A wild throw by Rudy Meoli that led to two unearned runs in the seventh inning helped the Yankees defeat the Angels, 5-4. A homer by Lou Piniella, pass to Chris Chambliss, single by Thurman Munson and infield out by Jim Mason gave the Yankees two runs in the second. Munson was safe with two out in the seventh on Meoli's bad throw. Mason walked and Sandy Alomar and Elliott Maddox followed with run-scoring singles.

The Yankees added what proved to be the deciding run in the eighth on a single by Piniella, forceout by Chambliss and singles by Graig Nettles and Munson. The Yankees had to use three pitchers, with Cecil Upshaw coming in to save the game. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, California Angels 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    11, 1974 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees      0  2  0    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   5 10  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  1  1    1  1  0  -   4  8  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .244      Rivers cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .285
Maddox cf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .303      Meoli 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .308
Murcer rf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .282        Howard ph,1b        0   1   0   0     1   0   .273
Blomberg dh           4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .298
Piniella lf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .304      Lahoud dh             2   1   0   0     2   0   .281
Chambliss 1b          3   2   0   0     1   0   .244      Bochte lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .377
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Valentine ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .273
Munson c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .245      Doherty 1b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Mason ss              3   1   0   1     1   0   .252        Llenas ph,2b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heise pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Martinez p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez c           4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
  Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Doyle 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .251
                                                            Oliver ph,1b,3b     2   0   1   1     0   0   .237
                                                          Lange p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Quintana p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     2   1             Totals               33   4   8   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  9,192
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Angels 5
DP: Yankees 1, Angels 0
Errors: Munson, Meoli
Doubles: Blomberg (10)
Triples: Rivers (11)
Home Runs: Piniella (6)
Caught Stealing: Lahoud (3)
GIDP: Lahoud (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow W(9-9)           6     5   3   3   2   3   0  24   4.54
Martinez                1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.86
Upshaw SV(5)            2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.60
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   3   0  36

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lange L(3-8)            6.2   7   4   2   2   1   1  29   3.75
Quintana                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.59
Pina                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.06
Lockwood                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.34
Totals                  9    10   5   3   2   1   1  39

Wild Pitches: Martinez 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


YANKEES 1ST: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer singled to right;
Blomberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Meoli popped to third in
foul territory; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Angels 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella homered; Chambliss walked; Nettles flied
out to center; Munson singled to right [Chambliss to third];
Mason grounded out (second to first) [Munson to second,
Chambliss scored]; Alomar grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Lahoud flied out to right; Bochte flied out to
center; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Angels 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Maddox flied out to center; Murcer flied out to
left; Blomberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Doherty flied out to left; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Doyle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles lined to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers struck out; Meoli flied out to center;
Stanton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 2, Angels 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Mason
grounded out (second to first); Alomar grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Lahoud walked; Bochte flied out to center; Valentine
struck out; Doherty singled to center [Lahoud to third];
Rodriguez singled to right [Doherty to second, Lahoud scored,
Rodriguez out at second (right to shortstop to first)]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Maddox struck out; Murcer singled to right [Murcer
out at second (right to shortstop)]; Blomberg doubled to left;
Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Doyle flied out to left; Rivers tripled to center;
Meoli singled to right [Rivers scored]; Stanton forced Meoli
(shortstop to second); Lahoud walked [Stanton to second]; Lahoud
was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by
Munson) [Stanton to third]; Bochte popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to center; Munson reached on an error by Meoli; Mason
walked [Munson to second]; Alomar singled to shortstop [Mason to
second, Munson scored (unearned)]; Maddox singled to left
[Alomar to third, Mason scored (unearned), Maddox to second (on
throw)]; QUINTANA REPLACED LANGE (PITCHING); Murcer made an out
to second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Valentine singled to right; MARTINEZ REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); LLENAS BATTED FOR DOHERTY; Martinez threw a wild
pitch [Valentine to second]; Llenas grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); OLIVER
BATTED FOR DOYLE; Oliver singled to right [Valentine scored];
Rivers forced Oliver (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 3.

YANKEES 8TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); OLIVER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Blomberg grounded out (shortstop to
first); Piniella singled to third; Chambliss forced Piniella
(second to shortstop); Nettles singled to center [Chambliss to
third]; PINA REPLACED QUINTANA (PITCHING); Munson singled to
right [Nettles to second, Chambliss scored]; Mason grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR MEOLI; Howard walked; Martinez
threw a wild pitch [Howard to second]; UPSHAW REPLACED MARTINEZ
(PITCHING); Stanton singled to left [Howard to third]; Lahoud
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Howard scored, Stanton out at second]; Bochte grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Angels 4.

YANKEES 9TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); OLIVER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LOCKWOOD REPLACED PINA (PITCHING);
Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox grounded out
(third to first); Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 5, Angels 4.

ANGELS 9TH: Valentine flied out to left; Llenas singled to
center; HEISE RAN FOR LLENAS; Rodriguez forced Heise (third to
second); Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 5, Angels 4.