Jim Nettles homered with two men on base in the seventh inning and Bill Freehan followed with a solo swat to power the Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Athletics. The A's also had two homers. Gene Tenace tied the score at 1-1 with a round-tripper in the fifth and Reggie Jackson put the A's ahead with a two-run blow in the sixth. The Tigers then teed off on Catfish Hunter in the seventh when Gary Sutherland and Al Kaline singled and Nettles and Freehan whacked their successive homers. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Friday, August    16, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   5  9  0
A's          0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   3  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   3   .214      North cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .266
Sutherland 2b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .271      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     1   1   .284
Kaline dh             4   1   1   1     0   0   .259      Jackson rf            3   1   1   2     1   1   .310
Oglivie lf            3   0   0   0     1   2   .270      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Nettles rf            4   1   1   3     0   0   .238      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Freehan 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .277      Tenace 1b,c           4   1   1   1     0   1   .219
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Alou dh               3   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     1   1   .220        Garner pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lamont c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .230        C. Washington ph,dh 1   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Green 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
                                                          Haney c               2   0   1   0     0   1   .163
                                                            Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
                                                            Bourque 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .221
                                                            Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
                                                          Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     2   7             Totals               34   3   8   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  6,813
Left on Base: Tigers 5, A's 6
DP: Tigers 1, A's 0
Errors: Hunter
Doubles: LeFlore (3), C. Washington (5)
Home Runs: Nettles (3), Freehan (10), Tenace (17), Jackson (22)
Caught Stealing: Oglivie (2)
GIDP: Campaneris (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(14-14)         9     8   3   3   2   4   2  36   3.72
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   4   2  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(17-10)         6.1   5   5   4   1   4   2  24   2.94
Fingers                 2.2   4   0   0   1   3   0  13   2.40
Totals                  9     9   5   4   2   7   2  37

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to right; LeFlore was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Hunter [LeFlore to third];
Sutherland flied out to center; Kaline grounded out (third to
first) [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Oglivie walked; Oglivie was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; Campaneris grounded into
a double play (second to first) [North out at second]; Jackson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; Freehan popped to
catcher in foul territory; Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (third to first); Rudi
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Tenace flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamont
grounded out (first to pitcher); LeFlore was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou lined to center; Green grounded out (third
to first); Haney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline
flied out to center; Oglivie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North grounded out (catcher to first); Campaneris
singled to left; Jackson struck out; Bando grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Freehan
popped to first in foul territory; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi popped to second; Tenace homered; Alou
popped to second; Green grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman struck out; Lamont grounded out (pitcher to
first); LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Haney singled to center; North forced Haney
(first to shortstop); Campaneris was called out on strikes;
Jackson homered [North scored]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Sutherland singled to center; Kaline singled to
center [Sutherland to second]; Oglivie struck out; Nettles
homered [Sutherland scored, Kaline scored]; Freehan homered;
FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled to left;
Brinkman walked [Rodriguez to second]; Lamont was called out on
strikes; LeFlore struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
popped to first in foul territory; Alou singled to left; GARNER
RAN FOR ALOU; Green singled to left [Garner to second]; MANGUAL
BATTED FOR HANEY; Mangual flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 8TH: GARNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); BOURQUE REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING 1B);
Sutherland singled to right; Kaline flied out to right; Oglivie
popped to shortstop; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North lined to shortstop; Campaneris walked;
Jackson walked [Campaneris to second]; Bando flied out to right
[Campaneris to third]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan popped to first in foul territory; Rodriguez
flied out to left; Brinkman singled to center; Lamont singled to
right [Brinkman to third]; LeFlore was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace struck out; C. WASHINGTON BATTED FOR
GARNER; C. Washington doubled to left; Green grounded out (third
to first); KUBIAK BATTED FOR BOURQUE; Kubiak flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 3.