With two homers by Gene Tenace and one by Joe Rudi leading their attack, the Athletics won the first game of a doubleheader, 7-2, before adding a 3-2 victory over the White Sox in the second game. Rudi hit his homer in the second inning to start the A's scoring in the lidlifter. Tenace had a solo swat in the sixth and a smash with a man on base in the eighth. Bert Campaneris contributed a two-run double in the fifth following a triple by Dick Green and a walk.

The nightcap was marked by 19 bases on balls, including 11 given up by White Sox pitchers. Lloyd Allen, who started for the White Sox, doomed himself by passing three batters to load the bases in the third inning. Sal Bando took advantage of the opportunity and doubled to drive in two runs. Reggie Jackson then singled off reliever Skip Pitlock to produce what proved to be the deciding tally. The White Sox counted their pair in the fifth on singles by Buddy Bradford and Bill Melton around a double by Jorge Orta. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 28, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  6  0
A's          0  1  1    0  2  1    0  2  x  -   7  9  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      North cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .323      Campaneris ss         2   0   1   2     0   0   .286
D. Allen 1b           4   1   1   0     0   2   .298        H. Washington pr    0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Melton 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .220        Kubiak ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
K. Henderson cf       4   1   1   0     0   0   .291      Bando 3b              2   0   1   1     1   0   .273
May lf                3   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .310
Santo dh              2   0   0   1     0   0   .220      Rudi 1b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .307
Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .272      C. Washington dh      4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Downing rf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .272      Mangual lf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .243
Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tenace c              4   2   2   3     0   1   .224
                                                          Green 2b              3   2   1   0     1   1   .264
                                                          Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     0   6             Totals               30   7   9   7     4   4

Time of Game: 2:05
Left on Base: White Sox 3, A's 5
DP: White Sox 0, A's 1
Errors: Jackson
Doubles: D. Allen (20), Campaneris (13)
Triples: Green (1)
Home Runs: Rudi (10), Tenace 2 (14)
Caught Stealing: C. Washington (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Santo (3), Bando (9)
GIDP: Dent (6)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(8-12)         8     9   7   7   4   4   3  36   4.35
Totals                  8     9   7   7   4   4   3  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(11-11)       9     6   2   2   0   6   0  32   3.77
Totals                  9     6   2   2   0   6   0  32

Wild Pitches: Holtzman (2)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Kunkel


WHITE SOX 1ST: Dent flied out to center; Orta struck out; D.
Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Bill
North doubled to LF; out on appeal for missing 1B;
Campaneris flied out to center; Bando walked; Jackson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (third to first); K.
Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); May flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi homered; C. Washington grounded out (second
to first); Mangual flied out to right; Tenace struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Santo grounded out (second to first); Herrmann
popped to first; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green walked; On a bunt North singled [Green to
second]; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Green to third, North to second]; Bando hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Green scored]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Dent flied out to center; Orta grounded out
(shortstop to first); D. Allen doubled to left; Melton singled
to left [D. Allen scored]; K. Henderson lined to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi singled to left; C. Washington grounded out
(second to first) [Rudi to second]; Mangual grounded out (first
unassisted); Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May struck out; Santo flied out to center;
Jackson dropped a foul fly hit by Herrmann for an error;
Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green tripled to right; North walked; Campaneris
doubled to left [North scored, Green scored]; H. WASHINGTON RAN
FOR CAMPANERIS; Bando flied out to left; Bert Campaneris
injured ankle; Jackson struck out; Rudi flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: KUBIAK REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING SS);
Downing struck out [Downing out at first (catcher to first)];
Dent singled to center; Orta singled to center [Dent to second];
D. Allen struck out; Melton forced Orta (shortstop to second); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: C. Washington popped to second; Mangual grounded
out (shortstop to first); Tenace homered; Green lined to third;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: K. Henderson singled to center; Holtzman threw a
wild pitch [K. Henderson to second]; May grounded out (second to
first) [K. Henderson to third]; Santo hit a sacrifice fly to
center [K. Henderson scored]; Herrmann popped to second; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North flied out to center; Kubiak grounded out
(third to first); Bando singled to shortstop; Jackson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Downing singled to left; Dent grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Downing out at second];
Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington singled to left; C. Washington was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Mangual walked; Tenace homered
[Mangual scored]; Green struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Athletics 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); K. Henderson flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 7.

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