AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees 
Game 1: Catfish Hunter vs. Vida
Blue, Oakland Coliseum
5-RUN 6TH PUSHES YANKS PAST A'S IN ALCS OPENER
Hunter CG, 16-Hit Attack Paces N.Y.
OAKLAND, Oct. 9 (AP) - A five-run top of the sixth inning erased a 3-1
deficit and the New York Yankees went on to defeat the Oakland Athletics 8-4 in
the opening game of the American League Championship Series at the Oakland
Coliseum. Catfish Hunter tossed a complete game and his Yankees teammates
amassed 16-hits in his support. Mickey Rivers had four hits, including a
pair of doubles, and two runs batted in for New York.
The A's took an early lead, scoring single runs in each of the first two
frames. Bill North led off the bottom of the first with a single, stole
second, advanced to third on a Bert Campaneris ground out and, after Hunter
fanned Don Baylor, scored on Sal Bando's two-out single to center. In the
second, Billy Williams cracked a two-out solo home run to give Oakland a 2-0
advantage.
A's starter Vida Blue blanked the Yankees through four innings but New York
finally dented the scoreboard in the fifth, courtesy of some shoddy Oakland
defense. With one out, Willie Randolph lifted what appeared to be a
routine fly ball to center field but North misplayed it for a two-base
error. Fred Stanley grounded out but Rivers cracked the second of his two
doubles to right field, scoring Randolph to cut the A's lead to 2-1.
Oakland got the run right back in the bottom of the inning when Williams led off
with a double to left-center, advanced to third on Phil Garner's sacrifice bunt,
and then scored on North's sacrifice fly to left.
Blue had pitched well--allowing just the lone unearned run--heading into the
sixth, but things fell apart in a hurry. Thurman Munson's lead-off single
to center represented the first time the Yankees had a baserunner with no outs
in the entire game. Lou Piniella drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch to put runners
on first and second. Chris Chambliss lined to center for the first out of
the inning and when Graig Nettles popped up for the second out it appeared that
Blue would get out of the inning unscathed. But Elliott Maddox grounded a
double down the right field line, scoring both Munson and Piniella to tie the
game. Randolph drew a four-pitch walk and, after a conference at the
mound, Fred Stanley grounded a single into left field for a base hit.
Maddox scored to give the Yankees their first lead of the contest and Joe Rudi's
throw to the plate was wild, allowing Randolph to come home and Stanley to move
all the way around to third. Rivers then bounced a single up the middle,
scoring Stanley, and ending Blue's day. The Yankees led 6-3 as Jim Todd
took over for Oakland. White greeted Todd with a base hit, advancing
Rivers to second, but Munson--representing the tenth hitter to come to the plate
in the inning--finally ended things by grounding to second base.
The A's tried to get right back in the game. Bando doubled with one out
and took third on Rudi's base hit to left. Gene Tenace lifted a sacrifice
fly to center, scoring Bando to cut the New York lead to 6-4 and Claudell
Washington's single to right put the tying runs on the corners with two
out. After a mound conference, Hunter bared down and retired Williams on a
grounder to short to end the inning.
The Yankees got that run right back in the seventh. Carlos May pinch hit
for Piniella and singled and Chambliss followed with a base hit of his own to
right. May tried to advance to third and Washington's wild throw ended up
at the base of the stands. The error allowed May to score and Chambliss to
take third. Paul Lindblad replaced Todd and miraculously shut the door on
the Yankees' rally, retiring Maddox, Randolph and Stanley without allowing any
further damage.
But the A's seemed spent. Hunter retired nine of the final 10 batters he
faced, shutting Oakland out over the final three innings in the process.
And New York picked up a ninth inning insurance run off of Rollie Fingers when
Nettles led off with a single, advanced to second on a ground out and scored on
pinch hitter Elrod Hendricks' two-out base hit.
The Yankees dominated the second half of the game and won despite leaving 12
runners on base. Game 2 will be tomorrow; Ed Figueroa is expected to
face-off against Mike Torrez as the A's try to avoid falling into a 2-0 hole
heading to New York.
