The A's snapped their four-game losing streak and regained first place in the A. L. West by blanking the Indians, 3-0, behind Sonny Siebert and Jim Todd. Siebert, making his first start since being acquired from San Diego in a trade, faced only 16 batters in holding the Tribe to one hit over the first five innings, and rookie Todd blanked the home team on two hits over the final four frames.

The A's started the scoring in the third when Bert Campaneris belted Gaylord Perry's first serve of the inning into the left field stands. Joe Rudi hit a homer in the fourth and the third run came in the ninth when Claudell Washington drove home pinch-runner Don Hopkins from second. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Friday, May       23, 1975 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Manning rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Hendrick cf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .266
Rudi 1b               4   1   2   1     0   1   .298      Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Williams dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .207        McCraw 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Tenace c              3   0   2   0     1   1   .287      Robinson dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Hopkins pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Carty lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Fosse c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .053      Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .263
C. Washington lf      4   0   1   1     0   0   .298      Duffy ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Campaneris ss         4   1   2   1     0   0   .189      Ashby c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .120
Garner 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .208        Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      G. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martinez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .375
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     1   5             Totals               29   0   3   0     0   5

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 15,608
Left on Base: A's 5, Indians 2
DP: A's 1, Indians 0
Doubles: Tenace 2 (6), Garner (5), Rudi (12)
Home Runs: Campaneris (1), Rudi (5)
Stolen Bases: Hopkins (7)
Caught Stealing: C. Washington (4)
GIDP: Ashby (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert W(1-0)          5     1   0   0   0   3   0  16   3.69
Todd SV(5)              4     2   0   0   0   2   0  13   1.80
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   5   0  29

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
G. Perry L(5-6)         9     9   3   3   1   5   2  35   3.36
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   5   2  35

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry McCoy


ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to center; Bando flied out to
center; Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell flied out to center; Manning flied out to
right; Debut game for Rick Manning; Hendrick struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi flied out to center; Williams grounded out
(first unassisted); Tenace doubled to left; C. Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Powell popped to third in foul territory; Robinson
flied out to center; Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris homered; Garner lined to second; North
singled to center [North out at second (center to shortstop)];
Bando made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer struck out; Duffy made an out to
shortstop; Ashby was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson made an out to third; Rudi homered;
Williams struck out; Tenace was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell singled to left; Manning flied out to center;
Hendrick flied out to center; Powell forced Bell (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: C. Washington grounded out (catcher to first);
Campaneris flied out to right; Garner doubled to left; North was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Robinson flied out to center; Carty flied out to
right; Brohamer made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
flied out to center; Rudi doubled to left; Williams grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians
0.

INDIANS 6TH: TODD REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Duffy singled to
left; Ashby grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Duffy out at second]; Bell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace doubled to center; C. Washington grounded
out (pitcher to first); Campaneris singled [Tenace to third];
HOLT BATTED FOR GARNER; Holt popped to third in foul territory;
North grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING 2B); Manning
singled to center; Hendrick struck out; Powell struck out;
Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MCCRAW REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING 1B); Bando made
an out to second; Jackson struck out; Rudi was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Brohamer
grounded out (second to first); Duffy grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Tenace
walked; HOPKINS RAN FOR TENACE; Hopkins stole second; C.
Washington singled to left [Hopkins scored]; C. Washington was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Campaneris popped
to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 9TH: FOSSE REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING C ); GAMBLE BATTED
FOR ASHBY; Gamble popped to catcher in foul territory; Bell
flied out to center; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.