Doubles by Elliott Maddox and Bobby Murcer in the ninth inning for their third hits of the game brought the Yankees a 5-3 victory over the Athletics. After Maddox doubled and scored on Murcer's two-bagger to break a 3-3 tie, Murcer tagged up on a long fly by Bill Sudakis to center field and raced home from second base to add an insurance marker. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      16, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   5 12  1
A's          0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             5   1   3   1     0   0   .333      North cf              3   1   1   0     0   1   .234
Piniella lf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .293        Alou rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Murcer rf             4   1   3   2     1   1   .268      Mangual dh            4   0   3   1     0   0   .259
Blomberg dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .317        H. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sudakis ph,dh       1   0   1   2     0   0   .259      Jackson rf,cf         4   1   0   0     0   0   .355
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Bando 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .318
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Rudi lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .322
Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .237      Johnson 1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .204
Mason ss              4   1   3   0     0   0   .229      Kubiak ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Michael 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .186      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Haney c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .150
  Stanley 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .174        Bourque ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tenace c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
                                                          Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  12   5     3   3             Totals               31   3   7   3     2   2

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 12,530
Left on Base: Yankees 9, A's 4
DP: Yankees 2, A's 0
Errors: Mason
Doubles: Sudakis (4), Mason (6), Maddox (6), Murcer (6)
Stolen Bases: Murcer (10), North (27)
Caught Stealing: Jackson (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Sudakis (3), Johnson (3)
GIDP: Rudi (2), Bando (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(6-8)           9     7   3   3   2   2   0  34   3.77
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   2   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(8-8)           8.1  12   5   5   3   3   0  39   3.15
Knowles                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.61
Totals                  9    12   5   5   3   3   0  41

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


YANKEES 1ST: Maddox singled to left; Piniella flied out to left;
Murcer struck out; Blomberg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (first unassisted); Mangual
grounded out (first unassisted); Jackson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando singled to left; Rudi grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bando out at second];
Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason singled to center; Michael singled to right
[Mason to second]; Maddox singled to center [Mason scored,
Michael to second]; Piniella flied out to left; Murcer singled
to center [Michael scored, Maddox to third]; Blomberg made an
out to shortstop; Nettles flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Kubiak flied out to left; Green made an out to
second; Haney made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
walked; Mason singled to right [Chambliss to second]; Michael
struck out; Maddox forced Chambliss (third unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: On a bunt North singled to third; North stole
second; Mangual singled to left [North scored]; Jackson forced
Mangual (second to shortstop); Bando walked [Jackson to second];
Rudi singled to center [Jackson scored, Bando to third]; Johnson
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bando scored, Rudi to second];
Kubiak grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella flied out to center; Murcer walked; Murcer
stole second; Blomberg struck out; Nettles walked; Munson forced
Murcer (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green made an out to third; Haney struck out;
North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss flied out to right; Mason grounded out
(first unassisted); Michael grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mangual singled to left; Jackson made an out to
shortstop; Bando grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Mangual out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella
singled to left; Murcer singled to center [Piniella to third,
Murcer out at second (center to third to second)]; SUDAKIS
BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Sudakis doubled to center [Piniella
scored]; ALOU REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING RF); JACKSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Nettles grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: SUDAKIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Rudi singled
to right; Johnson made an out to shortstop; Kubiak reached on an
error by Mason [Rudi to second, Kubiak to first]; Green forced
Kubiak (third to second) [Rudi to third]; BOURQUE BATTED FOR
HANEY; Bourque walked [Green to second]; ODOM RAN FOR BOURQUE;
Alou forced Green (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Yankees 3, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 8TH: TENACE REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING C ); Munson grounded
out (third to first); Chambliss made an out to shortstop; Mason
doubled to left; WHITE BATTED FOR MICHAEL; White flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 2B); Mangual
singled to right; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR MANGUAL; Jackson forced
H. Washington (second to shortstop); Jackson was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Bando made an out to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 9TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Maddox
doubled to center; Piniella flied out to center; Murcer doubled
to left [Maddox scored]; KNOWLES REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Sudakis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Murcer scored]; Bill
North fell after catching the fly ball to deep LCF allowing
Bobby Murcer to score from 2B; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi flied out to center; Johnson made an out to
third; Kubiak grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 3.