Beating his former teammates for the fourth straight time this season, Catfish Hunter pitched the Yankees to a 7-1 victory over the Athletics. In their four meetings, Hunter limited the A's to a total of three runs on 16 hits, all singles, with seven coming in his latest victory. The A's scored in the second inning on singles by Claudell Washington, Billy Williams and Jim Holt. Thurman Munson and Roy White rapped four hits apiece in the Yankees' attack. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    26, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
Yankees      1  0  1    0  1  0    4  0  x  -   7 17  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .270      Bonds cf,rf           4   0   0   0     1   2   .262
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Alomar 2b             5   2   2   0     0   0   .221
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .201      White lf              5   2   4   0     0   0   .291
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .265      Munson c              4   2   4   2     1   0   .319
C. Washington lf      4   1   1   0     0   1   .310      Nettles 3b            4   0   1   2     0   0   .273
Williams dh           4   0   2   0     0   1   .243      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   2     0   0   .299
Holt 1b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .289      Herrmann dh           4   0   2   0     0   1   .258
Tenace c              4   0   0   0     0   3   .239      Bergman rf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Garner 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .225        Bladt cf            2   0   1   1     0   0   .237
Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .375      Stanley ss            4   0   2   0     0   1   .209
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Abbott p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   7   1     2   9             Totals               38   7  17   7     2   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 20,927
Left on Base: A's 7, Yankees 10
DP: A's 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Campaneris
Doubles: Herrmann (7), White (25), Munson (17), Alomar (11), Chambliss (26)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (17)
Caught Stealing: Nettles (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (9)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(3-4)          4.1   9   3   3   1   3   0  22   3.78
Lindblad                2     5   4   4   1   2   0  12   2.34
Abbott                  1.2   3   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.87
Totals                  8    17   7   7   2   5   0  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(18-12)         9     7   1   1   2   9   0  35   2.76
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   9   0  35

Wild Pitches: Siebert (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris flied out to right;
Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Alomar
singled; Alomar stole second; White singled [Alomar to third];
Munson singled [Alomar scored, White to second]; Nettles popped
to catcher in foul territory; Chambliss grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); C.
Washington singled; Williams singled [C. Washington to third];
Holt singled to pitcher [C. Washington scored, Williams to
second]; Tenace struck out; Garner lined to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Herrmann popped to third in foul territory; Bergman
struck out; Debut game for Dave Bergman; Stanley singled;
Bonds walked [Stanley to second]; Alomar flied to left in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
singled to left [Campaneris out at second (left to second)];
Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: On a bunt White singled; On a bunt Munson singled
[White to second]; White was out trying to advance to third and
Munson advanced to second (catcher to third); Siebert threw a
wild pitch [Munson to third]; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Munson scored]; Chambliss grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; C. Washington flied out to
left; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Herrmann doubled; Bergman made an out to shortstop;
Stanley struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: BLADT REPLACED BERGMAN (PLAYING CF); BONDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Holt grounded out (first to
pitcher); Tenace struck out; Garner grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); White
doubled; Munson doubled [White scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED
SIEBERT (PITCHING); Nettles lined into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Munson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North walked; On a bunt Campaneris forced North
(pitcher to shortstop); Bando forced Campaneris (third to
second); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Herrmann singled;
Bladt flied out to center; Stanley reached on an error by
Campaneris [Herrmann to second]; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: C. Washington struck out; Williams flied out to
center; Holt singled; Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Alomar doubled; On a bunt White singled [Alomar to
third]; Munson walked [White to second]; Nettles singled [Alomar
scored, White to third, Munson to second]; Chambliss doubled
[White scored, Munson scored, Nettles to third]; Herrmann struck
out; ABBOTT REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Nettles was caught
stealing home (catcher to third); Bladt singled [Chambliss
scored]; Stanley singled [Bladt to second]; Bonds grounded out
(third to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Garner singled; North grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Garner to second]; Campaneris grounded out (third to
first) [Garner to third]; Bando walked; Jackson flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 8TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); White made
an out to shortstop; Munson singled; Nettles flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: C. Washington grounded out (first to pitcher);
Williams singled; Holt popped to third in foul territory; Tenace
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 7.