10/9/1976, NYA76-Oak76, Oakland Coliseum
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1976 Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 8 16 1 12 0
1976 Athletics 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 3 5 0
Yankees AB R H BI AVG Athletics AB R H BI AVG
Rivers cf 6 0 4 2 .667 North cf 2 1 1 1 .500
White,R lf 6 0 3 0 .500 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 1 .250
Munson c 5 1 1 0 .200 Baylor 1b 4 0 0 0 .000
Piniella dh 2 1 0 0 .000 Bando 3b 4 1 2 0 .500
May,C ph 1 1 1 0 1.000 Rudi lf 4 0 1 0 .250
Velez ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Tenace c 3 0 0 1 .000
Chambliss 1b 5 0 1 0 .200 Washington rf 4 0 1 0 .250
Nettles 3b 5 1 3 0 .600 Williams,B dh 4 2 2 1 .500
Maddox,E rf 4 1 1 2 .250 Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 .000
Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 .000 32 4 8 4
Randolph 2b 3 2 0 0 .000
Stanley,F ss 4 1 1 1 .250
Hendricks ph 1 0 1 1 1.000
Mason pr 0 0 0 0 .000
44 8 16 6
Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hunter W 1-0 9.0 8 4 4 1 8 128 88 4.00
9.0 8 4 4 1 8 128 88
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blue L 0-1 5.2 8 6 5 2 2 92 61 7.94
Todd 0.1 4 1 1 0 0 22 11 27.00
Lindblad 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 22 18 0.00
Fingers 1.2 2 1 1 1 3 29 18 5.40
9.0 16 8 7 3 5 165 108
NYA: May,C batted for Piniella in the 7th
Velez batted for May,C in the 8th
Gamble batted for Maddox,E in the 9th
Hendricks batted for Stanley,F in the 9th
Mason ran for Hendricks in the 9th
Gamble moved to rf in the 9th
Mason moved to ss in the 9th
E-Munson, North, Rudi, Washington. 2B-Rivers 2(2), Maddox,E(1), Bando(1),
Williams,B(1). HR-Williams,B(1). RBI-Rivers 2(2), Maddox,E 2(2),
Stanley,F(1), Hendricks(1), North(1), Campaneris(1), Tenace(1),
Williams,B(1). SB-North(1), Campaneris(1). K-Rivers, White,R, Munson,
Stanley,F, Velez, North, Campaneris, Baylor 2, Tenace 2, Garner 2.
BB-Piniella, Randolph 2, North. SH-Garner. SF-North, Tenace.
GWRBI: Stanley,F
Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 11 MPH.
Attendance: 50,123
Game Time: 2:40
Game 2: Ed Figueroa vs. Mike
Torrez, Oakland Coliseum
A'S, TORREZ EVEN SERIES
3-Run 7th Seals Yanks Fate
OAKLAND, Oct. 10 (AP) - Mike Torrez allowed two runs in 7 1/3 innings of work
and Don Baylor and Joe Rudi each drove in a pair as the Oakland Athletics evened
the best-of-five American League Championship Series at a game apiece with a 5-2
victory over the New York Yankees at the Oakland Coliseum. Rollie Fingers
worked out of a jam in the top of the eighth and recorded the final five outs to
close out the contest. Yankees reliever Dick Tidrow had a rough outing,
allowing an inherited runner to score and was charged with two more tallies in a
crucial three-run seventh inning for the A's.
The Yankees put four men on base in the opening frame but failed to score.
Mickey Rivers led off with a single but was thrown out trying to steal
second. Roy White flied to center but Thurman Munson reached first when
second baseman Phil Garner booted his ground ball for an error. Torrez
then walked both Chris Chambliss and Carlos May to fill the bases but Graig
Nettles grounded out weakly on the first pitch he saw from the A's right-hander
to end the threat.
New York did take the lead in the second when Chris Chambliss led off the frame
with a home run into the bleachers in right-center field. Yankees starter
Ed Figueroa pitched around a two-base error charged to right fielder Oscar
Gamble and a walk to Claudell Washington in the bottom of the second to preserve
the lead.
But the A's drew even in the fourth. Rudi singled with one out and
advanced to third when Gene Tenace doubled to right. Washington grounded
to second for out number two but with the infield back Rudi scored easily.
