The Yankee battery of Catfish Hunter and Thurman Munson proved to be too much for the Athletics, who absorbed a 10-1 beating. Hunter scattered nine hits and racked up his 12th victory while pitching his 13th complete game of the season. Munson rapped four hits. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, July      21, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  3
Yankees      2  1  0    0  4  0    2  1  x  -  10 15  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Rivers cf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .303
  Alexander cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .037      White lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .281
Washington rf         4   1   3   0     0   0   .242        Bernhardt lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Baylor 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .244      Munson c              5   3   4   5     0   0   .333
Rudi lf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .274      Chambliss 1b          4   2   3   0     0   0   .307
  Lintz lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Velez ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .226      C. May dh             4   0   2   1     0   0   .246
  McMullen 3b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Nettles 3b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .235
Tenace c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .242      Gamble rf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .252
  Newman c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Alomar 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .242
Williams dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .207      Mason ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .172
Garner 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sandt ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .163
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   1   9   1     2   6             Totals               37  10  15   9     2   0

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 26,451
Left on Base: A's 9, Yankees 6
DP: A's 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Garner, Norris, Todd, Mason
Doubles: C. May (6), Chambliss (16)
Triples: Garner (11)
Home Runs: Munson (9)
Stolen Bases: Washington (25), Alomar (9), Rivers (27)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (4)
GIDP: Baylor (9)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(3-3)           4     9   6   6   1   0   1  21   4.57
Lindblad                2     2   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.67
Todd                    2     4   3   1   1   0   0  12   3.92
Totals                  8    15  10   8   2   0   1  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(12-8)          9     9   1   1   2   6   0  37   3.23
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   6   0  37

Passed Balls: Tenace (2)
Wild Pitches: Norris (2), Hunter (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington singled to left; Washington stole second; Baylor
popped to third in foul territory; Rudi singled to left
[Washington scored]; Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Rivers was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Norris [Rivers to second];
White popped to second; Munson singled to left [Rivers scored];
Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted) [Munson to second];
Norris threw a wild pitch [Munson to third]; C. May doubled to
right [Munson scored, C. May out at third (center to second to
third to first)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace singled to pitcher; Williams flied out to
left; Garner lined to right; Sandt singled to left [Tenace to
second]; North grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble
grounded out (pitcher to first); Alomar singled to right; Alomar
stole second; Mason singled to right [Alomar scored]; Rivers
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees
3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first);
Baylor lined to second; Rudi singled to second; Bando reached on
an error by Mason [Rudi to second]; Hunter threw a wild pitch
[Bando to second, Rudi to third]; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: White flied out to right; Munson flied out to left;
Chambliss doubled to right; C. May popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams walked; Garner flied out to left; Sandt
was called out on strikes; North grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles singled to right; Gamble flied out to
center; Alomar popped to shortstop; Mason made an out to third;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Washington singled to center; Baylor grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Washington out at
second]; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second;
Tenace allowed a passed ball [Rivers to third]; White walked;
Munson homered [Rivers scored, White scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED
NORRIS (PITCHING); Chambliss singled to right; C. May singled to
center [Chambliss to third]; Nettles sacrifice flied into a
double play (right to shortstop) [Chambliss scored, C. May out
at second]; Gamble flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando walked; Tenace flied out to right; Williams
forced Bando (shortstop to second); Garner grounded out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 6TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); NEWMAN
REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); Alomar grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); Rivers grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Sandt struck out; North was called out on
strikes; Washington singled to center; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 7TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); TODD
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); White made an out to shortstop;
Munson singled to second; Chambliss singled [Munson to second];
C. May reached on an error by Todd [Munson scored (error by
Garner) (unearned), Chambliss to second]; Nettles walked
[Chambliss to third, C. May to second]; Gamble grounded out
(first unassisted) [Chambliss scored (unearned), C. May to
third, Nettles to second]; Alomar grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BERNHARDT REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Rudi
popped to catcher in foul territory; McMullen singled to left;
Newman popped to shortstop; Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 9.

YANKEES 8TH: LINTZ REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); Mason singled to
center; Rivers flied out to center; Bernhardt grounded out
(first unassisted) [Mason to second]; Munson singled to center
[Mason scored]; VELEZ BATTED FOR CHAMBLISS; Velez flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 10.

ATHLETICS 9TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Garner tripled
to center; Sandt hit into a double play (right to right to
catcher) [Garner out at home]; Alexander grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 10.