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.

Dave Hamilton relieved and completed the walk, which was charged to Siebert. John Wockenfuss then singled and Aurelio Rodriguez drove in both runners with a double. Wockenfuss homered on his next trip to the plate in the fourth and the A's failed to catch up when they scored twice in the sixth on a single by Claudell Washington, triple by Joe Rudi and a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      14, 1975 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A'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.