Billy Williams grounded to first to end the inning.
Oakland took its first lead in the bottom of the fifth. Figueroa retired
Garner and North easily to open the inning but Bert Campaneris dropped a single
in front of Rivers in center field and then stole second. Don Baylor then
lined a single to right, scoring Campaneris to put the A's on top 2-1.
Chambliss opened the sixth with a double, but Torrez pitched around it and held
the Yankees off the scoreboard.
Figueroa was still on the hill for the bottom of the seventh. He retired
Garner to open the inning but then walked North on a 3-2 pitch. Yankees
manager Billy Martin, sensing that Figueroa was running out of gas, summoned
Tidrow from the bullpen. When North was thrown out trying to steal second,
it left the A's with the bases empty and two outs. The game appeared to be
headed to the eighth with just one run separating the two clubs. But
Tidrow walked Campaneris on four pitches and the Oakland shortstop promptly
stole his second base of the game. It paid off again when Baylor rolled a
base hit into right field, giving the A's a 3-1 lead. Not satisfied with a
two-run cushion, Bando lined a base hit to left, putting runners on first and
second and Rudi roped a double to left-center, scoring both baserunners.
Tenace struck out to end the frame but the A's now led 5-1.
The Yankees tried to fight back. Munson led off the eighth with a base hit
and advanced to second on a Torrez wild pitch. Chambliss flied to center
but May dropped a single into right field, putting runners on first and
third. Nettles then followed with a base hit, scoring Munson and advancing
May to second. Suddenly it was 5-2 with the potential tying run coming to
the plate. A's skipper Chuck Tanner had seen enough and replaced Torrez
with Fingers who needed only six pitches to record the final two outs of the
inning and preserve the Oakland lead.
Sparky Lyle kept the A's scoreless in the bottom of the eighth and Fingers
surrendered a lead-off single to pinch hitter Sandy Alomar to open the ninth but
the Yankees never got the tying run to the plate again as Fingers coolly set the
next three hitters down in order to preserve the victory.
The two clubs will travel across the country to New York tomorrow and Game 3
will be held the following day at Yankee Stadium. The A's haven't
announced a starter as yet but are expected to go with either Dick Bosman or
Stan Bahnsen. The Yankees will counter with Dock Ellis.
10/10/1976, NYA76-Oak76, Oakland Coliseum
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1976 Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1 10 0
1976 Athletics 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 x 5 8 1 7 0
Yankees AB R H BI AVG Athletics AB R H BI AVG
Rivers cf 5 0 1 0 .455 North cf 3 0 1 0 .400
White,R lf 4 0 0 0 .300 Campaneris ss 3 2 1 0 .286
Munson c 5 1 1 0 .200 Baylor 1b 3 1 2 2 .286
Chambliss 1b 3 0 2 0 .375 Bando 3b 4 1 1 0 .375
May,C dh 3 0 1 0 .500 Rudi lf 4 1 2 2 .375
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1 .444 Tenace c 4 0 1 0 .143
Gamble rf 2 1 1 1 .333 Washington rf 1 0 0 1 .200
Piniella ph 1 0 0 0 .000 McMullen ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 .000 Alexander,M rf 0 0 0 0 .000
Stanley,F ss 2 0 0 0 .167 Williams,B dh 4 0 0 0 .250
Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 .000
Mason ss 0 0 0 0 .000 30 5 8 5
Alomar ph 1 0 1 0 1.000
35 2 8 2
Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Figueroa L 0-1 6.1 5 2 2 4 0 120 70 2.84
Tidrow 0.2 3 3 3 1 1 21 11 40.50
Lyle 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 16 8 0.00
8.0 8 5 5 6 1 157 89
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Torrez W 1-0 7.1 7 2 2 4 1 116 68 2.45
Fingers S 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 24 19 2.70
9.0 8 2 2 4 4 140 87
NYA: Hendricks batted for Stanley,F in the 7th
Mason inserted at ss in the 7th
Piniella batted for Gamble in the 8th
Piniella moved to rf in the 8th
Alomar batted for Mason in the 9th
Oak: McMullen batted for Washington in the 8th
Alexander,M inserted at rf in the 9th
E-Gamble, Garner. 2B-Chambliss(1), Rudi(1), Tenace(1). HR-Gamble(1).
