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The Athletics were forced to call on five pitchers before posting a 7-6 victory over the White Sox to reduce their magic number to three for clinching the West Division title. The White Sox built up a 4-2 lead, but failed to hold it. The A's tied the score with two runs in the fourth inning on a single by Bert Campaneris, triple by Phil Garner and double by Sal Bando. Two more runs followed in the fifth on a double by Gene Tenace, an infield out that moved Tenace to third, a walk, wild pitch and single by Garner. Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 6Game Played on Thursday, September 18, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IA's 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 - 7 12 2 White Sox 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 12 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .268 Kelly rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .276 C. Washington rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .310 Hairston lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Bando 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .219 Orta 2b 5 1 3 2 0 1 .307 Jackson dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .257 D. Johnson dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Tenace c,1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .249 Melton 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Rudi lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .277 Richard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Stein 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .266 Harper lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Williams 1b 2 2 1 1 1 1 .244 Nyman cf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .223 Fosse c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .148 Squires 1b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .211 Hopkins pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 L. Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Haney c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Dent ss 2 0 1 0 2 0 .261 Campaneris ss 4 1 2 1 0 2 .263 Downing c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Garner 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .248 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Osborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 12 6 6 8 Totals 39 6 12 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 5,781 Left on Base: A's 9, White Sox 8 DP: A's 0, White Sox 1 Errors: North, Williams Doubles: Williams (19), Bando (20), Tenace (15) Triples: Garner (5), Fosse (2) Home Runs: Orta (11) Caught Stealing: Alexander (9) Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (3) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bosman 1.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 12 3.64 Siebert 2.2 3 2 1 1 0 0 11 3.96 Lindblad 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2.85 Todd W(8-3) 3.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 2.12 Fingers SV(23) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3.08 Totals 9 12 6 5 2 5 1 41 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kaat L(20-13) 4 9 5 5 3 2 0 23 3.23 Osborn 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 3.71 Hinton 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 3.86 Upshaw 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.76 Hamilton 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.57 Totals 9 12 7 7 6 8 0 43 Wild Pitches: Siebert (6), Lindblad (3), Osborn (1) Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Ron Luciano ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; C. Washington was called out on strikes; Bando walked [North to second]; Jackson flied into a double play (center to shortstop) [North out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to right; Hairston flied out to left; Orta singled to center [Kelly to second]; D. Johnson struck out; Melton forced Orta (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace grounded out (first unassisted); Rudi singled to right; Williams doubled to center [Rudi scored]; Campaneris singled to right [Williams scored]; Garner flied out to right; North singled to right [Campaneris to third]; C. Washington lined to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nyman singled to center; Squires singled to right [Nyman to third]; Dent flied out to center [Nyman scored (error by North), Squires to third]; Downing struck out; Kelly singled to right [Squires scored]; Hairston singled to right [Kelly to third]; Orta singled to right [Kelly scored, Hairston to third]; SIEBERT REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); D. Johnson forced Orta (shortstop to second); 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Bando grounded out (second to first); Jackson singled to second; Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi walked [Jackson to second]; Williams struck out; 44 minute rain delay; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 3RD: Melton singled to center; RICHARD RAN FOR MELTON; Nyman forced Richard (shortstop unassisted); Squires singled to right [Nyman to third]; Siebert threw a wild pitch [Nyman scored, Squires to third]; Squires was out trying to advance to home (catcher unassisted); Bucky Dent missed the suicide squeeze; Dent walked; Downing forced Dent (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: STEIN REPLACED RICHARD (PLAYING 3B); L. JOHNSON REPLACED SQUIRES (PLAYING 1B); Campaneris singled to center; Garner tripled to right [Campaneris scored]; North grounded out (second to first); C. Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando doubled to left [Garner scored]; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly flied out to left; Hairston grounded out (second to first); Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace doubled to left; OSBORN REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tenace to third]; Williams walked; Osborn threw a wild pitch [Tenace scored, Williams to second]; Campaneris struck out; Garner singled to left [Williams scored]; North was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: D. Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Stein singled to right; LINDBLAD REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Nyman reached on an error by Williams [Stein to second]; L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stein to third, Nyman to second]; Lindblad threw a wild pitch [Stein scored (unearned), Nyman to third]; TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Dent walked (walk was charged to Lindblad); Downing made an out to catcher; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: HINTON REPLACED OSBORN (PITCHING); C. Washington was called out on strikes; Bando made an out to first; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: FOSSE REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Kelly was called out on strikes; Hairston grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace walked; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tenace to second]; Fosse tripled to right [Tenace scored]; HOPKINS RAN FOR FOSSE; UPSHAW REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Campaneris struck out; Garner flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: HANEY REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING C ); D. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Stein flied out to right; Nyman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: HAMILTON REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING); North was called out on strikes; C. Washington walked; Bando popped to catcher in foul territory; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: L. Johnson grounded out (second to first); Dent singled to center; Downing flied out to center; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace flied out to left; Rudi singled to center; ALEXANDER RAN FOR RUDI; Alexander was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher); Haney flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: HARPER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); FINGERS REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Hairston grounded out (second to first); Orta homered; D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); HENDERSON BATTED FOR STEIN; Henderson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 6. |
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