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Oakland Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1976-07-15 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 14835 · night · 2:43

Detroit Tigers defeated Oakland Athletics 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. Dave Roberts earned the win. Joe Rudi went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
DET	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4

W: Dave Roberts L: Vida Blue SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nick Bremigan · 1B: Russ Goetz · 2B: George Maloney · 3B: Jim McKean · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill North	5	0	0	0	1
Bert Campaneris	5	0	2	0	1
Don Baylor	5	1	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	5	1	2	2	0
Sal Bando	5	0	0	0	1
Gene Tenace	4	0	2	0	1
Claudell Washington	4	0	2	0	1
Phil Garner	4	0	0	0	1
Jeff Newman	2	0	0	0	0
Ken McMullen	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Haney	1	0	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron LeFlore	4	1	0	0	1	0
Tom Veryzer	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rusty Staub	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Horton	3	0	1	1	2	0
Jason Thompson	4	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Johnson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	5	0	0	0	0	1
John Wockenfuss	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pedro Garcia	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dan Meyer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vida Blue	10.0	4	4	1
Rollie Fingers	0.2	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	11.0	9	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill North: 53
Bert Campaneris: S
Don Baylor: 64(1)/FO
Joe Rudi: SB2
Joe Rudi: HR/9.2-H
Sal Bando: K/C

Bot 1

Ron LeFlore: 63
Tom Veryzer: 9
Rusty Staub: 7

Top 2

Gene Tenace: S
Claudell Washington: K
Phil Garner: 53.1-2
Jeff Newman: 53

Bot 2

Willie Horton: 43
Jason Thompson: 6
Alex Johnson: S
Aurelio Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Bill North: K
Bert Campaneris: K
Don Baylor: 2/FL

Bot 3

John Wockenfuss: W
Pedro Garcia: S.1-2
Ron LeFlore: 5(2)/G/FO.1-2
Tom Veryzer: 4
Rusty Staub: E8/F.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Willie Horton: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Jason Thompson: K

Top 4

Joe Rudi: 63
Sal Bando: 63
Gene Tenace: 63

Bot 4

Alex Johnson: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: 8
John Wockenfuss: 4

Top 5

Claudell Washington: S
Phil Garner: SB2
Phil Garner: K+CS3(25)/DP
Jeff Newman: 13

Bot 5

Pedro Garcia: 9
Ron LeFlore: 43
Tom Veryzer: S
Rusty Staub: 43

Top 6

Bill North: 9
Bert Campaneris: S
Don Baylor: 9/L
Joe Rudi: S.1-2
Sal Bando: SB3;SB2
Sal Bando: 2/FL

Bot 6

Willie Horton: W
Jason Thompson: 16(1)/FO
Alex Johnson: 96(1)/FO
Aurelio Rodriguez: 63

Top 7

Gene Tenace: K/C
Claudell Washington: S
Phil Garner: 3/FL
Ken McMullen: 8

Bot 7

John Wockenfuss: 8
Pedro Garcia: 9/L
Ron LeFlore: 43

Top 8

Bill North: 9
Bert Campaneris: 9
Don Baylor: 8

Bot 8

Tom Veryzer: 53
Rusty Staub: 53
Willie Horton: 53

Top 9

Joe Rudi: 6
Sal Bando: 8
Gene Tenace: S
Claudell Washington: 3/G

Bot 9

Jason Thompson: 43
Alex Johnson: 13
Aurelio Rodriguez: 4

Top 10

Phil Garner: 8
Larry Haney: S
Bill North: 46(1)/FO
Bert Campaneris: 8

Bot 10

John Wockenfuss: 63
Pedro Garcia: 4
Ron LeFlore: W
Tom Veryzer: SB2
Tom Veryzer: 8

Top 11

Don Baylor: 8
Joe Rudi: 63
Sal Bando: 6

Bot 11

Rusty Staub: HP
Willie Horton: W.1-2
Jason Thompson: PO1(E1).2-3;1-2
Jason Thompson: IW
Alex Johnson: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Dan Meyer: E8/F.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

catcher Jeff Newman threw to 1B in an attempt to pick off Pedro Garcia; the throw was wild but HP umpire Nick Bremigan nullified the play, saying that he interfered with Newman's throw; Tigers Manager Ralph Houk ejected by Bremigan

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