After owner Charlie Finley sold Vida Blue to Yankees, Glenn Abbott became a last-minute starter and pitched eight innings as the Athletics defeated the Red Sox, 3-2, with the aid of two homers by Gene Tenace. Paul Lindblad worked the final frame in relief of Abbott and was the winner.

Tenace hit his first round-tripper of the game in the fifth inning, but the Red Sox went ahead in the eighth when Jim Rice singled and Carlton Fisk homered. The Athletics picked up an unearned run to tie the score in their half before Tenace broke the deadlock with his second circuit clout in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      15, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  3  4
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  1  -   3  5  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cooper dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      North cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Mangual rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lynn cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .339      Campaneris ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .218
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   0   0     0   2   .246      Baylor lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Rice lf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .268      Williams dh           2   0   0   0     2   0   .202
Fisk c                3   1   1   2     0   1   .282      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Evans rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Tenace 1b             3   2   2   2     1   0   .244
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Washington rf,cf      3   0   0   0     0   3   .217
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hosley c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .174
                                                            Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
                                                          Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   3   2     0   5             Totals               29   3   5   2     4   5

Time of Game: 1:54   Attendance: 11,306
Left on Base: Red Sox 2, A's 6
DP: Red Sox 1, A's 0
Errors: Burleson, Petrocelli 2, Griffin
Home Runs: Fisk (8), Tenace 2 (6)
Stolen Bases: Lynn (5), Campaneris (24), Garner (7)
Caught Stealing: Lintz (6)
GIDP: Tenace (3)
Hit by Pitch: Lynn (1,by Abbott)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(5-7)          8     5   3   2   4   5   2  33   3.32
Totals                  8     5   3   2   4   5   2  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott                  8     2   2   2   0   5   1  27   5.16
Lindblad W(3-1)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.94
Totals                  9     3   2   2   0   5   1  31

Passed Balls: Fisk (2)
Hit by Pitch: Abbott (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to center; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski lined to right; Rice was called out on
strikes; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams walked; Bando popped to shortstop;
Tenace grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Williams out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans flied to right in foul territory; Petrocelli
was called out on strikes; Griffin grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Washington struck out; Garner flied out to left;
Hosley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Cooper flied out to center; Burleson grounded out
(third to first); Lynn was hit by a pitch; Yastrzemski struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
singled to left; Baylor flied out to center; Campaneris stole
second; Williams grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk struck
out; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando struck out; Tenace homered; Washington
struck out; Garner reached on an error by Griffin; Garner stole
second; Hosley reached on an error by Petrocelli [Garner out at
third (first to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first);
Griffin flied out to center; Cooper lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
grounded out (second to first); Baylor popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
flied out to center; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Williams flied out to center; Bando flied out to
right; Tenace walked; Fisk allowed a passed ball [Tenace to
second]; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice singled to center; Fisk homered [Rice scored];
Evans flied out to center; Petrocelli grounded out (third to
first); Griffin flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Garner grounded out (second to first); Hosley
walked; LINTZ RAN FOR HOSLEY; Lintz was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); North singled to right; Campaneris singled
to shortstop [North to third (error by Burleson), Campaneris to
second]; Baylor reached on an error by Petrocelli [North scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Campaneris to third]; Williams walked
[Baylor to second]; Bando popped to first; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E,
3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 9TH: HANEY REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING C ); LINDBLAD
REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); MANGUAL REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING RF);
WASHINGTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Cooper grounded out
(first unassisted); Burleson flied out to center; Lynn singled
to right; Lynn stole second; Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Athletics 3.