RBI-Nettles(1), Gamble(1), Baylor 2(2), Rudi 2(2), Washington(1).
SB-North(2), Campaneris 2(3), Baylor(1), Washington(1). CS-Rivers, North,
Baylor, Garner. K-Rivers, Munson, Gamble, Piniella, Tenace. BB-White,R,
Chambliss, May,C, Gamble, North, Campaneris, Baylor, Washington 2, Garner.
WP-Torrez.
GWRBI: Baylor
Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 9 MPH.
Attendance: 50,189
Game Time: 2:42
Game 3: Stan Bahnsen vs. Dock
Ellis, Yankee Stadium
ELLIS, GAMBLE ALLOW YANKS TO SNATCH GAME 3
Starter Fires CG Without a Strikeout
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (AP) - Dock Ellis tossed a complete game and Oscar Gamble
snapped a tie with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give the New York
Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of the American
League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium. New York leads the series,
two games to one. Ellis scattered eight hits and completed the game
without a single strikeout. The Yankees managed only five hits off Oakland
starter Stan Bahnsen and a pair of relievers, but it was enough in the end.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third when Fred Stanley doubled
down the left field line and then scored when Mickey Rivers followed with a
single to right-center, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The A's had failed
to score in the top of the inning despite a lead-off double from Phil
Garner. Bill North sacrificed Garner to third, but the Yankees brought the
infield in and Garner was unable to score on a grounder to first off the bat of
Bert Campaneris. Don Baylor grounded to second to end the threat.
But the A's tied the game in the fourth. Sal Bando laced a sinking liner
to center. Rivers dove for the ball and missed with the ball skipping past
him. By the time the Yankees got the ball back to the infield Bando was
standing on third with a triple. Joe Rudi flied to shallow right, with
Bando holding, for the first out, but Gene Tenace walked, putting runners on
first and third. Claudell Washington then lined a single to right, scoring
Bando with the tying run and advancing Tenace to second. Both runners
moved up 90 feet on Billy Williams' soft grounder to short, but the A's stranded
a pair in scoring position when Eilis retired Garner on a comebacker to end the
inning.
New York reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the frame. First baseman Don
Baylor booted Carlos May's roller for an error--Baylor's second miscue of the
contest. May took second on Graig Nettles' ground out, bringing Gamble to
the plate. Bahnsen worked ahead 1-2 but then hung an off-speed pitch and
Gamble didn't miss it, launching his second home run of the series deep into the
lower deck in right field. The two-run blast gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead.
The A's threatened with two outs in the top of the sixth when Tenace doubled and
Washington beat out an infield hit to short but Ellis retired Williams on a fly
ball to Rivers in center to avoid any damage. That turned out to be the
best chance the A's would have. While the Oakland bullpen--represented by
Paul Lindblad and Jim Todd--held the Yankees scoreless (and hitless) from the
sixth inning on, the A's weren't having much luck with Ellis. The New York
right-hander set the A's down in order in the seventh and pitched around a
one-out single off the bat of Bando in the eighth.
In the ninth, Ellis got Washington and Williams on routine fly balls to open the
inning, but then walked Garner, bringing the tying run to the plate in the form
of North. Yankees manager Billy Martin had Sparky Lyle ready in the
bullpen but didn't so much as stir from his dugout position as North strode to
the plate. Ellis rewarded Martin's confidence by retiring North on a
fielder's choice to close out the game.
There were nine instances during the regular season in which a major league
starter tossed a nine-inning complete game without striking out a batter and one
of them was turned in by Ellis--in his final start of the season, a 9-3 victory
over Cleveland on Oct. 2.
The A's now have their backs to the wall and will send Vida Blue to the mound in
Game 4. The Yankees had originally hinted that Catfish Hunter would pitch
on three days rest should there be a Game 4 but Martin hedged in a post-game
press conference, suggesting that he might hold Hunter back with the hope that
he'd be ready for a World Series Game 1 should the Yankees win Game 4 of the
ALCS, or be ready on full rest for a Game 5 if necessary. If Hunter
doesn't go in Game 4, Doyle Alexander would get the nod for New York.
