The Orioles collected only two hits off Mike Torrez, their former teammate, and were bombed by the Athletics, 11-1. Sal Bando drove in three runs for the A's with a single and homer. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 11, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Friday, April     30, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  0  1    2  0  7  -  11 19  2
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  2  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              6   1   3   0     0   0   .294      Bumbry lf             3   0   1   1     1   2   .222
Washington rf         6   2   3   1     0   0   .232      Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Rudi lf               5   2   3   2     1   0   .328      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .213
  Tovar pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      L. May dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .100
Baylor 1b             5   1   1   0     1   1   .129      Muser 1b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .227
  McMullen 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Bando 3b              5   1   2   3     0   1   .200      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .103
Williams dh           4   0   2   1     0   0   .192      Robinson 3b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .164
  Lintz pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   1   0   0     0   0   .277
Campaneris ss         4   2   3   0     1   0   .217      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garner 2b             4   0   1   1     1   0   .254        Garland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sandt 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Flanagan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Haney c               5   1   1   1     0   2   .280        Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44  11  19   9     4   4             Totals               28   1   2   1     3   6

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 12,501
Left on Base: A's 11, Orioles 3
DP: A's 2, Orioles 1
Errors: Baylor, Garner, Blair
Doubles: Baylor (1), Rudi (6), Washington (4)
Home Runs: Bando (3)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (6), Lintz (3)
Caught Stealing: Grich (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Williams (2)
GIDP: Rudi (2), Blair (2), Singleton (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(3-3)           9     2   1   0   3   6   0  31   2.88
Totals                  9     2   1   0   3   6   0  31

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(3-3)           6.1  10   4   4   3   3   0  31   3.74
Garland                 0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.79
Flanagan                1.1   3   4   4   1   1   1   8   4.32
Miller                  0.2   4   3   3   0   0   0   6   3.48
Totals                  9    19  11  11   4   4   1  49

Wild Pitches: Palmer (2)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Greg Kosc


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Washington
singled to left; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Washington out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Blair grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Bumbry out at second]; Grich flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Bando flied out to center;
Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: L. May grounded out (second to first); Muser
walked; Singleton grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Muser out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris stole
second; Garner singled to center [Campaneris scored]; Haney
struck out; North singled to left [Garner to second]; Washington
grounded out (first unassisted) [Garner to third, North to
second]; Rudi walked; Baylor forced Rudi (shortstop to second);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks grounded out (second to first); Robinson
made an out to second; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando struck out; Williams singled to center;
Campaneris flied out to left; Garner grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Bumbry struck out; Blair grounded out (third to
first); Grich walked; Grich was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Haney flied out to center; North singled to left;
Washington made an out to catcher; Rudi flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: L. May flied out to left; Muser grounded out
(second to first); Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Baylor doubled to left; Bando grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Baylor to third]; Williams hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Baylor scored]; Campaneris singled to right; Campaneris
stole second; Garner walked; Haney grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Hendricks grounded out (first to pitcher); Robinson
struck out; Belanger reached on an error by Baylor (assist by
Bando) [Belanger to second]; Bumbry singled to left [Belanger
scored (unearned)]; Blair flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North flied out to left; Washington singled; Rudi
singled to center [Washington to third]; Palmer threw a wild
pitch [Washington scored, Rudi to second]; Baylor walked;
GARLAND REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Bando singled to center
[Rudi scored, Baylor to second]; Williams lined to first;
Campaneris singled [Baylor to third, Bando to second]; Garner
forced Campaneris (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); L. May
struck out; Muser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: FLANAGAN REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Haney was
called out on strikes; North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton flied out to center; Hendricks reached on
an error by Garner; Robinson singled to center [Hendricks to
second]; Belanger flied out to left; Bumbry was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi doubled; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bando homered [Rudi scored]; Williams singled to center;
LINTZ RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Lintz stole second; Campaneris walked;
MILLER REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Garner flied out to center
[Lintz scored (error by Blair) (no RBI), Campaneris to third];
Haney singled to center [Campaneris scored]; North singled to
left [Haney to second]; Washington doubled to left [Haney
scored, North to third]; Rudi singled [North scored, Washington
scored]; TOVAR RAN FOR RUDI; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to
first); 7 R, 7 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 11, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TOVAR STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); MCMULLEN REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING 1B); SANDT
REPLACED GARNER (PLAYING 2B); Blair grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grich flied out to center; L. May was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 11, Orioles 1.