Vida Blue pitched a six-hitter and Gene Tenace drove in both of the Athletics' runs to defeat the Orioles. 2-0. Don Baylor singled in the fourth inning, stole second and scored on a single by Tenace, who got credit for his second RBI by drawing a walk with the bases loaded in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Tuesday, July      6, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   2  6  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper dh             3   0   1   0     1   0   .222      North cf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .271
Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     2   1   .280      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .241
Grich 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .280      Baylor dh             3   1   2   0     1   0   .230
R. Jackson rf         4   0   2   0     0   2   .239      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .254
L. May 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   3   .233
Mora lf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .235      Tenace 1b             3   0   2   2     1   0   .243
Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .209      Washington rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Duncan c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   6   0     3   9             Totals               30   2   6   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  6,024
Left on Base: Orioles 4, A's 8
DP: Orioles 0, A's 3
Doubles: Baylor (11)
Stolen Bases: Harper (4), Baylor (35), North (37)
Caught Stealing: Harper 2 (2)
GIDP: Robinson (4), Grich (6), Mora (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(10-8)          8     6   2   2   4   5   0  34   3.05
Totals                  8     6   2   2   4   5   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(7-7)             9     6   0   0   3   9   0  31   3.18
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   9   0  31

Wild Pitches: Blue (5)
Balks: Blue (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz


ORIOLES 1ST: Harper made an out to shortstop; Belanger grounded
out (shortstop to first); Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
flied out to center; Baylor walked; Rudi forced Baylor
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: R. Jackson struck out; L. May popped to first in
foul territory; Mora was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando was called out on strikes; Tenace singled
to center; Washington forced Tenace (shortstop to second);
Garner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Blair singled to left; Robinson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Blair out at
second]; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman flied out to center; On a bunt North
grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Harper walked; Harper was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Belanger walked; Grich grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Belanger out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor singled; Baylor stole second; Rudi popped
to first in foul territory; Bando was called out on strikes;
Tenace singled to right [Baylor scored]; Washington flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: R. Jackson singled to right; Blue balked [R.
Jackson to second]; L. May flied out to center; Mora struck out;
Blair flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman
popped to first in foul territory; North grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Robinson popped to first in foul territory; Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper singled to center;
Harper stole second; Blue threw a wild pitch [Harper to third];
Belanger walked while Harper was caught stealing home (catcher
to second to catcher to third to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris singled to center; Baylor flied out to
right; Rudi struck out; Bando singled [Campaneris to second];
Tenace flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Grich singled to center; R. Jackson singled to left
[Grich to second]; L. May flied to right in foul territory
[Grich to third]; Mora grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [R. Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Washington flied out to right; Garner grounded
out (pitcher to first); Newman popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Blair struck out; Robinson flied out to center;
Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North walked; North stole second; Campaneris was
called out on strikes; Baylor doubled [North to third]; Rudi was
walked intentionally; Bando struck out; Tenace walked [North
scored, Baylor to third, Rudi to second]; Washington lined to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Harper flied out to left; Belanger struck out;
Grich singled to left; R. Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 2.