The Yankees scored seven unearned runs on six errors but really didn't need them in trouncing the Athletics, 14-4. The Yanks piled up 16 hits, including three by Thurman Munson, who also had a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 14, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Friday, May       7, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      2  2  0    2  0  0    4  1  3  -  14 16  0
A's          0  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  6


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             6   3   3   1     0   1   .311      North cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .323
White lf              4   1   1   2     2   0   .312        Alexander cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Munson c              5   1   3   2     0   0   .325      Washington rf         4   1   2   1     0   0   .247
  Dempsey c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Lintz rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Chambliss 1b          6   1   3   1     0   1   .402      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Piniella dh           6   1   2   1     0   0   .294        Sandt ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Velez rf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .235      Baylor 1b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .167
Nettles 3b            5   1   1   0     0   2   .179      Bando 3b              3   1   2   2     1   0   .198
Randolph 2b           4   2   2   2     1   1   .317      McMullen dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .136
Stanley ss            3   3   1   1     2   0   .318      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     0   1   .188
R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tovar ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                          Haney c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .244
                                                            Hosley ph,c         1   0   0   0     1   0   .250
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43  14  16  10     6   6             Totals               34   4   9   4     4   3

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance:  6,810
Left on Base: Yankees 9, A's 7
DP: Yankees 1, A's 1
Errors: Bando 3, Campaneris, Haney 2
Doubles: Munson (3), Piniella (4)
Triples: Nettles (1), North (2)
Home Runs: Bando (4)
Stolen Bases: Randolph 2 (10), Rivers (12), White (7), Washington (8), Baylor (6)
Caught Stealing: White (2), Munson (1), Washington (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (1)
GIDP: Washington (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May W(2-0)           5     8   4   4   2   2   1  23   4.94
Tidrow SV(1)            4     1   0   0   2   1   0  15   2.13
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   3   1  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(2-4)             6.2  10  10   4   4   6   0  35   3.21
Todd                    1.1   3   1   1   1   0   0   7   2.65
Lindblad                1     3   3   2   1   0   0   8   3.86
Totals                  9    16  14   7   6   6   0  50

Wild Pitches: Blue (4)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers reached on an error by Bando [Rivers to
third]; White walked; Munson doubled to left [Rivers scored
(unearned), White to third]; Blue threw a wild pitch [White
scored, Munson to third]; Chambliss was called out on strikes;
Piniella popped to second; Velez struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; Washington grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [North out at
second]; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph
singled to center; Randolph stole second; Stanley singled to
first [Randolph to third]; Rivers singled to center [Randolph
scored, Stanley to third]; Rivers stole second [Stanley scored
(error by Haney) (unearned), Rivers to third]; White walked;
White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Baylor singled to left; Bando homered [Baylor
scored]; McMullen walked; Campaneris flied out to right; Garner
flied out to center; Haney forced McMullen (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first);
Piniella lined to pitcher; Velez reached on an error by
Campaneris [Velez to first]; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North flied out to center; Washington singled to
left; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Athletics 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
walked; Rivers singled to center [Stanley to third]; White
singled to center [Stanley scored, Rivers to third, White to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Rivers scored]; White stole third; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
walked; McMullen flied out to center; Campaneris singled to
right [Bando to second]; Garner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella doubled to left; Velez flied out to
center; Nettles struck out; Randolph struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Haney struck out; North tripled to right;
Washington singled to pitcher [North scored]; Washington stole
second; Rudi struck out; Baylor singled to center [Washington
scored]; Baylor stole second; Bando flied out to center; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers
struck out; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: TIDROW REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); McMullen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris struck out; Garner
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson singled to center; Munson was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Chambliss singled to
center; Piniella reached on an error by Bando [Chambliss to
third, Piniella to second]; Velez was walked intentionally;
Nettles struck out; Randolph singled to center [Chambliss scored
(unearned), Piniella scored (unearned), Velez to third]; TODD
REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Randolph stole second [Velez scored
(error by Haney) (unearned), Randolph scored (unearned)];
Stanley walked; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0
ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 10, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HOSLEY BATTED FOR HANEY; Hosley flied out to
right; North grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 10,
Athletics 4.

YANKEES 8TH: HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ALEXANDER
REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); LINTZ REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING
RF); White grounded out (first to pitcher); Munson singled to
center; Chambliss singled to center [Munson to third]; Piniella
singled to center [Munson scored, Chambliss to second]; Velez
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Piniella out at
first]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 11, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor
walked; Bando singled to left [Baylor to second]; McMullen flied
out to center; TOVAR BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Tovar grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 11, Athletics
4.

YANKEES 9TH: TOVAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SANDT REPLACED
RUDI (PLAYING SS); LINDBLAD REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Nettles
tripled to right; Randolph walked; Stanley forced Randolph
(shortstop to second) [Nettles scored]; Rivers singled to right
[Stanley to third]; White grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Stanley scored, Rivers to second]; Munson reached on an error
by Bando [Rivers to third, Munson to first]; Chambliss singled
to right [Rivers scored (unearned), Munson to second]; Piniella
grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 14, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Garner
grounded out (third to first); Hosley walked; Alexander flied
out to left; Lintz forced Hosley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 14, Athletics 4.