10/12/1976, Oak76-NYA76, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1976 Athletics 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 9 0
1976 Yankees 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 x 3 5 0 6 0
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG
North cf 4 0 0 0 .222 Rivers cf 4 0 1 1 .400
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 .273 White,R lf 3 0 0 0 .231
Baylor 1b 4 0 1 0 .273 Munson c 4 0 0 0 .143
Bando 3b 4 1 2 0 .417 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 .250
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 .250 May,C dh 3 1 1 0 .429
Tenace c 2 0 1 0 .222 Piniella ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Washington rf 4 0 2 1 .333 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 .308
Williams,B dh 4 0 0 0 .167 Gamble rf 3 1 1 2 .333
Garner 2b 3 0 1 0 .111 Randolph 2b 2 0 1 0 .111
33 1 8 1 Stanley,F ss 3 1 1 0 .222
31 3 5 3
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bahnsen L 0-1 5.0 5 3 2 1 2 84 54 3.60
Lindblad 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 26 17 0.00
Todd 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 9.00
8.0 5 3 2 2 3 117 77
Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Ellis,D W 1-0 9.0 8 1 1 3 0 107 65 1.00
9.0 8 1 1 3 0 107 65
NYA: Piniella batted for May,C in the 8th
E-Baylor 2. 2B-Tenace(2), Garner(1), Stanley,F(1). 3B-Bando(1). HR-Gamble(2).
RBI-Washington(2), Rivers(3), Gamble 2(3). SB-Randolph(1). CS-Campaneris.
K-White,R, Chambliss, Nettles. BB-Tenace 2, Garner, White,R, Randolph.
SH-North.
GWRBI: Gamble
Temperature: 52, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 4 MPH.
Attendance: 54,113
Game Time: 2:15
Game 4: Vida Blue vs. Doyle
Alexander, Yankee Stadium
ALEXANDER'S GEM PLACES YANKS IN SERIES
Munson's 3 Hits Pace Offense
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (AP) - Doyle Alexander came one out away from a complete game
shutout, but settled for 8 2/3 innings of scoreless ball to lead the New York
Yankees past the Oakland Athletics in Game 4 of the American League Championship
Series at Yankee Stadium, securing the pennant in the process. One day
after Dock Ellis tossed a complete game without striking out a single batter
Alexander came an inch away from duplicating the feat. Instead, with the
tying run at the plate and two outs, Sparky Lyle was summoned from the bullpen
to close out the game. The left-hander did so, retiring pinch hitter Ken
McMullen on a fly ball to right field. That was all that separated
Alexander from the third complete game in four outings by Yankees starters in
this series.
It wasn't even a foregone conclusion that Alexander would get the start.
Until the end of batting practice New York manager Billy Martin was considering
bringing Game 1 starter Catfish Hunter back on three days rest. But
ultimately, Martin went with Alexander, who was a superb 17-7 in 26 regular
season starts this year. Alexander validated Martin's decision, despite
the absence of punch outs.
The A's, with their backs against the proverbial wall, felt compelled to go with
Vida Blue on short rest and he kept the Yankees off the scoreboard until the
fourth inning. New York did threaten in the bottom of the first inning
when back-to-back one-out singles by Roy White and Thurman Munson put runners on
first and third, but Blue escaped trouble by inducing an inning-ending 3-6-3
double play grounder off the bat of Chris Chambliss.
The A's ran themselves out of a potential lead in the top of the third.
Billy Williams led off with a single and was forced at second by Phil
Garner. Bill North then lined a base hit to center field but Garner was
cut down at third by Mickey Rivers. Bert Campaneris then drew a walk, but
Don Baylor flied to right to end the frame. The single by North was the
last Oakland hit until the ninth inning.
The Yankees broke the deadlock in the bottom of the fourth. Thurman Munson
rapped out the second of his three hits when he doubled to right-center and Lou
Piniella followed with a base hit to right, plating Munson with the go-ahead
run. Blue got a double play grounder from Chambliss, and it was a good
thing he did because Graig Nettles and Elliott Maddox followed with consecutive
singles. But Willie Randolph grounded out to second on a 3-1 pitch to end
the rally.
