|
Dave Roberts, whom the Tigers obtained from the Astros during the winter, defeated the Athletics, 7-3, with the aid of homers by Rusty Staub and Willie Horton. For Staub, also a winter acquisition from the Mets, the homer was his first in the A. L. Horton hit for the circuit with two men on base. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 7, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Wednesday, April 21, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTigers 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 7 9 0
A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 0
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0 0 3 .214 North cf 4 2 4 0 1 0 .326
Meyer 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .192 Washington rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .209
Horton dh 3 2 1 2 1 1 .387 Rudi lf 3 0 1 2 1 1 .333
Staub rf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .357 Baylor 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .150
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .167
Freehan c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .364 Lintz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .188 McMullen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Veryzer ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .172 Williams dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .152
Manuel 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .250 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167
Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garner 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Haney c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 7 9 7 3 7 Totals 35 3 9 3 3 3
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 2,408
Left on Base: Tigers 4, A's 9
DP: Tigers 0, A's 1
Doubles: LeFlore (3)
Home Runs: Horton (3), Staub (1)
Stolen Bases: North 2 (6), Washington 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (2)
GIDP: Johnson (2)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Roberts W(2-0) 9 9 3 3 3 3 0 39 1.50
Totals 9 9 3 3 3 3 0 39
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Torrez L(1-3) 5.2 6 7 7 3 6 2 25 4.56
Todd 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.00
Abbott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15.43
Fingers 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.04
Totals 9 9 7 7 3 7 2 38
Wild Pitches: Roberts (1), Torrez (1)
Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Ron Luciano
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled; Meyer singled to left [LeFlore
scored]; Horton homered [Meyer scored]; Staub walked; Johnson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Staub out at second]; Freehan was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; North stole second;
Washington struck out; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first);
Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez flied to center; Veryzer flied to right;
Manuel grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (third to first); Williams
flied to left; Campaneris singled; Garner flied to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 0.
TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Meyer grounded
out (second to first); Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney grounded out (first to pitcher); North
walked; North stole second; Washington lined to shortstop; Rudi
singled [North scored]; Baylor popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied to center; Johnson struck out; Freehan
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
3, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando flied to left; Williams singled to center;
Campaneris flied to center; Garner flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Veryzer
singled to left; Manuel forced Veryzer (second unassisted);
LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Haney singled to left; North singled [Haney to
second]; Washington forced North (second to shortstop) [Haney to
third]; Washington stole second; Rudi walked; Baylor struck out;
Bando flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics
1.
TIGERS 6TH: Meyer was called out on strikes; Horton walked;
Staub homered [Horton scored]; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); Freehan singled to center; Torrez threw a wild pitch
[Freehan to second]; Rodriguez walked; TODD REPLACED TORREZ
(PITCHING); Veryzer singled [Freehan to third, Rodriguez to
second]; Manuel singled [Freehan scored, Rodriguez scored,
Veryzer to second]; LeFlore forced Manuel (third to second); 4
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Williams lined to right; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garner flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 7TH: Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
grounded out (third to first); Staub singled to right; Johnson
forced Staub (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 7, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Haney flied to center; North singled to left;
Roberts threw a wild pitch [North to second]; Washington singled
to left [North scored, Washington to second (on throw to home)];
Washington stole third; Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Washington scored]; Baylor flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 3.
TIGERS 8TH: ABBOTT REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Freehan popped to
second; Rodriguez grounded out (first unassisted); Veryzer made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics
3.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando walked; LINTZ RAN FOR BANDO; Williams flied
to left; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lintz to
second]; Garner flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7,
Athletics 3.
TIGERS 9TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING 3B); FINGERS
REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Manuel grounded out (third to
first); LeFlore struck out; Meyer grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Haney popped to shortstop; North singled to
center; Washington forced North (first to shortstop); Rudi
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 3.
|
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".