Vida Blue gave up only four hits in eight innings before leaving the mound with victory assured as the Athletics handed a 10-1 knockout to the nine-game winning streak of the White Sox. Glenn Abbott finished. The A's piled up 16 hits, including three apiece by Joe Rudi and Bert Campaneris. Rudi drove in three runs. Carlos May homered for the only White Sox tally. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Tuesday, July      1, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          3  0  3    0  0  1    0  2  1  -  10 16  1
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   3   1     0   0   .265      Hairston rf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .300
  Mangual lf,rf       1   0   0   1     0   0   .167      Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
North cf              4   0   0   0     2   1   .261      Henderson cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
C. Washington lf      5   3   2   1     0   1   .306      D. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   3   .241
  Martinez ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Melton 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .243
Jackson rf            3   2   2   1     2   1   .255      May lf                3   1   1   1     1   1   .303
  Holt lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Stein dh              2   0   0   0     2   0   .270
Rudi 1b               4   1   3   3     1   0   .283      Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Williams dh           5   1   2   0     0   1   .245      Downing c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .240
Bando 3b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garner 2b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .241        Osborn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               5   1   2   1     0   0   .123        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hopkins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Abbott p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41  10  16   9     6   4             Totals               30   1   5   1     5   9

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 19,458
Left on Base: A's 11, White Sox 7
DP: A's 3, White Sox 1
Errors: Garner, Orta
Doubles: Campaneris (8), Jackson (15), Melton (9)
Triples: Fosse (1)
Home Runs: May (6)
Stolen Bases: C. Washington 2 (31)
Caught Stealing: Garner (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Garner (2)
GIDP: Rudi (7), Henderson (8), Dent (6), Orta (8)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(12-5)            8     4   1   1   5   8   1  31   3.17
Abbott                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.17
Totals                  9     5   1   1   5   9   1  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(1-3)        0.1   4   3   3   1   1   0   6   3.98
Osborn                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.20
Forster                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.00
Gogolewski              6     9   6   5   3   2   0  29   3.93
Allen                   1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   7.71
Totals                  9    16  10   9   6   4   0  48

Wild Pitches: Jefferson (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Haller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris doubled to right; North was called out
on strikes; C. Washington singled to center [Campaneris scored];
C. Washington stole second; Jackson walked; Jefferson threw a
wild pitch [C. Washington scored, Jackson to third]; Rudi
singled to left [Jackson scored]; Williams singled to left [Rudi
to second]; OSBORN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Bando grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Rudi to third, Williams to second];
Garner walked; Fosse forced Garner (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston singled to center; Dent forced Hairston
(shortstop to second); Henderson reached on a fielder's choice
[Dent to third (error by Garner; assist by Bando), Henderson to
second]; D. Johnson struck out; Melton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: FORSTER REPLACED OSBORN (PITCHING); Campaneris
flied out to right; North flied out to right; C. Washington
singled to third; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May homered; Stein walked; Orta was called out on
strikes; Downing struck out; Hairston grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Rudi
walked; Williams singled to second [Rudi to third]; Bando popped
to first in foul territory; Garner hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Rudi scored]; Fosse tripled to center [Williams scored];
Campaneris singled to left [Fosse scored]; North walked
[Campaneris to second]; C. Washington struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 6, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent singled to center; Henderson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dent out at second];
D. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, White
Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson singled to left; Rudi grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at
second]; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
6, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton flied out to center; May walked; Stein
grounded out (shortstop to first) [May to second]; Orta reached
on a fielder's choice [May out at third (third to second)]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando flied out to center; Garner singled to
second; Fosse flied out to center; Garner was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
6, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing flied out to right; Hairston walked; Dent
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hairston
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
North grounded out (second to first); C. Washington reached on
an error by Orta; C. Washington stole second; Jackson walked;
Rudi singled to center [C. Washington scored (unearned), Jackson
to second]; Williams grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Henderson was called out on strikes; D. Johnson
struck out; Melton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
7, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando made an out to third; Garner grounded out
(pitcher to first); Fosse grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May grounded out (second to first); Stein walked;
Orta grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Stein out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, White
Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris singled to left; North forced
Campaneris (first to shortstop); C. Washington forced North
(third to second); Jackson doubled to center [C. Washington
scored]; Rudi singled to left [Jackson scored]; Williams popped
to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
9, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MANGUAL REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING LF);
MARTINEZ REPLACED C. WASHINGTON (PLAYING SS); Downing walked;
Hairston singled to left [Downing to second]; Dent flied out to
center; Henderson lined to center; D. Johnson forced Hairston
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 9, White
Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ALLEN REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Bando flied
out to right; Garner singled to center; Fosse singled to left
[Garner to third]; HOPKINS RAN FOR FOSSE; Mangual grounded out
(second to first) [Garner scored, Hopkins to second]; North
walked; Martinez forced Hopkins (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 10, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HANEY REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING C ); HOLT
REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING LF); MANGUAL CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); ABBOTT REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Melton doubled to
left; May struck out; Stein flied out to center; Orta grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10,
White Sox 1.