The A's stretched their winning streak to four games and boosted their A. L. West lead to 8½ games with a doubleheader sweep over the Brewers, 6-3 and 9-3. The losses extended the Brewer defeat string to eight in a row and 19 of 23. The A's took the opener with a three-run surge in the seventh on run-producing singles by Bill North, Sal Bando and Gene Tenace. Rollie Fingers logged his 17th save. Oakland Athletics 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, August 23, 1975 (Night game) at County StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 - 6 10 0 Brewers 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 2 2 1 1 .271 Sheldon 2b 4 0 2 2 1 0 .350 Campaneris ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .260 Yount ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Bando 3b 3 1 1 1 2 0 .201 Scott 1b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .289 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Aaron dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Tenace 1b,c 5 0 1 1 0 3 .241 Porter c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Williams dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 .233 Hegan rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Harper lf,1b 1 2 0 0 2 0 .230 Lezcano ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Holt 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Thomas cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Garner 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .219 Sharp cf,rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Alexander pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Mitchell lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .264 Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Bevacqua 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Haney c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Travers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McKinney 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Washington lf 2 1 2 1 0 0 .313 Austin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 6 10 6 7 6 Totals 36 3 10 3 2 5 Time of Game: 3:02 Left on Base: A's 9, Brewers 9 DP: A's 0, Brewers 0 Doubles: Campaneris (13), Bevacqua (11), Sheldon 2 (2), Mitchell (14) Stolen Bases: Bando (5) Caught Stealing: North (9), Jackson (7) Sacrifice Hits: Garner (19), Martinez (1) Sacrifice Flies: McKinney (1), Porter (5) Hit by Pitch: Harper (3,by Austin) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott 3 4 2 2 2 2 0 15 3.94 Lindblad 2.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 13 2.01 Todd W(5-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.66 Fingers SV(17) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 3.09 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 5 0 39 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Travers 6 5 3 3 5 2 0 26 4.12 Murphy L(1-6) 0.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 6 3.70 Austin 2.1 1 1 1 1 4 0 10 3.31 Totals 9 10 6 6 7 6 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Austin (1) Wild Pitches: Abbott (1) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to right; Campaneris doubled; Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Sheldon walked; Yount singled [Sheldon to second]; Scott made an out to first; Aaron walked [Sheldon to third, Yount to second]; Porter struck out; Hegan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace was called out on strikes; Williams flied out to center; Harper walked; Garner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Sharp grounded out (pitcher to first); Mitchell struck out; Bevacqua doubled; Sheldon doubled [Bevacqua scored]; Yount made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney grounded out (shortstop to first); North walked; North was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 3RD: MCKINNEY REPLACED HANEY (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Scott singled; Abbott threw a wild pitch [Scott to second]; Aaron flied out to center [Scott to third]; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to left [Scott scored]; Hegan flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando walked; Jackson forced Bando (third to second); Jackson was caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop); Tenace flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 2. BREWERS 4TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Sharp singled; Mitchell flied out to center; Bevacqua lined to left; Sheldon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Williams singled; Harper walked [Williams to second]; Garner out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Williams to third, Harper to second]; McKinney hit a sacrifice fly to left [Williams scored]; North singled [Harper scored]; Campaneris singled [North to second]; Bando forced North (third unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 2. BREWERS 5TH: C. WASHINGTON REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING LF); HARPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Yount flied out to center; Scott singled; Aaron forced Scott (second to shortstop); Porter singled [Aaron to third]; LEZCANO BATTED FOR HEGAN; Lezcano struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: THOMAS REPLACED LEZCANO (PLAYING CF); SHARP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace was called out on strikes; Williams singled; Harper made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 2. BREWERS 6TH: Sharp flied out to left; Mitchell doubled; Bevacqua flied out to center; Sheldon doubled [Mitchell scored]; TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Garner walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR GARNER; MURPHY REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING); C. Washington singled [Alexander to second]; North singled [Alexander scored, C. Washington to second]; Campaneris grounded out (second to first) [C. Washington to third, North to second]; Bando singled to right [C. Washington scored, North out at home (right to catcher), Bando to second]; Jackson was walked intentionally; Tenace singled [Bando scored, Jackson to second]; AUSTIN REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Williams grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Brewers 3. BREWERS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING 2B); FINGERS REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Scott singled; Aaron lined to center; Porter made an out to shortstop; Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Brewers 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Harper was hit by a pitch; Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Harper to second]; C. Washington singled [Harper scored]; North was called out on strikes; Campaneris struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Brewers 3. BREWERS 8TH: HOLT REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING 1B); Sharp made an out to third; Mitchell grounded out (shortstop to first); Bevacqua made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Brewers 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando walked; Bando stole second; Jackson struck out; Tenace was called out on strikes; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Brewers 3. BREWERS 9TH: Sheldon grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount struck out; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Brewers 3. |
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