A sacrifice fly by Bert Campaneris in the ninth inning provided the Athletics with a 6-5 victory over the Yankees. Billy Williams led off the frame with a single and gave way to pinch-runner Larry Lintz, who took third on a single by Phil Garner and scored on Campy's fly. Earlier in the game, Joe Rudi homered with a man on base for the A's, while the Yankees had two circuit clouts by Oscar Gamble and one by Graig Nettles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Thursday, July      22, 1976 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          1  1  2    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   6 10  0
Yankees      0  1  0    1  1  1    1  0  0  -   5 11  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .279      Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Campaneris ss         4   2   1   1     0   0   .252      White lf              4   0   2   0     1   0   .284
Baylor 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Munson c              3   0   3   1     2   0   .339
Rudi lf               3   1   1   2     1   0   .275      Chambliss 1b          5   1   0   0     0   1   .303
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      C. May dh             4   0   0   0     1   1   .241
Tenace c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .242      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .235
Washington rf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .243      Gamble rf             3   2   2   3     1   1   .258
Williams dh           4   0   3   1     0   0   .217      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .242
  Lintz pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Mason ss              2   1   1   0     0   0   .175
Garner 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .255        Bernhardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
P. Mitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  10   4     2   1             Totals               35   5  11   5     6   3

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 32,843
Left on Base: A's 6, Yankees 9
DP: A's 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Munson, Nettles
Doubles: Tenace (9), Munson (19)
Home Runs: Rudi (9), Gamble 2 (10), Nettles (14)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (31), Garner 2 (17), Rivers (28)
Caught Stealing: Munson (8), White (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Campaneris (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Mitchell             4.1   7   3   3   2   1   2  21   4.79
Lindblad                2.1   2   2   2   2   2   1  11   2.84
Fingers W(7-6)          2.1   2   0   0   2   0   0   9   2.50
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   3   3  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis                   5.1   8   5   3   2   0   1  26   3.22
Tidrow L(3-1)           3.2   2   1   1   0   1   0  13   2.90
Totals                  9    10   6   4   2   1   1  39

Passed Balls: Munson (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris singled to left; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole third
[Campaneris scored (error by Munson) (unearned)]; Rudi walked;
Bando forced Rudi (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second; White
grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivers to third]; Munson
walked; Chambliss struck out while Munson was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace doubled to left; Washington grounded out
(second to first) [Tenace to third]; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Tenace scored]; Garner flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: C. May grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to center; Gamble homered; Alomar flied out to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North walked; Campaneris forced North (second to
shortstop); Baylor flied out to left; Rudi homered [Campaneris
scored]; Bando singled to center; Tenace forced Bando (shortstop
to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason popped to second; Rivers flied out to center;
White walked; Munson singled to center [White to third];
Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
4, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Washington flied out to right; Williams singled
to right; Garner forced Williams (shortstop to second); Garner
stole second; Garner was picked off second (pitcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: C. May flied out to left; Nettles grounded out
(first to pitcher); Gamble homered; Alomar grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North singled to left; Campaneris reached on an
error by Nettles [North to second]; Baylor flied out to right;
Rudi forced North (third unassisted) [Campaneris to second];
Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason singled; Rivers popped to shortstop; White
singled to center [Mason to third]; Munson doubled to right
[Mason scored, White to third]; LINDBLAD REPLACED P. MITCHELL
(PITCHING); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); C. May
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Washington
singled to right; Williams singled to right [Washington to
third]; TIDROW REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Munson allowed a
passed ball [Washington scored (unearned), Williams to second];
Garner popped to first; North grounded out (second to first); 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles homered; Gamble struck out; Alomar singled
to right; BERNHARDT BATTED FOR MASON; Bernhardt popped to
second; Rivers flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED BERNHARDT (PLAYING SS);
Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor grounded out
(third to first); Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: White flied out to center; Munson walked; Chambliss
forced Munson (shortstop unassisted); C. May walked [Chambliss
to second]; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Nettles walked
[Chambliss to third, C. May to second]; Gamble walked [Chambliss
scored, C. May to third, Nettles to second]; Alomar grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando lined to third; Tenace grounded out (third
to first); Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Stanley flied out to right; Rivers grounded out
(third to first); White singled to center; White was caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Williams singled to center; LINTZ RAN FOR
WILLIAMS; Garner singled to center [Lintz to third]; Garner
stole second; North struck out; Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Lintz scored]; Baylor flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Munson singled
to left; On a bunt Chambliss hit into a double play (catcher to
first) [Munson out at second]; C. May flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Yankees 5.