Showing no charity to their former manager, the Athletics defeated the Angels, 9-4, to complete a four-game sweep of Williams' new club. The A's put together four singles and three errors for four unearned runs in the second inning. Angel Mangual knocked in two runs with a single in the third and Joe Rudi homered with a man on base in the fifth.

Meanwhile, Vida Blue retired the first 17 Angels in order before Sandy Alomar reached base safely after striking out on a wild pitch in the sixth. Winston Llenas followed with his first homer of the season. Blue allowed only four more hits, with the Angels' two other runs coming on a double by Ellie Rodriguez in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 9, California Angels 4

Game Played on Thursday, July 4, 1974 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's          0  4  2    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   9 12  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   4  5  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .243      Rivers cf             2   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   1     0   0   .295        Llenas ph,rf        2   1   2   2     0   0   .282
Bando 3b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Chalk ss              3   0   0   0     1   1   .295
Jackson rf            4   2   1   0     1   1   .335      Stanton rf,cf         4   0   0   0     0   4   .324
Rudi lf               5   3   4   2     0   0   .314      Robinson dh           4   1   1   0     0   0   .253
Tenace 1b             4   2   1   0     1   1   .225      Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Mangual dh            3   0   1   2     1   0   .264      Valentine lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Kubiak 2b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .226      Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Haney c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .122      Rodriguez c           3   0   1   2     0   1   .243
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Doyle 2b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
                                                            Alomar 2b           2   1   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                          Lange p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Raziano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cumberland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  12   7     4   3             Totals               33   4   5   4     1  11

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 41,760
Left on Base: A's 6, Angels 3
DP: A's 0, Angels 1
Errors: Valentine, Schaal, Lange
Doubles: Rodriguez (8)
Home Runs: Rudi (8), Llenas (1)
GIDP: Campaneris (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(8-8)             9     5   4   4   1  11   1  34   3.44
Totals                  9     5   4   4   1  11   1  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lange L(3-4)            2.2   6   6   2   2   3   0  16   3.52
Lockwood                2.1   3   2   2   0   0   1  10   4.59
Raziano                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.94
Cumberland              2     2   1   1   2   0   0  10   4.50
Totals                  9    12   9   5   4   3   1  42

Wild Pitches: Blue (5)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Art Frantz


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

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers struck out; Chalk was called out on strikes;
Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson struck out; Rudi singled to center;
Tenace singled to center [Rudi to third, Tenace to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first); Kubiak
walked; Haney reached on an error by Schaal [Rudi scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Tenace to third, Kubiak to second]; North
singled to second [Tenace scored (unearned), Kubiak scored
(error by Lange) (unearned) (no RBI), Haney to third, North to
second (on throw)]; Campaneris singled to right [Haney scored
(unearned), North out at home (right to catcher)]; 4 R (0 ER), 4
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Robinson flied out to right; Oliver flied out to
right; Valentine grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Bando popped to third in foul territory; Jackson
walked; Rudi singled to left [Jackson to third, Rudi to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Tenace struck out; Mangual singled to left
[Jackson scored, Rudi scored]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED LANGE
(PITCHING); Kubiak flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Schaal flied out to right; Rodriguez struck out;
Doyle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Haney popped to second; North singled to center;
Campaneris grounded out (third to first) [North to second];
Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers struck out; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to
first); Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 6, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson singled to right; Rudi homered [Jackson
scored]; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual
popped to second; Kubiak flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 8, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
was called out on strikes; Valentine popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: RAZIANO REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); ALOMAR
REPLACED DOYLE (PLAYING 2B); Haney singled to left; North popped
to shortstop; Campaneris grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Haney out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 8, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar struck out but
advanced to first on a wild pitch; LLENAS BATTED FOR RIVERS;
Llenas homered [Alomar scored]; Chalk walked; Stanton struck
out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STANTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Bando grounded out (third to
first); Jackson grounded out (second to first); Rudi popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Robinson singled to center; Oliver popped to third;
Valentine singled to first [Robinson to second]; Schaal struck
out; Rodriguez doubled to center [Robinson scored, Valentine
scored]; Alomar flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Angels 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CUMBERLAND REPLACED RAZIANO (PITCHING); Tenace
walked; Mangual walked [Tenace to second]; Kubiak singled to
left [Tenace scored, Mangual to third (error by Valentine),
Kubiak to second (on throw)]; Haney grounded out (third to
first); North reached on a fielder's choice [Kubiak out at third
(third to catcher), North to second]; Campaneris flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 9, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Llenas singled to right; Chalk flied out to right;
Stanton struck out; Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Angels 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando popped to second; Jackson flied out to
center; Rudi singled to center; Tenace forced Rudi (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Angels 4.

ANGELS 9TH: Oliver flied out to center; Valentine popped to
first; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Angels 4.

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