The Athletics stretched their A.L. West lead over the Royals to 8½ lengths with a 6-4 victory over the Angels. Reggie Jackson drove in the winners' first two runs in the opening inning with his 28th homer and Joe Rudi hit his 16th, with the bases empty, in the fourth. The A's picked up the deciding two runs in the seventh on a single by Dick Green, stolen base by pinch-runner Herb Washington, infield hit by Bill North, throwing error by Bobby Valentine and Bert Campaneris' sacrifice fly. Two walks and Ted Kubiak's single provided an insurance run in the eighth.

Solo homers by Frank Robinson in the fourth and John Doherty in the fifth accounted for California's first two runs. Singles by Morris Nettles, Valentine, Robinson and Bob Oliver in the eighth scored the final California runs. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, California Angels 4
Game Played on Monday, September 2, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  0  0    1  1  0    0  2  0  -   4 11  3
A's          2  0  0    1  0  0    2  1  x  -   6  8  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .269      North cf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .264
Chalk ss              5   0   2   0     0   1   .266      Campaneris ss         2   1   0   1     1   0   .293
Valentine 3b          5   1   1   0     0   1   .262      Jackson rf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .308
Robinson dh           3   1   2   2     1   0   .262      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .251
Lahoud rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .275      Rudi lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .295
  Stanton ph,rf       2   0   0   0     0   2   .279      Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .219
Bochte lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Fosse c               2   1   1   0     1   0   .199
  Oliver ph,lf,1b     2   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Mangual dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Rodriguez c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .249        C. Washington ph,dh 0   0   0   0     1   0   .297
Doherty 1b            2   1   1   1     0   0   .264      Green 2b              3   0   1   0     0   2   .232
  Llenas ph,lf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .261        H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Doyle 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .246        Kubiak 2b           1   0   1   1     0   0   .224
  Heise ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Meoli ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .246        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers 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

Totals               37   4  11   4     2   8             Totals               30   6   8   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 25,640
Left on Base: Angels 8, A's 8
DP: Angels 0, A's 0
Errors: Valentine 2, Rodriguez, Bando
Doubles: Chalk (9), Fosse (7), Bando (21)
Home Runs: Robinson (20), Doherty (2), Jackson (28), Rudi (16)
Stolen Bases: Robinson (5), H. Washington (23), Jackson (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (9), Fosse (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Campaneris (2)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana L(9-17)          6.2   7   5   4   2   5   2  30   3.54
Sanders                 1     0   1   1   1   1   0   4   7.23
Quintana                0     1   0   0   2   0   0   3   4.38
Pina                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.81
Totals                  8     8   6   5   5   6   2  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott W(5-4)           5.1   5   2   2   2   3   2  22   3.18
Lindblad                2     2   2   2   0   2   0   8   1.97
Odom                    0.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.59
Fingers SV(17)          1.1   2   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.39
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   8   2  39

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


ANGELS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Chalk
singled to center; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Chalk to second]; Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North lined to pitcher; Campaneris walked;
Jackson homered [Campaneris scored]; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 2.

ANGELS 2ND: Lahoud popped to third; Bochte struck out; Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace grounded out (second to first); Fosse
doubled to right; Mangual was called out on strikes; Green was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Doherty flied out to center; Doyle struck out;
Nettles lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North reached on an error by Valentine;
Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [North to
second]; Jackson grounded out (third to first); Bando popped to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Chalk struck out; Bando dropped a foul fly hit by
Valentine for an error; Valentine flied out to left; Robinson
homered; Lahoud walked; Bochte flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi homered; Tenace walked; Fosse out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Tenace to second]; Mangual
grounded out (pitcher to first); Green struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Rodriguez singled to left [Rodriguez out at second
(left to second)]; Doherty homered; Doyle singled to left;
Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first) [Doyle to second]; Chalk
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics
3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
grounded out (third to first); Jackson lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Valentine grounded out (third to first); Robinson
walked; LINDBLAD REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); STANTON BATTED FOR
LAHOUD; Robinson stole second; Stanton struck out; OLIVER BATTED
FOR BOCHTE; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: STANTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); OLIVER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bando doubled to left; Rudi was
called out on strikes; Tenace was called out on strikes; Fosse
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); LLENAS
BATTED FOR DOHERTY; Llenas flied out to left; HEISE BATTED FOR
DOYLE; Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); OLIVER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
2B); Mangual flied out to center; Green singled to center; H.
WASHINGTON RAN FOR GREEN; H. Washington stole second; North
singled to third [H. Washington scored (error by Valentine) (no
RBI), North to third]; Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly to right
[North scored (unearned)]; Jackson singled to right; SANDERS
REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Jackson stole second [Jackson to
third (error by Rodriguez)]; Bando struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H,
2 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 5.

ANGELS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING 2B); Nettles
singled to center; Chalk flied out to center; Valentine singled
to center [Nettles to second]; ODOM REPLACED LINDBLAD
(PITCHING); Robinson singled to left [Nettles scored, Valentine
to second]; Stanton struck out; Oliver singled to right
[Valentine scored, Robinson to third]; FINGERS REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Rodriguez forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi popped to first; Tenace grounded out
(catcher to first); Fosse walked; C. WASHINGTON BATTED FOR
MANGUAL; QUINTANA REPLACED SANDERS (PITCHING); C. Washington
walked [Fosse to second]; Kubiak singled to left [Fosse scored,
C. Washington to third]; North walked [Kubiak to second]; PINA
REPLACED QUINTANA (PITCHING); Campaneris grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 6.

ANGELS 9TH: C. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Llenas
singled to right; MEOLI BATTED FOR HEISE; Meoli forced Llenas
(first to shortstop); Nettles struck out; Chalk doubled to left
[Meoli to third]; Valentine struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 4, Athletics 6.