Fancy footwork by Bill North and two of Thurman Munson's three throwing errors in the game enabled the Athletics to start their scoring in a 6-1 victory over the Yankees. Ken Holtzman, who had lost two previous decisions to the Yankees this season, allowed their run in the second inning on singles by Lou Piniella, Bill Sudakis and Graig Nettles. Doc Medich protected the lead until the sixth when North ignited a three-run outburst by the A's.

North beat out an infield hit, stole his 43rd base of the season and continued to third on a wild throw by Munson. The Yankee catcher then tried to pick North off base and uncorked another wild throw, allowing the runner to score. A single by Sal Bando, double by Joe Rudi and single by Dick Green added two more runs before the inning ended. Munson drew his third error in the seventh when the A's scored three more runs. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    13, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  4
A's          0  0  0    0  0  3    3  0  x  -   6  7  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .265      North cf              5   2   2   1     0   0   .269
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Alou dh               2   0   0   0     1   0   .291
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Bando 3b              2   2   1   0     2   0   .263
Piniella lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .301      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .309
Velez rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Rudi lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .306
Sudakis 1b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .239      Tenace 1b             2   0   1   1     2   0   .221
Nettles 3b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .240      Green 2b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .257
Alomar 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Haney c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .157
Mason ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .183
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .093        H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Michael ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Garner ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   7   1     0   3             Totals               30   6   7   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  6,255
Left on Base: Yankees 3, A's 7
DP: Yankees 1, A's 3
Errors: Munson 3, Mason
Doubles: Rudi (32)
Stolen Bases: North (43), H. Washington (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Alou (2)
GIDP: Alomar (4), Mason (4), Piniella (14), Maxvill (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(13-11)         6     6   5   4   5   3   0  28   3.60
Lyle                    2     1   1   0   1   2   0   9   2.04
Totals                  8     7   6   4   6   5   0  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(13-13)       9     7   1   1   0   3   0  31   3.59
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   3   0  31

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


YANKEES 1ST: White struck out; Munson grounded out (third to
first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando walked; Jackson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella singled to right; Velez flied out to
center; Sudakis singled [Piniella to second]; Nettles singled to
left [Sudakis to second, Piniella scored]; Alomar grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Nettles out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi struck out; Tenace walked; Green struck out;
Haney flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason struck out; White grounded out (third to
first); Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); North
grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou walked; Bando popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Piniella
flied out to right; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson flied out to center; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tenace grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Sudakis lined to center; Nettles singled to center;
Alomar singled to center [Nettles to second]; Mason grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Alomar out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Haney
singled to left; Maxvill grounded into a double play (catcher to
shortstop to first) [Haney out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 6TH: White lined to left; Munson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North singled to shortstop; North stole second
[North to third (error by Munson)]; North was picked off third
but was safe on an error by Munson [North scored]; Alou popped
to first in foul territory; Bando singled to left; Jackson lined
to center; Rudi doubled to right [Bando scored]; Tenace walked;
Green singled to right [Tenace to third, Rudi scored]; Haney
lined to left; 3 R, 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez
grounded out (pitcher to first); Sudakis singled to shortstop;
Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Maxvill walked; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR MAXVILL; H.
Washington stole second [H. Washington to third (error by
Munson)]; North singled to center [H. Washington scored]; LYLE
REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Alou out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [North to second]; Bando walked; Jackson
struck out; Rudi reached on an error by Mason [Bando to second,
North scored (unearned)]; Tenace singled to left [Rudi to
second, Bando scored (unearned)]; Green was called out on
strikes; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 8TH: GARNER REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING SS); Alomar
grounded out (shortstop to first); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR MASON;
Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MICHAEL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING SS); Haney
grounded out (third to first); Garner flied out to center; North
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson flied out to right; Maddox singled to left;
Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Athletics 6.