The Athletics ran wild on the Indians, stealing eight bases en route to a 7-3 victory. Bill North and Bert Campaneris pilfered two apiece. North's steals brought his league-leading total to 41. The Indians, while losing for seventh time in their last eight games, put up a stiff fight, tying the score at 3-3 before the A's broke away with three runs in the seventh inning, featuring sacrifice flies by Campaneris and Don Baylor and a homer by Joe Rudi. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      10, 1976 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  1
A's          1  2  0    0  0  0    3  1  x  -   7 10  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   2   1     1   1   .305      North cf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Blanks 2b             5   0   2   2     0   0   .284      Campaneris ss         2   1   1   1     1   0   .244
Robinson dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Baylor dh             3   0   1   1     0   0   .234
Carty 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .297      Rudi lf               2   1   1   2     1   0   .256
Hendrick lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .233
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Tenace 1b             3   2   1   0     1   0   .238
Spikes rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .227      Washington rf         4   1   2   0     0   0   .233
Pruitt c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .192      Garner 2b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .260
  Kuiper ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Newman c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Duffy ss              3   2   2   0     0   0   .223        Williams ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .209
  Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Lintz pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Haney c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  10   3     1   4             Totals               30   7  10   6     3   2

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 22,149
Left on Base: Indians 8, A's 6
DP: Indians 0, A's 0
Errors: Blanks
Doubles: Pruitt (1), North (8)
Home Runs: Rudi (7)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (29), Baylor (36), Washington (20), Garner (13), North 2 (41), Lintz (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Newman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (4), Campaneris (4), Baylor (7)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(10-7)          7     9   6   6   2   2   1  32   3.52
Buskey                  1     1   1   0   1   0   0   5   3.20
Totals                  8    10   7   6   3   2   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    6.1   9   3   3   0   2   0  28   3.23
Fingers W(5-5)          2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0  10   2.62
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   4   0  38

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


INDIANS 1ST: Manning struck out; Blanks flied out to center;
Robinson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
singled; Baylor singled to left [Campaneris to second];
Campaneris stole third and Baylor stole second; Rudi hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Campaneris scored, Baylor to third];
Bando was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty singled; Hendrick popped to first in foul
territory; Bell singled to left [Carty to second]; Spikes forced
Bell (first to shortstop) [Carty to third]; Pruitt flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace singled to left; Washington singled to
right [Tenace to third]; Washington stole second; Garner singled
to left [Tenace scored, Washington scored]; Newman out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garner to second]; Garner
stole third; North grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics
3.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Manning made
an out to first; Blanks made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi flied out to
center; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
singled to right; Hendrick made an out to shortstop; Bell forced
Carty (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace flied out to right; Washington grounded
out (third to first); Garner lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes struck out; Pruitt doubled to left; Duffy
singled to center [Pruitt to third]; Manning singled to left
[Pruitt scored, Duffy to second]; Blanks singled to center
[Duffy scored, Manning to second]; Robinson flied out to center;
Carty flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); North
doubled; North stole third; Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole
second; Baylor flied out to left; Rudi was walked intentionally;
Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 2, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
lined to center; Spikes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace made an out to first; Washington grounded
out (first to pitcher); Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt flied to right in foul territory; Duffy
singled to left; Manning singled to right [Duffy to second];
FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Blanks singled to left [Duffy
scored, Manning to second]; Robinson was called out on strikes;
Carty flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: WILLIAMS BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Williams singled to
right; LINTZ RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Lintz stole second; North singled
to center [Lintz to third]; North stole second; Campaneris hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Lintz scored, North to third]; Baylor
hit a sacrifice fly to center [North scored]; Rudi homered;
Bando struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 6.

INDIANS 8TH: HANEY REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING C ); Hendrick flied
out to center; Bell grounded out (third to first); Spikes struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BUSKEY REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Tenace walked;
Washington singled to right [Tenace to second]; Garner made an
out to second; Haney forced Washington (shortstop to second)
[Tenace scored (error by Blanks) (unearned)]; North forced Haney
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 7.

INDIANS 9TH: KUIPER BATTED FOR PRUITT; Kuiper flied out to
center; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR DUFFY; Gonzalez lined to shortstop;
Manning walked; Blanks forced Manning (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 7.