Sal Bando and Don Baylor drove in three runs apiece and the Athletics continued to run wild on the bases while trouncing the Tigers, 10-1. Bando, hitless in 16 previous times at bat, broke out of his slump with a double and single. The A's stole four bases, giving them a total of 13 thefts in the four-game series with the Tigers. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      18, 1976 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  4  3    1  1  0  -  10 13  0
Tigers       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North dh              4   2   2   0     1   1   .285      LeFlore cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .330
Washington cf         2   2   1   1     2   0   .241      Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Baylor rf             3   2   2   3     2   0   .236      Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Rudi lf               4   2   3   1     0   0   .269      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
  Alexander lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .042      Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .225
Bando 3b              5   0   2   3     0   0   .227      Johnson lf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Tenace 1b             4   1   2   1     1   1   .243        Stanley ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     2   1   .251      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Sandt ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .129      Garcia 2b             4   1   1   0     0   2   .205
Haney c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .228      Kimm c                3   0   1   1     0   0   .235
  Newman ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .148      MacCormack p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
P. Mitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bare p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36  10  13   9     8   5             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 23,841
Left on Base: A's 8, Tigers 7
DP: A's 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Garcia 2
Doubles: Haney (2), Washington (12), Baylor (13), Bando (11), Tenace (6), Garcia (12)
Home Runs: Tenace (9)
Stolen Bases: North (43), Baylor 2 (41), Rudi (3), LeFlore 2 (32)
Caught Stealing: Washington (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Washington (3)
GIDP: Haney (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Mitchell W(6-5)      8     6   1   1   1   5   0  31   4.72
Lindblad                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.62
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   6   0  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
MacCormack L(0-4)       4     4   3   3   6   1   0  20   4.50
Bare                    2     6   5   2   0   2   0  12   5.11
Crawford                2     2   2   2   2   1   1   9   5.62
Hiller                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.11
Totals                  9    13  10   7   8   5   1  45

Wild Pitches: Crawford (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Washington walked; Washington
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Baylor walked;
Baylor was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; LeFlore stole second; Veryzer lined
to shortstop; Staub lined to left [LeFlore to third]; Horton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi singled; Bando flied out to center [Rudi
stayed at first]; Tenace walked [Rudi to second]; Garner
grounded out (third to first) [Rudi to third, Tenace to second];
Sandt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson popped to third in foul territory; Johnson
struck out; Rodriguez lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney doubled to right; North singled [Haney to
third]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to right [Haney scored];
Baylor walked [North to second]; North stole third and Baylor
stole second; Rudi made an out to first; Bando lined to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Garcia doubled to left; Kimm singled [Garcia
scored]; LeFlore lined to right; Veryzer struck out; Staub flied
to left in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace grounded out (second to first); Garner
walked; Sandt grounded out (second to first) [Garner to second];
Haney flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton singled; Thompson walked [Horton to second];
Johnson forced Thompson (shortstop to second) [Horton to third];
Rodriguez popped to second in foul territory; Garcia made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North walked; Washington doubled to right [North
to third]; BARE REPLACED MACCORMACK (PITCHING); Baylor doubled
to left [North scored, Washington scored]; Rudi singled to left
[Baylor scored]; Bando doubled to left [Rudi scored]; Tenace
struck out; Garner struck out; Sandt grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Kimm grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
singled; LeFlore stole second; Veryzer popped to first in foul
territory; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Haney grounded out (second to first); North
singled; Washington reached on an error by Garcia [North to
second]; Baylor forced Washington (shortstop to second) [North
scored (error by Garcia) (unearned)]; Rudi singled [Baylor to
second]; Baylor stole third and Rudi stole second; Bando singled
to left [Baylor scored (unearned), Rudi scored (unearned), Bando
out at second (left to third to first)]; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 8, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); Horton
grounded out (third to first); Thompson struck out; Johnson
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED BARE (PITCHING); Tenace
homered; Garner walked; Sandt forced Garner (shortstop to
second); Haney grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Sandt out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
9, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia
was called out on strikes; Kimm popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North grounded out (first unassisted); Washington
walked; Crawford threw a wild pitch [Washington to second];
Baylor singled to left [Washington scored, Baylor to second (on
throw to home)]; Alexander struck out; Bando flied out to right;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
popped to catcher in foul territory; Staub singled; Horton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
10, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HILLER REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Tenace
doubled to left; Garner flied out to center [Tenace to third];
Sandt struck out; NEWMAN BATTED FOR HANEY; Newman grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LINDBLAD
REPLACED P. MITCHELL (PITCHING); Thompson flied out to center;
STANLEY BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Stanley singled; Rodriguez flied out
to center; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
10, Tigers 1.