Taking advantage of wildness by Pete Broberg, the Athletics increased their lead in the A. L. West to 6½ games with a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. Jim Holt singled home two decisive runs in the fourth after Broberg had walked the bases full. The winners' final run in the seventh was the result of a walk to Bill North, a sacrifice and two successive wild pitches by Broberg.

North singled home Jim Holt in the third for the A's after Milwaukee had taken the lead in the second on Pedro Garcia's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Bill Sharp. Tommy Harper singled home the A's other run in the sixth. Ken Holtzman's route-going victory was his eighth in nine career decisions against the Brewers. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Thursday, August    21, 1975 (Night game) at County Stadium
A's          0  0  1    2  0  1    1  0  0  -   5  6  1
Brewers      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   2   1     1   1   .269      Yount ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .264
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Mitchell lf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .265
  Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Martinez ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Moore dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .287
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .200      Bevacqua 3b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .199
Jackson rf            3   1   0   0     2   2   .267      Porter c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .230
Williams dh           4   1   0   0     1   1   .231      Garcia 2b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .226
Tenace c              2   0   0   0     2   1   .242      Thomas cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Holt 1b               4   2   3   2     0   0   .270        Lezcano ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Harper lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .230      Sharp rf              2   0   0   1     0   0   .243
Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   6   4     8   6             Totals               30   2   6   2     4   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 13,346
Left on Base: A's 9, Brewers 6
DP: A's 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Holt, Murphy
Doubles: Holt (3), Bevacqua (10)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (14), Scott (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris 2 (17)
Sacrifice Flies: Sharp (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(15-10)       9     6   2   1   4   3   0  35   3.32
Totals                  9     6   2   1   4   3   0  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(10-12)        6.1   6   5   5   5   2   0  30   4.86
Austin                  1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.27
Murphy                  1     0   0   0   2   3   0   5   3.42
Totals                  9     6   5   5   8   6   0  41

Wild Pitches: Broberg 2 (6)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
made an out to second; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount lined to center; Mitchell lined to left;
Scott singled; Scott stole second; Moore struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson flied out to center; Williams lined to
right; Tenace was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bevacqua doubled; Porter singled [Bevacqua to
third]; Garcia singled [Bevacqua scored, Porter to third, Garcia
to second (error by Holt)]; Thomas made an out to shortstop;
Sharp sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Porter scored
(unearned) (RBI), Garcia out at home (right to catcher to
third)]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Holt singled; Harper grounded out (third to
first) [Holt to second]; Garner grounded out (shortstop to
first); North singled [Holt scored]; Campaneris made an out to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Yount lined to third; Mitchell walked; Scott made
an out to third; Moore singled [Mitchell to third]; Bevacqua
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando flied out to left; Jackson walked; Jackson
stole second; Williams walked; Tenace walked [Jackson to third,
Williams to second]; Holt singled [Jackson scored, Williams
scored, Tenace to third]; Harper made an out to second; Garner
lined to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter made an out to first; Garcia singled to
center [Garcia out at second (center to second)]; Thomas flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North singled; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [North to second]; Bando made an out to
third; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Sharp grounded out (second to first); Yount lined
to left; Mitchell walked; Scott lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Williams lined to right; Tenace made an out to
catcher; Holt doubled; Harper singled [Holt scored]; Garner made
an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Moore lined to center; Bevacqua walked; Porter made
an out to shortstop; Garcia flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [North to second]; Broberg threw a wild pitch
[North to third]; Broberg threw a wild pitch [North scored];
Bando walked; AUSTIN REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Jackson was
called out on strikes; Williams grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Thomas flied out to right; Sharp flied out to
center; Yount walked; Mitchell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace walked; Holt made an out to catcher;
Harper forced Tenace (third to second); Garner flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Moore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bevacqua grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers
2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED AUSTIN (PITCHING); North was
called out on strikes; Campaneris walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
CAMPANERIS; Alexander was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Murphy [Alexander to third]; Bando was called out on
strikes; Jackson walked; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Porter
flied out to right; Garcia struck out; LEZCANO BATTED FOR
THOMAS; Lezcano was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Brewers 2.