A homer by Bert Campaneris in the third inning enabled the Athletics to defeat the Rangers, 1-0. Fergie Jenkins was the loser in a duel with Ken Holtzman, his former Cubs' teammate. However, Holtzman needed help after Toby Harrah and Tom Grieve hit singles in the ninth inning. Rollie Fingers relieved and struck out Jeff Burroughs. Paul Lindblad then took over and retired Jim Spencer on a grounder for the final out. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 1, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, July      30, 1975 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
A's          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  5  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   1     0   0   .272
Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   2   .291      C. Washington cf      4   0   1   0     0   0   .310
Grieve lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .264      Williams dh           3   0   2   0     0   0   .240
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .224      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Fregosi 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Tenace 1b             3   0   1   0     0   2   .263
Robson dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
  Jones pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Cardenas 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .145
Moates cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .213        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     1   5             Totals               29   1   5   1     0   4

Time of Game: 1:44   Attendance:  6,631
Left on Base: Rangers 5, A's 4
DP: Rangers 0, A's 0
Doubles: Williams (14)
Home Runs: Campaneris (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(12-12)        8     5   1   1   0   4   1  29   4.10
Totals                  8     5   1   1   0   4   1  29

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(13-8)        8.1   5   0   0   1   4   0  30   3.31
Fingers                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.39
Lindblad SV(6)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.02
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   5   0  32

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


RANGERS 1ST: Randle singled to right; Harrah struck out; Grieve
grounded out (second to first) [Randle to second]; Burroughs was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; C. Washington
singled to right; Williams made an out to second; Jackson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi grounded out (third to first); Robson flied
out to left; Cardenas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi flied out to left; Tenace struck out; Bando
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Moates flied out to center; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner struck out; Fosse struck out; Campaneris
homered; C. Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah was called out on strikes; Grieve walked;
Burroughs flied out to right; Fregosi grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams doubled to right; Jackson grounded out
(second to first) [Williams to third]; Rudi reached on a
fielder's choice [Williams out at home (first to catcher)];
Tenace singled to left [Rudi to second]; Bando popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Robson grounded out (third to first); Cardenas
flied out to center; Moates grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner flied out to left; Fosse grounded out
(shortstop to first); Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied to right in foul territory; Randle
popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: C. Washington grounded out (first to pitcher);
Williams singled to right; Jackson forced Williams (third to
second); Rudi flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs
singled to center; Fregosi forced Burroughs (shortstop to
second); Fregosi was out trying to advance to second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace struck out; Bando popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Garner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Robson singled to center; JONES RAN FOR ROBSON;
Cardenas forced Jones (pitcher to shortstop); Moates flied out
to right; Sundberg forced Cardenas (shortstop unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Fosse flied
out to center; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Randle lined to second; Harrah singled to left;
Grieve singled to center [Harrah to third]; FINGERS REPLACED
HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Burroughs was called out on strikes;
SPENCER BATTED FOR FREGOSI; LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS
(PITCHING); Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.