	0	1	1
Rico Carty	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jim Norris	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Pruitt	4	0	2	1	0	1
Fred Kendall	3	0	0	1	0	1
Frank Duffy	3	1	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rodney Scott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mitchell Page	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jerry Tabb	4	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Sanguillen	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Tyrone	3	0	0	0	1	1
Sheldon Mallory	4	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Murray	3	0	1	1	0	0
Rob Picciolo	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Eckersley	9.0	3	2	4

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Langford	8.1	5	2	4
Doug Bair	0.2	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Dade: W
Duane Kuiper: 7
Bruce Bochte: 43.1-2
Andre Thornton: W
Rico Carty: K

Bot 1

Rodney Scott: 7/FL
Marty Perez: K
Mitchell Page: W
Jerry Tabb: SB2
Jerry Tabb: K

Top 2

Jim Norris: 5/FL
Ron Pruitt: K
Fred Kendall: K

Bot 2

Manny Sanguillen: 53
Jim Tyrone: K
Sheldon Mallory: S4
Larry Murray: SB2
Larry Murray: D7.2-H
Rob Picciolo: 3

Top 3

Frank Duffy: D7
Paul Dade: 43.2-3
Duane Kuiper: 3/G.3-H
Bruce Bochte: E4
Andre Thornton: 7

Bot 3

Rodney Scott: 13
Marty Perez: 9
Mitchell Page: 3/G

Top 4

Rico Carty: 53
Jim Norris: 9
Ron Pruitt: 63

Bot 4

Jerry Tabb: 3/G
Manny Sanguillen: HP
Jim Tyrone: W.1-2
Sheldon Mallory: 7
Larry Murray: 43

Top 5

Fred Kendall: 6
Frank Duffy: 7
Paul Dade: 9

Bot 5

Rob Picciolo: 53
Rodney Scott: 7
Marty Perez: 8

Top 6

Duane Kuiper: 63
Bruce Bochte: S9
Andre Thornton: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 6

Mitchell Page: S8
Jerry Tabb: 8
Manny Sanguillen: SB2
Manny Sanguillen: 63.2-3
Jim Tyrone: 8

Top 7

Rico Carty: 53
Jim Norris: S
Ron Pruitt: SB2
Ron Pruitt: S.2-3
Fred Kendall: 7/SF.3-H
Frank Duffy: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Sheldon Mallory: 8
Larry Murray: 5/FL
Rob Picciolo: 3/FL

Top 8

Frank Duffy: 53
Paul Dade: 8
Duane Kuiper: 8

Bot 8

Rodney Scott: 13
Marty Perez: 7
Mitchell Page: 43

Top 9

Bruce Bochte: 43
Andre Thornton: E5
Rico Carty: D8.1-H(UR)
Jim Norris: IW
Ron Pruitt: S9.2-H;1-2#
Fred Kendall: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Jerry Tabb: 7
Manny Sanguillen: K/C
Jim Tyrone: E5
Sheldon Mallory: 64(1)/FO