Looking again like the pitching star of his former Giants' days, Juan Marichal yielded only three hits in eight innings as the Red Sox defeated the Athletics, 2-1. Diego Segui replaced Marichal in the ninth and gave up the A's run on an infield hit by Bill North, throwing error by Rico Petrocelli and sacrifice fly by Jesus Alou. The Red Sox picked up their first tally when Rick Miller walked in the second, stole second and scored on a single by Doug Griffin. The other run followed in the eighth on a single by Tim Blackwell and double by Cecil Cooper. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Sunday, August    11, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  6  2
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Beniquez lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      North cf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .267
Cooper dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .279      Alou dh               3   0   0   1     0   0   .295
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .299      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .310        H. Washington pr    0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .312
Miller cf             3   1   0   0     1   2   .247      Rudi 1b               3   0   1   0     0   1   .310
Griffin 2b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .306      Tenace c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .221
Burleson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Mangual lf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Blackwell c           3   0   2   0     0   0   .264        C. Washington lf    1   0   0   0     0   1   .268
  Harper pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .230      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Montgomery c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Marichal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bourque ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garner ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   6   2     3   3             Totals               29   1   5   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 14,291
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, A's 3
DP: Red Sox 1, A's 0
Errors: Petrocelli, Miller
Doubles: Cooper (21)
Stolen Bases: Miller (10)
Caught Stealing: Griffin (6), Yastrzemski (4), H. Washington (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Alou (2)
GIDP: Tenace (9)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(5-1)         8     3   0   0   1   6   0  27   4.44
Segui                   1     2   1   0   0   0   0   4   3.75
Totals                  9     5   1   0   1   6   0  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(4-3)           7     5   2   2   2   1   0  27   2.81
Knowles                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.10
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   2   2.50
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   3   0  33

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez singled; Cooper grounded out (first
unassisted) [Beniquez to second]; Petrocelli made an out to
second; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled; North was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Alou grounded out (third to first); Bando
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans grounded out (third to first); Miller walked;
Miller stole second; Griffin singled [Miller scored]; Griffin
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Burleson flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson struck out; Rudi flied out to center;
Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
grounded out (third to shortstop to first); Cooper grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); Green
struck out; Maxvill flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli made an out to third; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first); Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North struck out; Alou reached on an error by
Miller [Alou to second]; Bando flied out to center; Jackson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Miller flied out to left; Griffin grounded out
(third to first); Burleson popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi singled; Tenace grounded into a double play
(catcher to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; Mangual
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Blackwell singled; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Blackwell to second]; Cooper made an out to second;
Petrocelli walked; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Green grounded out (second to first); Maxvill
flied out to center; North grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans flied out to right; Miller struck out;
Griffin singled; Burleson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Alou flied out to left; Bando flied out to left;
Jackson singled; Rudi was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Blackwell singled; HARPER RAN FOR BLACKWELL;
KNOWLES REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Beniquez flied out to
center; Cooper doubled [Cooper out at third (left to shortstop
to second to third), Harper scored]; C. WASHINGTON REPLACED
MANGUAL (PLAYING LF); Petrocelli grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING C ); Tenace
walked; C. Washington struck out; Green flied out to center;
BOURQUE BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Bourque grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 9TH: GARNER REPLACED BOURQUE (PLAYING SS); Yastrzemski
walked; FINGERS REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Yastrzemski was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Evans struck out;
Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SEGUI REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING); North singled
[North to third (error by Petrocelli)]; Alou hit a sacrifice fly
to center [North scored (unearned)]; Bando singled to shortstop;
H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR BANDO; H. Washington was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Jackson grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 1.