Catfish Hunter became a 22-game winner, representing a high for his major league career, when the Athletics' righthander yielded only four singles and shut out the Rangers, 3-0. The A's decided the game with two runs off Jackie Brown in the third inning on singles by Ray Fosse, Bill North, Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson. Their other run counted in the fifth on a triple by Campaneris and a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 5, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
A's          0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   3  6  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .249      North cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .263
Tovar lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Campaneris ss         3   2   2   1     1   0   .294
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Jackson rf            3   0   1   1     1   2   .307
Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .335      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .252
Spencer dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Randle 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .304      C. Washington dh      3   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Holt 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Lovitto cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .202      Fosse c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .213
Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Sims ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .179      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   4   0     0   5             Totals               28   3   6   2     3   9

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance:  2,876
Left on Base: Rangers 2, A's 5
DP: Rangers 0, A's 1
Triples: Campaneris (8)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (20), Campaneris (30)
Caught Stealing: Lovitto (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Green (5)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown L(11-11)       8     6   3   3   3   9   0  32   3.62
Totals                  8     6   3   3   3   9   0  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(22-10)         9     4   0   0   0   5   0  29   2.64
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   5   0  29

Wild Pitches: J. Brown (6)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Ron Luciano


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Tovar flied out
to center; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Spencer
popped to third in foul territory; Randle singled to left;
Harrah struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Rudi forced Bando (shortstop to
second); C. Washington was called out on strikes; Holt grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto singled to second; Lovitto was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Sundberg struck out; Nelson
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse singled to left; Green out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Fosse to second]; North singled to
center [Fosse to third]; Campaneris singled to left [Fosse
scored, North out at third (shortstop to third), Campaneris to
second]; Jackson singled to right [Campaneris scored]; Bando
flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics
2.

RANGERS 4TH: Tovar singled to left; Burroughs flied out to
center; Hargrove lined into a double play (first unassisted)
[Tovar out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi flied out to center; C. Washington grounded
out (first to pitcher); Holt singled to left; Fosse grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics
2.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer lined to right; Randle popped to pitcher in
foul territory; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green popped to second; North struck out;
Campaneris tripled to right; Jackson was walked intentionally;
Jackson stole second; J. Brown threw a wild pitch [Campaneris
scored, Jackson to third]; Bando struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Lovitto grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg
flied out to right; Nelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington lined to right; Holt lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Tovar flied out to left; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Fosse struck out; Green grounded out (shortstop
to first); North flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Spencer grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Randle
flied out to left; Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole second;
Jackson was called out on strikes; Bando was called out on
strikes; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Lovitto lined to second; SIMS BATTED FOR SUNDBERG;
Sims singled to left; Nelson flied out to right; Tovar flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 3.