Led by hot-hitting Sal Bando, who drove in five runs with a sacrifice fly, homer and double, the Athletics defeated the Indians, 9-2. Bando had 10 hits in his last 26 times at bat. Ken Holtzman, who had been a victim of poor batting support by the A's in losing two previous decisions, gained his first victory of the season. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     24, 1974 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          2  0  0    0  2  0    3  0  2  -   9  8  3
Indians      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  9  4


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   3   1   0     1   0   .246      Hermoso 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
North cf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .135        Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Bando 3b              3   1   2   5     1   0   .327      Lowenstein lf         5   1   3   0     0   0   .300
Jackson rf            3   2   0   0     2   0   .393      Bell 3b               5   0   1   0     0   1   .210
Rudi lf               5   0   1   2     0   1   .317      Ellis dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .185      Spikes rf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .350
  H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .333
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duncan c              3   1   1   0     1   2   .261
Bourque dh,1b         5   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Hendrick cf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .212
Fosse c               4   0   1   0     1   1   .226      Duffy ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .164
Kubiak 2b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .208      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bosman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   9   8   7     7   4             Totals               37   2   9   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance:  1,564
Left on Base: A's 8, Indians 10
DP: A's 0, Indians 1
Errors: Campaneris 2, North, Chambliss, Duncan, Hendrick, Duffy
Doubles: Rudi (8), Bando (3), Hendrick (2)
Home Runs: Bando (3)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (4), Jackson (5), Tenace (1), Lowenstein (6)
Caught Stealing: Fosse (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bando (3)
GIDP: Rudi (1)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (3,by Wilcox)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(1-2)         8     9   2   2   2   6   0  36   3.47
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.44
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2   6   0  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow L(1-3)           5     4   4   2   4   1   1  23   7.11
Bosman                  1     4   3   3   1   1   0   7  13.50
Wilcox                  3     0   2   0   2   2   0  14   3.95
Totals                  9     8   9   5   7   4   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Wilcox (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris reached on an error by Duffy;
Campaneris stole second; North grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Campaneris to third]; Bando hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Jackson walked; Jackson stole
second; Rudi doubled to left [Jackson scored (unearned)]; Tenace
flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Hermoso flied out to right; Lowenstein singled to
center; Lowenstein stole second; Bell struck out; Ellis struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bourque grounded out (second to first); Fosse
singled to left; Kubiak singled to left [Fosse to second];
Campaneris grounded out (third to first) [Kubiak to second,
Fosse to third]; North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Chambliss
singled to right; Duncan walked [Chambliss to second]; Hendrick
flied out to right; Duffy forced Duncan (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Bando walked; Jackson flied out to center; Rudi
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bando
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hermoso singled to right; Lowenstein singled to
center [Hermoso to second]; Bell forced Hermoso (catcher to
third) [Lowenstein to second]; Ellis popped to first; Spikes
singled to center [Bell to third (error by North), Lowenstein
scored]; Chambliss popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace walked; Tenace stole second; Bourque flied
out to center [Tenace to third]; Duncan dropped a foul fly hit
by Fosse for an error; Fosse struck out; Kubiak grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians
1.

INDIANS 4TH: Duncan struck out; Hendrick grounded out (second to
first); Duffy reached on an error by Campaneris [Duffy to second
(error by Campaneris)]; Hermoso grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole second; North
flied out to left; Bando homered [Campaneris scored]; Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Rudi flied out to right; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
flied out to right; Ellis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BOSMAN REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Tenace struck
out; Bourque made an out to shortstop; Fosse walked; Fosse was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes walked; Chambliss struck out; Duncan was
called out on strikes; Hendrick forced Spikes (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Kubiak singled to left; Campaneris singled to
first [Kubiak to second]; North singled to pitcher [Kubiak to
third, Campaneris to second]; Bando doubled to left [North to
third, Campaneris scored, Kubiak scored]; WILCOX REPLACED BOSMAN
(PITCHING); Jackson was walked intentionally; Rudi forced
Jackson (second to shortstop) [North scored, Bando to third];
Tenace struck out; Bourque grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy made an out to shortstop; Hermoso grounded
out (third to first); Lowenstein singled to right; Bell singled
to left [Lowenstein to third]; Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak
walked; Campaneris flied out to center; North flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Spikes was called out on strikes; Chambliss flied
out to left; Duncan singled to left; Hendrick doubled to center
[Duncan scored]; Duffy made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando reached on an error by Chambliss; Jackson
forced Bando (second to shortstop); Rudi struck out; Tenace was
hit by a pitch [Jackson to second]; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR
TENACE; Bourque reached on an error by Hendrick [H. Washington
scored (unearned), Jackson scored (unearned)]; Fosse flied out
to right; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PITCHING); BOURQUE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LEE BATTED FOR HERMOSO; Lee
flied out to left; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first);
Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9,
Indians 2.