Capitalizing on two walks in the 10th inning, Phil Garner drove in a run with a single to give the Athletics a 6-5 victory over the Tigers. The A's, after falling behind in the ninth, tied the score and sent the game into overtime on a double by Bill North, a sacrifice and double by Joe Rudi. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Monday, April     19, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  -   5 11  2
A's          1  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  1    1  -   6 11  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Oglivie cf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .188      North cf              2   3   1   0     2   0   .294
  Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington rf         4   1   1   1     0   0   .216
Meyer 1b              4   2   1   0     1   0   .235      Rudi lf               5   0   3   3     0   1   .310
Horton dh             5   1   2   1     0   1   .333        Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Staub rf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .333        Tovar lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Johnson lf            5   1   3   3     0   1   .200      Baylor 1b             5   1   1   0     0   1   .156
May c                 5   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Bando 3b              5   0   1   0     0   2   .167
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     1   1   .200      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     2   0   .172
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Williams dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .160
  Freehan ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .429        Lintz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scrivener ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McMullen ph,dh      0   1   0   0     1   0   .167
Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .190      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     1   3   .118
  Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Garner 2b             4   0   2   1     1   1   .233
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   5  11   5     3   3             Totals               36   6  11   5     7   9

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 18,753
Left on Base: Tigers 9, A's 11
DP: Tigers 0, A's 1
Errors: Meyer, Veryzer, Garner
Doubles: Staub (2), Johnson (1), Horton (2), Washington (1), Rudi 2 (4), Garner (4)
Home Runs: Johnson (1)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (1), North (4), Baylor (3)
Caught Stealing: Rodriguez (1), Washington (1), Lintz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: North (1), Washington (1)
GIDP: Meyer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Veryzer (1,by Bahnsen)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle                   4     5   4   4   3   4   0  20   9.00
Grilli                  4     4   0   0   1   4   0  16   2.08
Hiller L(0-2)           1.1   2   2   2   3   1   0   9   2.61
Totals                  9.1  11   6   6   7   9   0  45

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen                 3     7   3   3   1   1   0  17   5.63
Norris                  4.1   2   1   1   2   1   1  17   1.93
Fingers                 1.2   2   1   1   0   1   0   7   1.17
Todd W(1-0)             1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.17
Totals                 10    11   5   5   3   3   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Bahnsen (1)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Bill Haller


TIGERS 1ST: Oglivie flied to left; Meyer walked; Horton singled
[Meyer to second]; Staub doubled [Meyer scored, Horton to
third]; Johnson singled [Horton scored, Staub scored]; May
grounded out (second to first) [Johnson to second]; Rodriguez
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; Washington grounded out (pitcher to
first) [North to second]; North stole third; Rudi singled [North
scored]; Baylor struck out; Bando flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); Sutherland
singled; Oglivie singled [Sutherland to second]; Meyer grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Oglivie out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace walked; Williams lined to right;
Campaneris struck out; Garner walked [Tenace to second]; North
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
flied to center; Johnson doubled; May grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Washington grounded out (second to first); Rudi
grounded out (third to first); Baylor singled; Baylor stole
second; Bando singled [Baylor scored (no RBI), Bando to second
(on throw to home)]; Tenace flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez singled; Veryzer was hit by a pitch
[Rodriguez to second]; NORRIS REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING);
Sutherland forced Rodriguez (pitcher to third) [Veryzer to
second]; Oglivie flied to center [Veryzer to third]; Meyer flied
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams flied to center; Campaneris struck out;
Garner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton struck out; Staub walked; Johnson lined to
right; May flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North singled; North was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Meyer [North to second]; Washington doubled
[North scored]; GRILLI REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Rudi doubled
[Washington scored]; Baylor reached on an error by Veryzer [Rudi
to third]; Bando was called out on strikes; Tenace walked
[Baylor to second]; Williams was called out on strikes;
Campaneris struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sutherland popped to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Garner doubled; North out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Garner to third]; Washington reached on a
fielder's choice [Garner out at home (shortstop to catcher)];
Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Oglivie singled; Oglivie stole second; Meyer popped
to third in foul territory; Horton lined to center; Staub
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi struck out; Baylor popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bando flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Johnson homered; May grounded out (pitcher to
first); Rodriguez walked; FINGERS REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING);
FREEHAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Rodriguez was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Freehan flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED FREEHAN (PLAYING SS); Tenace
flied to center; Williams singled; LINTZ RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Lintz
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Campaneris
singled; Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 9TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sutherland popped
to second; Oglivie grounded out (third to first); Meyer singled;
Horton doubled [Meyer scored]; Staub reached on an error by
Garner [Horton to third]; Johnson was called out on strikes; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MANUEL REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY
REPLACED SUTHERLAND (PLAYING CF); HILLER REPLACED GRILLI
(PITCHING); North walked; Washington out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [North to second]; Rudi doubled [North
scored]; ALEXANDER RAN FOR RUDI; Baylor flied to center; Bando
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 5.

TIGERS 10TH: TOVAR REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); TODD
REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); May grounded out (second to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Scrivener popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Tenace popped to shortstop; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR
LINTZ; McMullen walked; Campaneris walked [McMullen to second];
Garner singled [McMullen scored, Campaneris to second]; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 6.