New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 16, 1977 at Dodger 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 10

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0
Munson c 4 1 2 1
  Johnson c 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 2 2 1
Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 2 1
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 1
Gullett p 1 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Zeber ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 1 2 0
Russell ss 5 1 2 1
Smith cf,rf 4 2 1 2
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 2 2 0
Baker lf 4 2 3 2
Lacy rf 3 1 2 1
  Burke cf 1 0 0 0
Yeager c 2 1 1 4
  Oates ph,c 1 0 0 0
Sutton p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 13 10
New York 000 000 220492
Los Angeles 100 432 00x10130
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett  L (0-1) 4.1 8 7 6 1 4
  Clay   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Tidrow   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Hunter   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
9
1
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (1-0) 9.0 9 4 4 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
2

  E–Nettles (1), Piniella (1).  2B–New York Randolph (2,off Sutton); Nettles (1,off Sutton), Los Angeles Garvey (1,off Gullett).  3B–Los Angeles Lopes (1,off Gullett).  HR–New York Munson (1,8th inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out); Jackson (2,8th inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Yeager (2,4th inning off Gullett 2 on, 1 out); Smith (2,6th inning off Tidrow 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Yeager (1,off Clay).  U–Jim Evans (AL), John McSherry (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Jerry Dale (NL), Larry McCoy (AL).  T–2:29.  A–55,955.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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