A groin injury that forced Sonny Siebert to leave the mound with two out in the second inning also resulted in the veteran righthander's absorbing a tough-luck defeat as the Athletics lost to the Tigers, 3-2. Siebert had a count of two balls and no strikes on Tom Veryzer before departing. Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Saturday, June 14, 1975 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Tigers 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 LeFlore cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Mangual lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Knox 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .118 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Meyer lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 C. Washington lf,cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .318 Horton dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .247 Rudi 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .268 Roberts rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Jackson rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .249 Pierce 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Tenace c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .292 Veryzer ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .245 Williams dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Wockenfuss c 4 2 2 1 0 0 .316 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .191 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 3 2 0 1 .209 Garner 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 5 1 4 8 Totals 33 3 8 3 3 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 21,121 Left on Base: A's 8, Tigers 9 DP: A's 0, Tigers 0 Errors: Bando, Knox Doubles: Rodriguez (9) Triples: Rudi (3) Home Runs: Wockenfuss (2) Stolen Bases: C. Washington 2 (18), Jackson (7), Campaneris (12) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Siebert L(2-1) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 3.12 Hamilton 2.1 5 2 2 2 1 1 14 4.04 Abbott 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 15 4.50 Totals 8 8 3 3 3 5 1 36 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Walker W(2-3) 6 4 2 2 3 3 0 26 3.00 Hiller SV(9) 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 11 1.97 Totals 9 5 2 2 4 8 0 37 Wild Pitches: Walker (2) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Hank Morgenweck ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); C. Washington reached on an error by Knox; C. Washington stole second; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to center; Knox flied out to left; Meyer singled; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson struck out; Tenace popped to third in foul territory; Williams singled; Bando flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Roberts flied out to left; Pierce flied out to center; HAMILTON REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Veryzer walked (walk was charged to Siebert); Wockenfuss singled [Veryzer to second]; Rodriguez doubled [Veryzer scored, Wockenfuss scored]; LeFlore was walked intentionally; Knox walked [Rodriguez to third, LeFlore to second]; Meyer popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); North struck out; Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: MANGUAL REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING LF); C. WASHINGTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Horton flied out to left; Roberts flied to right in foul territory; Pierce singled; Veryzer popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: C. Washington grounded out (second to first); Rudi flied out to right; Jackson walked; Tenace walked [Jackson to second]; Williams grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Wockenfuss homered; Rodriguez singled; LeFlore struck out; Knox grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rodriguez to second]; Meyer flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando singled; Garner grounded out (third to first) [Bando to second]; Mangual lined to third; Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 3. TIGERS 5TH: ABBOTT REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Horton struck out; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Pierce flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: C. Washington singled; C. Washington stole second; Rudi tripled [C. Washington scored]; Jackson walked; Jackson stole second; Walker threw a wild pitch [Rudi scored, Jackson to third]; Tenace flied out to left; Williams made an out to shortstop; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer was called out on strikes; Wockenfuss made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez singled; LeFlore forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: HILLER REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Garner struck out; Mangual flied out to center; Campaneris singled; Campaneris stole second; C. Washington walked; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 7TH: Knox flied out to center; Meyer reached on an error by Bando; Horton singled [Meyer to second]; Roberts forced Horton (shortstop to second) [Meyer to third]; Pierce flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace struck out; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Wockenfuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando struck out; Garner made an out to shortstop; Mangual grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. |
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