Two errors by center fielder Bill North, with the second one coming in the 11th inning, resulted in three unearned runs and enabled the Tigers to defeat the Athletics, 3-2. The A's took a 2-0 lead in the first on a homer by Joe Rudi, but the Tigers loaded the bases with two out in the third and tied the score when North dropped a liner by Rusty Staub. Then in the 11th, the Tigers again filled the sacks before North let a line drive by Dan Meyer bounce off his glove. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      15, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   2  9  3
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   3  4  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .271      LeFlore cf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .326
Campaneris ss         5   0   2   0     0   1   .252      Veryzer ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Baylor dh             5   1   0   0     0   0   .232      Staub rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Rudi lf,1b            5   1   2   2     0   0   .259        Oglivie pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Bando 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Horton dh             3   0   1   1     2   0   .299
Tenace 1b,c           4   0   2   0     0   1   .241        Stanley pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .260
Washington rf         4   0   2   0     0   1   .241      Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     1   1   .231
Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Johnson lf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Newman c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Rodriguez 3b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .254
  McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Wockenfuss c          3   0   0   0     1   0   .265
  Haney c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .227        Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .204
  Alexander lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .043      Roberts 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               41   2   9   2     0   6             Totals               38   3   4   1     5   2

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 14,835
Left on Base: A's 6, Tigers 9
DP: A's 0, Tigers 1
Errors: North 2, Fingers
Home Runs: Rudi (8)
Stolen Bases: Baylor (37), Washington (22), Campaneris (30), Rudi (2), LeFlore (30)
Caught Stealing: Washington (12)
Hit by Pitch: Staub (4,by Blue)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(7-8)            10     4   3   0   4   1   0  40   3.00
Fingers                 0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.59
Totals                 10.2   4   3   0   5   2   0  44

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts W(9-8)         11     9   2   2   0   6   1  41   3.49
Totals                 11     9   2   2   0   6   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Blue (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
singled; Baylor forced Campaneris (shortstop to second); Baylor
stole second; Rudi homered [Baylor scored]; Bando was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
flied out to right; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace singled; Washington struck out; Garner
grounded out (third to first) [Tenace to second]; Newman
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (second to first); Thompson made
an out to shortstop; Johnson singled; Rodriguez forced Johnson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North struck out; Campaneris struck out; Baylor
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Wockenfuss walked; Garcia singled [Wockenfuss to
second]; catcher Jeff Newman threw to 1B in an attempt to
pick off Pedro Garcia; the throw was wild but HP umpire Nick
Bremigan nullified the play, saying that he interfered with
Newman's throw; Tigers Manager Ralph Houk ejected by
Bremigan; LeFlore forced Wockenfuss (third unassisted)
[Garcia to second]; Veryzer made an out to second; Staub reached
on an error by North [Garcia scored (unearned) (no RBI), LeFlore
to third]; Horton singled [LeFlore scored (unearned), Staub to
second]; Thompson struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 4TH: Johnson flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to
center; Wockenfuss made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Washington singled; Washington stole second;
Garner struck out while Washington was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Garcia flied out to right; LeFlore grounded out
(second to first); Veryzer singled; Staub grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North flied out to right; Campaneris singled;
Baylor lined to right; Rudi singled [Campaneris to second];
Campaneris stole third and Rudi stole second; Bando popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton walked; Thompson forced Horton (pitcher to
shortstop); Johnson forced Thompson (right to shortstop);
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Washington
singled; Garner popped to first in foul territory; MCMULLEN
BATTED FOR NEWMAN; McMullen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: HANEY REPLACED MCMULLEN (PLAYING C ); Wockenfuss
flied out to center; Garcia lined to right; LeFlore grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North flied out to right; Campaneris flied out to
right; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Staub
grounded out (third to first); Horton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi made an out to shortstop; Bando flied out to
center; Tenace singled; Washington grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Johnson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Garner flied out to center; Haney singled; LINTZ
RAN FOR HANEY; North forced Lintz (second to shortstop);
Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 10TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING LF); RUDI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia made an out
to second; LeFlore walked; LeFlore stole second; Veryzer flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bando made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 11TH: Staub was hit by a pitch; OGLIVIE RAN FOR STAUB;
Horton walked [Oglivie to second]; STANLEY RAN FOR HORTON;
FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Stanley was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Fingers [Oglivie to third, Stanley
to second]; Thompson was walked intentionally; Johnson forced
Oglivie (third to catcher) [Stanley to third, Thompson to
second]; Rodriguez struck out; MEYER BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS;
Meyer reached on an error by North [Stanley scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Thompson to third, Johnson to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 3.