In a ninth-inning rally, Joe Rudi and Don Baylor batted the Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Tigers. With Joe Coleman pitching a five-hitter, the Tigers led, 5-3, before the A's started their comeback with a single by Bert Campaneris and walk to Phil Garner.

Jim Crawford relieved and passed Claudell Washington to load the bases. Rudi followed with a single, driving in two runs to tie the score. Mark Fidrych then made his major league debut and Baylor greeted the rookie with a single that plated the A's winning run. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Tuesday, April 20, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 11 0 A's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 - 6 8 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 2 1 0 0 0 .222 North cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Meyer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Washington rf 1 1 0 1 2 1 .211 Horton dh 4 1 3 3 0 0 .393 Rudi lf 4 0 2 2 1 0 .333 Staub rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Baylor 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .167 Johnson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .172 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .179 May c 4 1 3 0 0 0 .280 Lintz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Freehan c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 McMullen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .207 Tenace c 1 0 0 0 2 1 .167 Veryzer ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 .120 Haney c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Manuel 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250 Williams dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campaneris ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .158 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garner 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .273 Fidrych p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Mitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 11 5 1 2 Totals 30 6 8 5 8 3 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 3,080 Left on Base: Tigers 6, A's 9 DP: Tigers 1, A's 2 Errors: Garner Doubles: LeFlore (2), Rodriguez (2), Manuel (1), May (1), Rudi (5), Garner 2 (6) Home Runs: Horton (2) Stolen Bases: Lintz (2), Campaneris 2 (3), Alexander (1) Caught Stealing: Tenace (2) Sacrifice Hits: Meyer (1) Sacrifice Flies: Washington (1) GIDP: Staub 2 (3), Baylor (1) Hit by Pitch: Washington (1,by Coleman) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 8 6 5 5 7 3 0 36 3.00 Crawford L(0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 27.00 Fidrych 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 8.1 8 6 6 8 3 0 40 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA P. Mitchell 1 6 4 4 0 0 1 9 15.75 Bosman 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 0.00 Lindblad W(1-0) 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 3.00 Totals 9 11 5 4 1 2 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Coleman (2) Wild Pitches: Coleman (1) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Bill Haller TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled; Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first) [LeFlore to third]; Horton homered [LeFlore scored]; Staub flied to center; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington was called out on strikes; Rudi doubled; Baylor walked; Bando walked [Rudi to third, Baylor to second]; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: May singled; Rodriguez doubled [May to third]; Veryzer singled [May scored, Rodriguez scored]; Manuel doubled [Veryzer to third]; BOSMAN REPLACED P. MITCHELL (PITCHING); LeFlore reached on a fielder's choice [Manuel out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; Meyer popped to third; Horton grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. TIGERS 3RD: Staub singled; Johnson popped to first in foul territory; May lined to shortstop; Rodriguez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (second to first); Washington was hit by a pitch; Rudi walked [Washington to second]; Baylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. TIGERS 4TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Manuel walked; LeFlore grounded out (third to first) [Manuel to second]; Meyer flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Tenace walked; Williams flied to left; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. TIGERS 5TH: Horton singled; Staub grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Horton out at second]; Johnson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner doubled; North grounded out (first unassisted) [Garner to third]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garner scored]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 1. TIGERS 6TH: May singled; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first) [May to second]; Veryzer reached on a fielder's choice [May out at third (pitcher to third to second to third)]; Manuel struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Baylor lined to center; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace walked; Tenace was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 1. TIGERS 7TH: HANEY REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); LINDBLAD REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); LeFlore reached on an error by Garner; Meyer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [LeFlore to second]; Horton singled [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Horton out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Campaneris singled; Garner doubled [Campaneris scored]; North grounded out (first unassisted) [Garner to third]; Washington walked; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Garner scored, Washington to second]; Rudi popped to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. TIGERS 8TH: Johnson struck out; May doubled; Rodriguez flied to left; Veryzer flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: FREEHAN REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C ); Baylor lined to second; Bando singled; LINTZ RAN FOR BANDO; Lintz stole second; Haney lined to center; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. TIGERS 9TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING 3B); Manuel popped to catcher in foul territory; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Campaneris singled; Campaneris stole second; Garner walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR GARNER; CRAWFORD REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Campaneris stole third and Alexander stole second; North lined to left; Washington walked; Rudi singled [Campaneris scored, Alexander scored, Washington to third]; FIDRYCH REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Baylor singled [Washington scored, Rudi to second]; Debut game for Mark Fidrych; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 6.

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