After Alexander successfully pitched around a lead-off walk to Williams in the
top of the fifth, the Yankees increased their lead against Blue in the bottom of
the frame. Rivers singled with one out and stole second. White's
ground out advanced Rivers to third and Munson made it all academic by crushing
a Blue fastball into the left field seats for a two-run homer, sending the
partisan Yankee Stadium crowd into a frenzy.
Alexander was on full blown cruise control. After the lead-off walk to
Williams in the fifth, he set down the next 13 batters he faced. With two
outs in the bottom of the sixth Joe Rudi drove the first pitch he saw from the
Yankees right-hander deep to center but Mickey Rivers went above the wall to rob
Rudi of a home run and keep the shutout intact.
Blue was removed from the game with a runner on first and one out in the bottom
of the sixth and replaced by Rollie Fingers who retired all eight New York
batters he faced.
The Yankees took a 3-0 lead into the top of the ninth. Alexander retired
Don Baylor on a routine grounder to second and induced another roller, this one
to third, off the bat of Sal Bando. But Nettles misplayed the ball for an
error, allowing Bando to reach. Rudi, who had swung the bat well without
anything to show for it, then rapped out the first Oakland safety since the
third inning, lining a base hit over Randolph's head into right field.
Bando stopped at second, and the A's suddenly had the tying run at the
plate. With Lyle and Dick Tidrow getting ready in the bullpen, Martin came
to the mound for a conference, and left Alexander in the game, spurring a loud
ovation from the crowd. Alexander worked ahead of Gene Tenace 0-2 and then
got him on a routine fly ball to left. With Claudell Washington due up,
Martin popped out of the dugout and called for Lyle. A's manager Chuck
Tanner countered with McMullen. The pinch hitter took a called strike and
then swung at a breaking ball, lifting a routine fly to right. Oscar
Gamble snagged it and the Yankees and their fans celebrated the team's impending
trip to the World Series.
Rivers was named the ALCS Most Valuable Player, hitting .421 (8-for-19) with
three doubles and three runs batted in, in addition to several stellar defensive
plays. But the Yankees starters, collectively, might have been the club's
most valuable unit, posting a 1.91 combined earned run average (seven runs in 33
total innings).
The Yankees will travel to Cincinnati where the World Series will begin on
October 16.
10/13/1976, Oak76-NYA76, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1976 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 2
1976 Yankees 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 x 3 10 1 5 0
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG
North cf 4 0 1 0 .231 Rivers cf 4 1 2 0 .421
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 .214 White,R lf 4 0 1 0 .235
Baylor 1b 3 0 0 0 .214 Munson c 4 2 3 2 .278
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 .313 Piniella dh 3 0 1 1 .143
Rudi lf 3 0 1 0 .267 May,C ph 1 0 0 0 .375
Tenace c 4 0 0 0 .154 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 .250
Washington rf 3 0 0 0 .250 Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0 .313
McMullen ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Maddox,E rf 2 0 1 0 .333
Williams,B dh 2 0 1 0 .214 Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 .286
Garner 2b 2 0 0 0 .091 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 .083
29 0 3 0 Stanley,F ss 3 0 0 0 .167
32 3 10 3
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blue L 0-2 5.1 10 3 3 0 1 77 57 6.55
Fingers 2.2 0 0 0 0 4 31 21 1.50
8.0 10 3 3 0 5 108 78
Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Alexander,D W 1-0 8.2 3 0 0 4 0 113 70 0.00
Lyle S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
9.0 3 0 0 4 0 115 72
Oak: McMullen batted for Washington in the 9th
NYA: Gamble batted for Maddox,E in the 6th
Gamble moved to rf in the 7th
May,C batted for Piniella in the 8th
E-Nettles. 2B-Rivers(3), Munson(1). HR-Munson(1). RBI-Munson 2(2),
Piniella(1). SB-Baylor(2), Rivers(1). K-Rivers, White,R, Munson, Randolph,
Gamble. BB-Campaneris, Baylor, Rudi, Williams,B. SH-Garner.
GWRBI: Piniella
Temperature: 51, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 14 MPH.
Attendance: 54,086
Game Time: 2:02