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Saturday May 25, 1974
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Frank Tanana scattered eight hits and gave up only two unearned runs as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 8-2. The Angels, after taking a 3-0 lead, iced the game with four runs in the fourth. Ken Holtzman, who started for the A's, was removed with the bases loaded. Bobby Valentine hit a sacrifice fly, Bob Oliver drove in two runs with a single and Tommy McCraw accounted for the fourth run of the frame with another sacrifice fly. Joe Lahoud capped the Angels' scoring with a homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]


California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 25, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's          0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  9  2
Angels       1  0  2    4  0  1    0  0  x  -   8 13  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .214      Rivers cf             3   2   1   0     1   1   .294
Campaneris ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .297      Doyle 2b              5   2   3   1     0   0   .275
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .295      Valentine lf          3   1   1   1     0   1   .299
  Garner 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nettles lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Jackson rf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .391      Robinson dh           3   1   1   0     2   0   .261
  H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Oliver 3b             5   0   1   3     0   0   .281
  Alou rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Lahoud rf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .237
Rudi lf               4   0   1   2     0   0   .306      McCraw 1b             3   0   1   2     0   1   .296
Mangual dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .300      Rodriguez c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .185      Chalk ss              2   1   2   0     1   0   .262
Tenace c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .213        Alomar pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pitts ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Kubiak 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .236
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2   9   2     1   5             Totals               34   8  13   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 17,798
Left on Base: A's 8, Angels 10
DP: A's 1, Angels 0
Errors: Tenace, Kubiak, Chalk
Doubles: Doyle (7)
Triples: Campaneris (5)
Home Runs: Lahoud (4)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (14), North (18), H. Washington (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rivers (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (5), McCraw (1)
GIDP: Lahoud (1)
Hit by Pitch: Chalk (3,by Knowles)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(4-6)         3     6   6   4   3   3   0  20   3.88
Odom                    0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   7.63
Lindblad                2.2   4   1   1   0   1   1  12   1.93
Knowles                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.96
Fingers                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.65
Totals                  8    13   8   5*  4   4   1  42

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(4-6)           9     9   2   0   1   5   0  37   2.80
Totals                  9     9   2   0   1   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Knowles (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
singled to center; Campaneris stole second; Bando made an out to
shortstop; Jackson singled to shortstop [Campaneris to third];
Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers walked; Doyle doubled to left [Rivers
scored]; Valentine struck out; Robinson walked; Oliver forced
Robinson (second to shortstop) [Doyle to third]; Lahoud grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Mangual flied out to center; Johnson flied out to
left; Tenace grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: McCraw made an out to third; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Chalk singled to second; Rivers struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Kubiak walked; North flied out to right;
Campaneris forced Kubiak (shortstop to second); Bando flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Doyle singled to second; Valentine singled to left
[Doyle to second]; Robinson flied out to right [Doyle to third];
Oliver reached on a fielder's choice [Doyle scored, Valentine to
second (error by Kubiak; assist by Bando)]; Lahoud struck out;
McCraw singled to center [Valentine scored (unearned), Oliver to
second]; Rodriguez made an out to first; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; Rudi made an out to first;
Mangual grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Chalk walked; Rivers reached on an error by Tenace
on a sacrifice bunt [Chalk to second]; Doyle singled to center
[Chalk to third, Rivers to second]; ODOM REPLACED HOLTZMAN
(PITCHING); Valentine hit a sacrifice fly to center [Chalk
scored, Rivers to third]; Robinson walked [Doyle to second];
Oliver singled to left [Rivers scored (unearned), Doyle scored,
Robinson to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Lahoud
singled to right [Robinson to third, Oliver to second]; McCraw
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Robinson scored (unearned, but
earned for the pitcher), Oliver to third, Lahoud to second];
Rodriguez made an out to second; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Johnson singled to center [Johnson out at second
(center to second)]; Tenace flied out to center; Kubiak grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 7.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk singled to center; Rivers singled to center
[Chalk to second]; Doyle flied out to center [Chalk to third];
Valentine made an out to shortstop; Robinson flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: NETTLES REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING LF); North
singled to center; Campaneris made an out to second; Bando
struck out; Jackson reached on an error by Chalk [North to
second]; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR JACKSON; North stole third and H.
Washington stole second; Rudi singled to left [North scored
(unearned), H. Washington scored (unearned)]; Mangual struck
out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 7.

ANGELS 6TH: ALOU REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING RF); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lahoud homered; McCraw struck
out; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
struck out; Kubiak grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 8.

ANGELS 7TH: HANEY REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); KNOWLES REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Chalk was hit by a pitch; ALOMAR RAN FOR
CHALK; Rivers forced Alomar (second to shortstop); Doyle forced
Rivers (shortstop to second); Nettles singled to right [Doyle
out at third (right to third to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Angels 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); North flied
out to center; Campaneris tripled to right; Bando struck out;
Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Angels 8.

ANGELS 8TH: GARNER REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); FINGERS REPLACED
KNOWLES (PITCHING); Robinson singled to left; Oliver flied out
to center; Lahoud grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Mangual
singled to left; Johnson made an out to third; PITTS BATTED FOR
HANEY; Pitts singled to left [Mangual to second]; Kubiak singled
to third [Mangual to third, Pitts to second]; North flied out to
right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 8.



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