The Athletics gained their sixth straight victory in the club's longest winning streak of the season by defeating the Yankees, 4-3. The Yankees, who had been shut out for 25 innings, broke their scoreless slump at the start of the game with a homer by Jerry Kenney. Ron Hansen added a round-tripper in the second before Dave Duncan hit one for the A's in the third.

After the Yankees added a tally in the fourth, the Athletics won the game with three runs in the sixth. Joe Rudi beat out a bunt, Felipe Alou singled and Sal Bando hit a sacrifice fly for the first run. Don Mincher doubled, scoring Alou. Duncan walked and Dick Green then singled to drive in Don Mincher with the winning marker. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      26, 1970 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      1  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
A's          0  0  1    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   4  8  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .239      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Kenney 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .218      Rudi lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .290
White lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .306        Hovley cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Cater 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Alou rf,lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .297
Blefary rf            3   0   2   0     1   1   .217      Bando 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .276
  Woods pr,rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Mincher 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .242
Lyttle cf             4   0   0   0     0   4   .182      Jackson cf,rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Gibbs c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Duncan c              2   1   2   1     1   0   .250
Hansen ss             4   1   3   1     0   1   .277      Green 2b              3   0   1   1     0   2   .197
Bahnsen p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Hunter p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .161
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .216

Totals               34   3   9   3     1   8             Totals               31   4   8   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 25,271
Left on Base: Yankees 8, A's 5
DP: Yankees 0, A's 0
Errors: Blefary, Bando, Duncan
Doubles: Clarke (15), Mincher (13)
Home Runs: Kenney (4), Hansen (3), Duncan (9)
Stolen Bases: Woods (1)
Caught Stealing: White (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Bahnsen (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Clarke (5), Bando (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cater (2,by Hunter)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(9-7)          5.1   7   4   4   0   3   1  23   3.18
McDaniel                2.2   1   0   0   1   1   0  10   1.86
Totals                  8     8   4   4   1   4   1  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(14-8)          7     9   3   3   1   6   2  32   3.64
Grant SV(16)            2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.01
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   8   2  38

Hit by Pitch: Hunter (5)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Kenney
homered; White struck out; Cater was hit by a pitch; Blefary
singled to left [Cater to second]; Lyttle struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi was called out on strikes; Alou grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Gibbs grounded out (shortstop to first); Hansen
homered; Bahnsen struck out; Clarke doubled to left; Kenney
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (second to first); Mincher
grounded out (second to first); Jackson flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (second to first); Cater
grounded out (third to first); Blefary walked; Lyttle struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan homered; Green struck out; Hunter flied
out to center; Campaneris singled to right; Rudi popped to third
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Gibbs singled to left; Hansen singled to center
[Gibbs to second]; Bahnsen out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Gibbs to third, Hansen to second]; Clarke hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Gibbs scored, Hansen to third]; Kenney
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou grounded out (third to first); Bando singled
to center; Mincher made an out to third; Jackson grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics
1.

YANKEES 5TH: White singled to right; White was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Cater reached on an error by Bando
[Cater to first]; Blefary struck out; Lyttle struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to center; Green struck out;
Hunter flied out to center; Campaneris made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Gibbs made an out to third; Hansen singled; Bahnsen
popped to catcher in foul territory; Clarke forced Hansen
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: On a bunt Rudi singled to third; Alou singled to
right [Rudi to third, Alou to second (error by Blefary)]; Bando
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rudi scored]; Mincher doubled
[Alou scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Jackson
grounded out (second to first) [Mincher to third]; Duncan
walked; Green singled to left [Mincher scored, Duncan to
second]; Hunter forced Green (second to shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Kenney lined to left; White popped to third in foul
territory; Cater popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris made an out to second; Rudi grounded
out (pitcher to first); Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 8TH: HOVLEY REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING CF); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); JACKSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Blefary singled to right; WOODS RAN FOR BLEFARY; GRANT REPLACED
HUNTER (PITCHING); Woods stole second [Woods to third (error by
Duncan)]; Lyttle struck out; Gibbs flied out to right; Hansen
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bando grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mincher grounded out (second to
first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Athletics 4.

YANKEES 9TH: WARD BATTED FOR MCDANIEL; Ward popped to shortstop
in foul territory; Clarke grounded out (second to first); Kenney
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Athletics 4.