Although kayoed in the seventh inning, Vida Blue received credit for his seventh victory of the season when the Athletics defeated the Yankees, 7-5. The A's scored six of their runs in the third. Joe Rudi knocked in two with a single and Billy Williams delivered two more with another single.

Blue sailed along with a 6-1 lead before surrendering two runs in the sixth on a walk and singles by Elliott Maddox, Thurman Munson and Alex Johnson. Bobby Bonds homered with a man on base to chase Blue in the seventh, but Rudi hit for the circuit in the A's half to provide an extra margin for Jim Todd, who protected Blue's decision. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       11, 1975 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  1  0    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   5  9  2
A's          0  0  6    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   7 12  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 1b              4   2   0   0     1   1   .316      North cf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .265
Maddox cf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .346      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     1   1   .198
Bonds rf              4   1   1   2     0   2   .214      Jackson rf            5   0   1   0     0   4   .250
Munson c              4   1   3   1     0   1   .412      Rudi 1b               5   2   2   3     0   1   .296
Johnson dh            4   0   2   1     0   2   .262      Bando 3b              3   1   0   0     1   2   .170
Williams lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .450      Williams dh           4   1   1   2     0   0   .202
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Tenace c              4   0   3   1     0   0   .265
Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .185        Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Fosse c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Dempsey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .750      C. Washington lf      3   1   2   1     0   0   .287
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .104      Garner 2b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .235
  Chambliss ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Hopkins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     2   8             Totals               34   7  12   7     4  10

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 12,253
Left on Base: Yankees 5, A's 9
DP: Yankees 0, A's 2
Errors: Munson, Lyle, Campaneris
Doubles: Garner (4)
Home Runs: Bonds (5), Rudi (3)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (6)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (2), Hopkins (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (4)
Hit by Pitch: C. Washington (3,by May)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(2-2)              2.2   5   6   6   2   4   0  16   3.86
Tidrow                  4     6   1   1   0   4   1  18   5.11
Lyle                    1.1   1   0   0   2   2   0   6   3.27
Totals                  8    12   7   7   4  10   1  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(7-1)             6.2   9   5   3   2   6   1  30   1.96
Todd SV(3)              2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.00
Totals                  9     9   5   3   2   8   1  37

Passed Balls: Munson (3)
Hit by Pitch: May (2)
Wild Pitches: Lyle (2)
Balks: Lyle (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead


YANKEES 1ST: White struck out; Maddox singled to right; Bonds
was called out on strikes while Maddox was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt
Campaneris singled to first; Campaneris stole second [Campaneris
to third (error by Munson)]; Jackson was called out on strikes;
Rudi made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson singled to left; Johnson singled to right
[Munson to third]; Williams forced Johnson (shortstop to second)
[Munson scored]; Nettles lined into a double play (second to
first) [Williams out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando struck out; Williams flied out to center;
Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
grounded out (second to pitcher); White flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: C. Washington was hit by a pitch; Garner doubled
to left [C. Washington to third]; North walked; Campaneris was
called out on strikes; Jackson struck out; Rudi singled to
center [C. Washington scored, Garner scored, North to third,
Rudi to second]; Bando was walked intentionally; Williams
singled to right [North scored, Rudi scored, Bando to third];
Tenace singled to left [Bando scored, Williams to third]; TIDROW
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); C. Washington singled to right
[Williams scored, Tenace to third]; Garner flied out to center;
6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 4TH: Maddox walked; Bonds struck out; Munson singled to
left [Maddox to second]; Johnson struck out; Williams struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North singled to right; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [North to second]; Jackson
struck out; Rudi made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles flied out to center; Alomar was called out
on strikes; Stanley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando struck out; Williams made an out to
shortstop; Tenace singled to left; C. Washington singled to
right [Tenace to third]; Garner struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 6TH: White walked; Maddox singled to center [White to
third]; Bonds flied out to right; Munson singled to center
[White scored, Maddox to third]; Johnson singled to right
[Maddox scored, Munson to second]; Williams singled to left
[Munson to third, Johnson to second]; Nettles flied out to
right; Alomar forced Williams (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
grounded out (third to first); Jackson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 7TH: DEMPSEY BATTED FOR STANLEY; Dempsey grounded out
(shortstop to first); White reached on an error by Campaneris;
Maddox flied out to center; Bonds homered (unearned) [White
scored (unearned)]; TODD REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Munson struck
out; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MASON REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING SS); Rudi
homered; Bando grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded
out (second to first); Tenace singled to left; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
TENACE; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Lyle balked [Alexander
to second]; C. Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 7.

YANKEES 8TH: FOSSE REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); Johnson
struck out; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Garner walked; HOPKINS RAN FOR GARNER; Hopkins
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Lyle [Hopkins
to second]; Munson allowed a passed ball [Hopkins to third];
Hopkins was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); North
struck out; Campaneris walked; Jackson singled to right
[Campaneris to second]; Lyle threw a wild pitch [Campaneris to
third, Jackson to second]; Rudi was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 7.

YANKEES 9TH: KUBIAK REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 2B); Alomar
grounded out (pitcher to first); CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR MASON;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); White flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 7.