Thanks to the slugging of Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter became a 20-game winner for the fourth consecutive year when the Athletics defeated the Brewers, 3-1. Manager Alvin Dark lifted Hunter after Tim Johnson singled with one out in the ninth inning. Paul Lindblad came in and struck out Johnny Briggs. Dark then called on Rollie Fingers, who retired Ken Berry on a pop fly to end the game.

The A's scored their first run in the fourth on singles by Bert Campaneris and Claudell Washington, infield out by Jackson and sacrifice fly by Sal Bando. Don Money homered for the Brewers to tie the score in the sixth, but then Jackson took charge, smashing a homer in the seventh and another in the ninth to provide the A's winning margin. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Wednesday, August 28, 1974 (Night game) at County Stadium

A's 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 10 2 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .292 Berry cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .206 C. Washington cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .282 May lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Jackson rf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .305 Money 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .292 Bando 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .254 Scott dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Rudi lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .296 Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Tenace 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .221 Mitchell pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Alou dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Moore c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 H. Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hegan 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Holt ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Coluccio rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Green 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 T. Johnson ss 4 0 3 0 0 1 .266 Fosse c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hansen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vukovich 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Briggs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 10 3 1 6 Totals 35 1 8 1 2 9 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 11,059 Left on Base: A's 4, Brewers 9 DP: A's 0, Brewers 2 Errors: Green, Fosse Home Runs: Jackson 2 (26), Money (12) Stolen Bases: T. Johnson (3) Caught Stealing: C. Washington (5), Hegan (5) Sacrifice Flies: Bando (12) GIDP: Green (6) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(20-10) 8.1 8 1 1 2 8 1 35 2.71 Lindblad 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.82 Fingers SV(15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.20 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 9 1 37 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Colborn L(8-11) 9 10 3 3 1 6 2 34 4.64 Totals 9 10 3 3 1 6 2 34 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - George Maloney ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; C. Washington singled; Jackson struck out while C. Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Berry singled; Berry was picked off first but was safe on an error by Fosse [Berry to second]; May struck out; Money struck out; Scott walked; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando struck out; Rudi was called out on strikes; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Hegan grounded out (second to first); Coluccio struck out; T. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Garcia popped to third in foul territory; Berry flied out to center; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris singled; C. Washington singled [Campaneris to second]; Jackson forced C. Washington (third to second) [Campaneris to third]; Bando hit a sacrifice fly to left [Campaneris scored]; Rudi singled [Jackson to second]; Jackson was picked off second (pitcher to second to third); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Money flied out to center; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace flied out to center; Alou grounded out (second to first); Green lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Hegan walked; Hegan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Coluccio singled; T. Johnson singled [Coluccio to third]; Garcia struck out; Berry flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris popped to first in foul territory; C. Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Money homered; Scott popped to first in foul territory; Porter reached on an error by Green; Hegan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Jackson homered; Bando made an out to shortstop; Rudi flied out to center; Tenace singled [Tenace out at second (right to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 7TH: Coluccio flied out to right; T. Johnson singled; HANSEN BATTED FOR GARCIA; T. Johnson stole second; Hansen struck out; Berry popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED HANSEN (PLAYING 2B); Alou singled; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR ALOU; Green grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [H. Washington out at second]; Fosse singled; Campaneris walked [Fosse to second]; C. Washington made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 8TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); May grounded out (first to pitcher); Money singled; Scott made an out to second; Porter singled [Money to third]; MITCHELL RAN FOR PORTER; Hegan flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: MOORE REPLACED MITCHELL (PLAYING C ); Jackson homered; Bando flied out to left; Rudi singled; Tenace flied out to left; HOLT BATTED FOR H. WASHINGTON; Holt forced Rudi (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 9TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Coluccio flied out to left; T. Johnson singled; BRIGGS BATTED FOR VUKOVICH; LINDBLAD REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Briggs struck out; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Berry flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1.

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