Reggie Jackson stretched his hitting streak to 15 games and upped his average to .404 with three singles in pacing the A's and Vida Blue to an easy 12-2 victory over the Tigers. Oakland racked loser Joe Coleman for six runs in the first on singles by Bert Campaneris, Jackson and Ted Kubiak, two walks, an error and a double by Joe Rudi. Coleman also gave up four more runs in the third. Blue worked seven innings to gain credit for his third victory. He was touched for single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 12, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Monday, May       27, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  3
A's          6  0  4    2  0  0    0  0  x  -  12 13  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .238      North cf              2   2   1   0     3   0   .224
Sutherland 2b,ss      4   1   1   1     0   0   .273        Alou rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Kaline dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .281      Campaneris ss         4   2   2   1     0   1   .301
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .289        Garner 2b,3b        1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Oglivie lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .357      Bando 3b              3   2   1   2     2   0   .287
Freehan c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .326        Pitts 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
R. Cash 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .293      Jackson dh            3   1   3   2     1   0   .404
Sharon rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .280        H. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .223        Bourque ph,dh,1b    1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .243      Rudi lf               2   1   1   1     0   1   .309
  Knox 2b             0   0   0   0     1   0   .350        Summers lf          3   0   1   1     0   0   .125
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tenace c              1   1   0   0     2   0   .223
  Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Haney c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mangual rf,cf         5   1   0   1     0   1   .266
                                                          Johnson 1b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .169
                                                            Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Kubiak 2b,ss          4   2   3   1     1   0   .252
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2  10   1     1   7             Totals               37  12  13   9    10   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 10,084
Left on Base: Tigers 9, A's 11
DP: Tigers 1, A's 1
Errors: Sutherland, R. Cash, Rodriguez
Doubles: Sharon 2 (2), Rudi (17), Summers (1), North (9), Bando (4), Haney (1)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (15), Mangual (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Sutherland (1)
GIDP: R. Cash (2), Alou (3)
Hit by Pitch: Freehan (3,by Blue)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(6-4)          2.2   8  10   7   5   3   0  22   4.45
Lemanczyk               3.1   5   2   2   4   0   0  19   5.40
Ray                     2     0   0   0   1   0   0   6   6.43
Totals                  8    13  12   9  10   3   0  47

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(3-5)             7     7   2   2   0   6   0  28   4.32
Knowles                 1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.21
Odom                    1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   7.16
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   7   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Blue (1)
Wild Pitches: Blue 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley struck out; Sutherland made an out to
second; Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North made an out to first; Campaneris singled to
left [Campaneris to second (error by Rodriguez)]; Campaneris
stole third; Bando walked; Jackson singled to left [Campaneris
scored, Bando to second]; Rudi doubled to right [Bando scored,
Jackson to third]; Tenace was walked intentionally; Mangual
reached on a fielder's choice [Jackson scored, Rudi scored
(error by Sutherland) (unearned) (no RBI), Tenace to second];
Johnson made an out to second; Kubiak singled to center [Tenace
scored (unearned), Mangual to third]; Mangual stole home; North
walked [Kubiak to second]; Campaneris struck out; 6 R (3 ER), 4
H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan
was hit by a pitch; R. Cash grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to center; Jackson singled to
center; Rudi struck out; Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 3RD: SUMMERS REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); Sharon doubled
to left; Rodriguez grounded out (first to pitcher) [Sharon to
third]; Brinkman struck out; Stanley made an out to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual struck out; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kubiak singled to center; North walked
[Kubiak to second]; Campaneris singled to right [Kubiak scored,
North to third]; Bando walked [Campaneris to second]; Jackson
singled to right [North scored, Campaneris scored (no RBI),
Bando to second (error by R. Cash)]; LEMANCZYK REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); Summers doubled to left [Bando scored, Jackson to
third]; Tenace walked; Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first);
4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 10.

TIGERS 4TH: HANEY REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); Sutherland
singled to right; Kaline singled to left [Sutherland to second];
Horton struck out; Freehan singled to left [Sutherland to third,
Kaline to second]; Blue threw a wild pitch [Sutherland scored,
Kaline to third, Freehan to second]; R. Cash struck out; Sharon
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 10.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Kubiak
singled to left; North doubled to left [Kubiak to third];
Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando doubled to
center [Kubiak scored, North scored]; Jackson was walked
intentionally; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR JACKSON; Summers flied out
to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 12.

TIGERS 5TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GARNER
REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING 2B); KUBIAK CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman singled to
left [Rodriguez to second]; Stanley singled to right [Rodriguez
to third, Brinkman to second]; Sutherland hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Rodriguez scored]; Blue threw a wild pitch [Brinkman to
third, Stanley to second]; Kaline made an out to first; Horton
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

ATHLETICS 5TH: OGLIVIE REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); Haney
doubled to right; Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first);
Johnson made an out to shortstop; Kubiak flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan flied out to left; R. Cash made an out to
second; Sharon popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North walked; Garner walked [North to second];
Bando flied out to center; BOURQUE BATTED FOR H. WASHINGTON;
Bourque flied out to left; Summers made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

TIGERS 7TH: BOURQUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ALOU REPLACED
NORTH (PLAYING RF); GARNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); PITTS
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 2B); MANGUAL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); Rodriguez flied out to center; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KNOX REPLACED BRINKMAN (PLAYING 2B); SUTHERLAND
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); RAY REPLACED LEMANCZYK
(PITCHING); Haney popped to catcher in foul territory; Mangual
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

TIGERS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Sutherland
grounded out (third to first); Kaline singled to left; Oglivie
singled to center [Kaline to second]; Freehan flied out to left;
R. Cash grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Kubiak walked; Alou grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Kubiak out at second]; Garner
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Athletics 12.

TIGERS 9TH: ODOM REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); BOURQUE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Sharon doubled to left; Rodriguez struck
out; Knox walked; Stanley made an out to second; Sutherland made
an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 12.