Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Yankees
October 12, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1977 at Yankee Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Yankees 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Smith rf 3 2 2 2
Cey 3b 4 1 1 2
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 1 0
  Burke cf 1 0 0 0
Yeager c 4 1 2 1
Hooton p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0
Munson c 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 1 0
Piniella lf 3 0 1 0
Dent ss 2 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 1 0 0 0
  Zeber ph 1 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
Los Angeles 212 000 001690
New York 000 100 000150
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 8
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (0-1) 2.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Tidrow   2.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Clay   3.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lyle   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
1
1

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Smith (1,off Hunter).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (1,1st inning off Hunter 1 on, 2 out); Yeager (1,2nd inning off Hunter 0 on, 2 out); Smith (1,3rd inning off Hunter 1 on, 1 out); Garvey (1,9th inning off Lyle 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Garvey (1,2nd base by Tidrow/Munson); Monday (1,Home by Tidrow/Munson).  U–Ed Sudol (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Jerry Dale (NL), Jim Evans (AL), Nestor Chylak (AL), John McSherry (NL).  T–2:27.  A–56,691.
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