Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi homered in each game of a doubleheader in support of Vida Blue and Stan Bahnsen as the Athletics thumped the White Sox, 10-1 and 7-1. In the opener, Jackson hit for the circuit after a single by Bill North in the third inning. Rudi homered in the sixth and knocked in two more runs with a double in the eighth.

Jackson hit another two-run blow for the A's in the first inning of the nightcap and Rudi followed with a round-tripper in the third. The White Sox averted a shutout at the hands of Vida Blue in the first game when they scored in the seventh on a triple by Bill Stein and infield out by Nyls Nyman. Their run off Bahnsen in the second game counted on doubles by Pete Varney and Bucky Dent in the third inning. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      27, 1975 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  1
A's          0  0  2    4  1  1    0  2  x  -  10 13  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .283      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   2     1   0   .265
Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .294        Martinez ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Henderson cf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      North cf              4   1   2   1     1   1   .255
D. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .246      C. Washington lf      5   1   2   1     0   1   .308
Melton 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Jackson rf            4   1   1   2     0   1   .266
  Richard 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Mangual rf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .200
May dh                3   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Rudi 1b               4   1   2   3     1   1   .279
Stein 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .272        Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nyman lf              3   0   0   1     0   0   .211        Holt 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Downing c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .246      Williams dh           5   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tenace c              1   2   0   0     3   1   .260
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hopkins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Haney c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                          Bando 3b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .213
                                                          Garner 2b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .233
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   8   1     1   3             Totals               38  10  13  10     6   6

Time of Game: 2:24
Left on Base: White Sox 6, A's 10
DP: White Sox 0, A's 4
Errors: Nyman
Doubles: Rudi (23)
Triples: Stein (1)
Home Runs: Jackson (24), Rudi (14)
Stolen Bases: C. Washington (33)
GIDP: D. Johnson 2 (13), Dent (10), Henderson (12)
Hit by Pitch: Kelly (1,by Blue), May (5,by Blue)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(2-5)        3.1   5   5   5   2   4   1  18   3.86
Hinton                  4.2   8   5   5   4   2   1  26   9.64
Totals                  8    13  10  10   6   6   2  44

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(14-8)            9     8   1   1   1   3   0  34   2.86
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   3   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Blue 2 (4)
Balks: Jefferson (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Jim Evans


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to left; Dent flied out to center;
Henderson singled to center [Kelly to third]; D. Johnson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris walked; Jefferson balked [Campaneris
to second]; North struck out; C. Washington reached on an error
by Nyman; Jackson forced Campaneris (pitcher to third) [C.
Washington to second]; Rudi forced C. Washington (third
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton popped to catcher in foul territory; May
grounded out (first unassisted); Stein singled to left; Nyman
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams lined to first; Tenace struck out; Bando
singled to shortstop; Garner forced Bando (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing grounded out (third to first); Kelly was
hit by a pitch; Dent grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); North
singled to center; C. Washington struck out; Jackson homered
[North scored]; Rudi was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson flied out to center; D. Johnson flied
out to left; Melton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Tenace
walked; Bando singled to left [Tenace to second]; Garner singled
to left [Tenace scored, Bando to third, Garner to second (on
throw)]; HINTON REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Campaneris
singled to left [Bando scored, Garner scored]; North walked
[Campaneris to second]; C. Washington singled to center
[Campaneris scored, North to third]; C. Washington stole second;
Jackson struck out; Rudi was walked intentionally; Williams
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox
0, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May was hit by a pitch; Stein struck out; Nyman
forced May (first to shortstop); Downing walked [Nyman to
second]; Kelly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace walked; Bando lined to left; Garner
singled to center [Tenace to second]; Campaneris flied out to
right; North singled to right [Tenace scored, Garner to third];
C. Washington forced North (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 7.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Dent singled to center; Henderson singled to
center [Dent to second]; D. Johnson grounded into a double play
(third to first) [Henderson to second, Dent out at third];
Melton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Rudi
homered; Williams grounded out (second to first); Tenace walked;
HOPKINS RAN FOR TENACE; Bando flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HANEY REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING C ); MANGUAL
REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); May grounded out (shortstop to
first); Stein tripled to right; Nyman grounded out (second to
first) [Stein scored]; Downing made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: RICHARD REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 3B); Garner was
called out on strikes; Campaneris flied out to center; North
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly singled to center; Dent singled to left
[Kelly to second]; Henderson grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Kelly to third, Dent out at second]; D.
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: C. Washington singled to left; Mangual singled to
left [C. Washington to second]; Rudi doubled to left [C.
Washington scored, Mangual scored]; ALEXANDER RAN FOR RUDI;
Williams grounded out (second to first) [Alexander to third];
Haney made an out to shortstop; Bando popped to third in foul
territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 10.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HOLT REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING 1B); MARTINEZ
REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Richard flied out to right;
May struck out; Stein lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 10.