The A's and Sal Bando dumped the Angels into the West Division cellar and increased their lead in that same division to 2½ games with an 11-3 victory over California. Bando drove in five runs with an eighth-inning grand slam, the sixth of his career which highlighted a six-run frame, and a fifth-inning single.

The Angels grabbed the lead in the second on Mickey Rivers' two-run single, but the A's tied the score in the home half of the same inning when Angel Mangual singled home a pair of runs and took the lead for keeps in the fourth on singles by Joe Rudi and Pat Bourque plus a sacrifice fly by Mangual. Vida Blue evened his record at 7-7, working eight innings before giving way to Rollie Fingers. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 11, California Angels 3
Game Played on Monday, June      24, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  2
A's          0  2  0    1  2  0    0  6  x  -  11 13  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   0   3   2     1   0   .282      North cf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .226
Chalk ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .289      Campaneris ss         4   2   0   0     1   1   .269
Doherty 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Bando 3b              4   2   2   5     1   0   .297
  Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Jackson rf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .355
  McCraw 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .297        Alou pr,rf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .267
Robinson dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .260        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .342      Rudi lf               5   1   2   1     0   1   .305
Llenas 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Tenace c,1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .217
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Bourque 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .276
Valentine lf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .265        H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Rodriguez c           3   1   1   0     1   0   .255        Maxvill 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Lange p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mangual dh,rf         3   1   2   3     0   0   .264
  Figueroa p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Green 2b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .244
  Raziano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .160
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   8   3     4   2             Totals               37  11  13  11     3   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  4,978
Left on Base: Angels 7, A's 7
DP: Angels 0, A's 2
Errors: Chalk, Schaal, Tenace
Home Runs: Bando (9)
Stolen Bases: Rivers 2 (16), H. Washington (9)
Caught Stealing: North (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Mangual (2)
GIDP: Valentine (2), Oliver (14)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (7,by Lange)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lange L(2-3)            4.2   8   5   3   1   4   0  24   3.45
Figueroa                2.2   3   4   3   1   0   0  13   6.43
Raziano                 0.2   2   2   2   1   0   1   5   7.82
Totals                  8    13  11   8   3   4   1  42

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(7-7)             8     8   3   3   4   2   0  34   3.47
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.46
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   2   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Lange (2)
Balks: Figueroa (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Larry Barnett


ANGELS 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second; Chalk
popped to first in foul territory; Doherty struck out; Robinson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris struck out; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Stanton flied out to center; Llenas singled to left;
Schaal was called out on strikes; Valentine walked [Llenas to
second]; Rodriguez walked [Llenas to third, Valentine to
second]; Rivers singled to right [Llenas scored, Valentine
scored, Rodriguez to third]; Rivers stole second; Chalk flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson singled to shortstop; ALOU RAN FOR
JACKSON; Rudi struck out; Tenace singled to right [Alou to
second]; Bourque walked [Alou to third, Tenace to second];
Mangual singled to shortstop [Alou scored, Tenace scored,
Bourque to second]; Green flied out to center; North forced
Mangual (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2,
Athletics 2.

ANGELS 3RD: ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Doherty grounded
out (second to first); Robinson walked; Stanton flied out to
center; Llenas popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Bando
flied out to right; Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Schaal singled to shortstop; Valentine grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Schaal out at
second]; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi singled to right; Tenace struck out; Bourque
singled to center [Rudi to third]; Mangual hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Rudi scored]; Green struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Rivers singled to left; Chalk grounded out (third to
first) [Rivers to second]; Doherty reached on a fielder's choice
[Rivers out at second (pitcher to shortstop)]; Robinson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North singled to center; North was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Campaneris reached on an
error by Schaal [Campaneris to third]; Bando singled to
shortstop [Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Alou singled to right
[Bando to third]; Rudi forced Alou (shortstop to second) [Bando
scored (unearned)]; Tenace was hit by a pitch [Rudi to second];
FIGUEROA REPLACED LANGE (PITCHING); Bourque flied out to left; 2
R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 5.

ANGELS 6TH: Stanton flied out to right; Llenas singled to left;
Schaal flied out to right; Valentine popped to third; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first); Green
flied out to center; North flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 5.

ANGELS 7TH: Rodriguez singled to left; Rivers walked [Rodriguez
to second]; Rivers was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Tenace [Rodriguez to third, Rivers to second]; Chalk singled
to left [Rodriguez scored, Rivers stayed at second]; OLIVER
BATTED FOR DOHERTY; Oliver grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Chalk to second, Rivers out at third]; Robinson reached
on a fielder's choice [Chalk out at third (third unassisted)]; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MCCRAW REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING 1B); Campaneris
flied out to center; Bando walked; Figueroa balked [Bando to
second]; Alou grounded out (second to first) [Bando to third];
Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 3, Athletics 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Stanton flied out to left; Llenas flied out to left;
Schaal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace flied out to left; Bourque singled to
left; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR BOURQUE; H. Washington stole second;
Mangual singled to center [H. Washington to third]; Green
reached on an error by Chalk [H. Washington scored, Mangual to
second]; ODOM RAN FOR GREEN; North singled to right [Mangual
scored, Odom to second]; RAZIANO REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING);
Campaneris walked [Odom to third, North to second]; Bando
homered [Odom scored, North scored (unearned), Campaneris
scored]; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi singled to
left; Tenace grounded out (third to first); 6 R (5 ER), 5 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 11.

ANGELS 9TH: MAXVILL REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING 2B); HANEY
REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING C ); MANGUAL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); FINGERS REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); Valentine grounded out (second to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics
11.