Although their pitchers gave up 13 walks, the Athletics were able to defeat the White Sox, 6-5, with the aid of two homers. Gene Tenace hit for the circuit with two men on base in the first inning and when the A's added three runs in the third, Joe Rudi homered with one aboard. Vida Blue pitched the first five innings and walked seven.

Blue Moon Odom failed to retire a batter in the sixth, giving up one hit and three passes. Darold Knowles, Bill Parsons and Paul Lindblad followed. Lindblad was the only one of the five who did not give up a walk. The White Sox left 18 men on base. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Game Played on Saturday, September 28, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  1    0  1  3    0  0  0  -   5 11  1
A's          3  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 12  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dent ss               6   1   1   0     0   2   .275      C. Washington lf      5   1   3   0     0   1   .288
Orta 2b               5   0   2   0     1   1   .320      Mangual cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Stein 3b              3   1   1   0     3   0   .281      Rudi 1b               2   2   2   2     1   0   .292
  Richard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .164        Holt pr,1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Melton dh             1   1   0   1     3   1   .243      Jackson dh            4   1   2   0     0   1   .291
  Kelly pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .276        H. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Santo ph,dh         1   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Tenace c              2   2   1   3     1   0   .214
  Muser pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .297        Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .168
K. Henderson cf       4   2   2   1     2   1   .295      Alou rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Downing rf            4   0   0   0     1   3   .225      Garner 3b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .083
Hairston lf           3   0   0   1     2   1   .226      Maxvill ss            3   0   0   0     1   2   .164
L. Johnson 1b         5   0   3   1     0   1   .345      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .115
Varney c              3   0   1   1     1   2   .261      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kucek p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Parsons p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  11   5    13  12             Totals               34   6  12   6     3   5

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 21,560
Left on Base: White Sox 18, A's 8
DP: White Sox 0, A's 2
Errors: Stein, Maxvill
Doubles: Orta (30), C. Washington (10)
Home Runs: Tenace (26), Rudi (21)
Stolen Bases: H. Washington (28)
Caught Stealing: C. Washington (7), Garner (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Haney (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Melton (6), Varney (1)
GIDP: Downing (11)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kucek L(1-4)            2.2   6   6   6   2   1   2  15   5.26
Granger                 1     3   0   0   0   2   0   6   8.22
Acosta                  1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.74
Gossage                 2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.38
Totals                  8    12   6   6   3   5   2  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(17-15)           5     7   2   2   7   9   0  29   3.31
Odom                    0     1   3   3   3   0   0   4   3.81
Knowles                 1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   4.47
Parsons                 0.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   4   0.00
Lindblad SV(6)          2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   1.88
Totals                  9    11   5   5  13  12   0  50

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Bill Deegan


WHITE SOX 1ST: Dent flied out to center; Orta grounded out
(third to first); Stein walked; Melton walked [Stein to second];
K. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: C. Washington singled to center; Mangual flied
out to right; C. Washington was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Rudi walked; Jackson singled to center [Rudi to
second]; Tenace homered [Rudi scored, Jackson scored]; Alou
flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Downing was called out on strikes (catcher to
first); Hairston was called out on strikes; L. Johnson singled
to right; Varney struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Garner reached on an error by Stein; Garner was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Maxvill flied out
to right; Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent singled to right; Orta walked [Dent to
second]; Stein walked [Dent to third, Orta to second]; Melton
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Dent scored]; K. Henderson walked
[Orta to third, Stein to second]; Downing struck out; Hairston
forced K. Henderson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: C. Washington doubled to left; Mangual flied out
to center; Rudi homered [C. Washington scored]; Jackson was
called out on strikes; Tenace walked; Alou singled to right
[Tenace to second]; GRANGER REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); Garner
singled to center [Alou to second, Tenace scored]; Maxvill was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: L. Johnson flied out to left; Varney singled to
center; Dent flied out to left; Orta singled to first [Varney to
second]; Stein singled to second [Orta to second, Varney to
third]; Melton struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington struck out; Mangual singled to right; Rudi singled to
left [Mangual to second]; HOLT RAN FOR RUDI; ACOSTA REPLACED
GRANGER (PITCHING); Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); K. Henderson
singled to left; Downing struck out; Hairston walked [K.
Henderson to second]; L. Johnson singled to left [Hairston to
second, K. Henderson scored]; Varney walked [Hairston to third,
L. Johnson to second]; Dent struck out; Orta struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
grounded out (second to first); Garner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: HANEY REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); ODOM REPLACED
BLUE (PITCHING); Stein walked; Melton walked [Stein to second];
K. Henderson singled to right [Melton to second, Stein scored];
Downing walked [Melton to third, K. Henderson to second];
KNOWLES REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Hairston walked [Melton
scored, K. Henderson to third, Downing to second]; L. Johnson
was called out on strikes; Varney hit a sacrifice fly to right
[K. Henderson scored]; Dent struck out; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Maxvill walked; Trillo forced Maxvill (first to
shortstop); C. Washington singled to right [Trillo to second];
GOSSAGE REPLACED ACOSTA (PITCHING); Mangual popped to catcher in
foul territory; Holt lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PARSONS REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Orta doubled
to right; Stein flied out to center; Melton walked; KELLY RAN
FOR MELTON; K. Henderson walked [Orta to third, Kelly to
second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED PARSONS (PITCHING); Downing grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [K. Henderson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Jackson
singled to left; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR JACKSON; H. Washington
stole second; Haney out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[H. Washington to third]; Alou grounded out (third to first);
Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 5, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH);
Hairston flied out to right; L. Johnson singled to left; Varney
struck out; Dent grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Maxvill struck out; Trillo singled to center; C.
Washington made an out to shortstop; Mangual popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Orta reached on an error by Maxvill; Stein forced
Orta (shortstop to second); RICHARD RAN FOR STEIN; SANTO BATTED
FOR KELLY; Santo singled to left [Richard to second]; MUSER RAN
FOR SANTO; K. Henderson lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Muser out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Athletics 6.