Joe Rudi batted in three of the Athletics' first four runs before Gene Tenace homered in the eighth inning to defeat the Orioles, 5-4. Rudi accounted for his RBIs with singles in the first and third innings and a sacrifice fly in the seventh. In between, the A's also scored on a wild pitch by Wayne Garland in the third.

Doug DeCinces and Lee May hit homers for the Orioles. After May's blow with a man on base tied the score in the seventh, Tenace broke the deadlock with his homer on the first pitch thrown to him by Garland in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    24, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          1  0  2    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   5  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  0    2  0  0  -   4 10  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .273      Belanger ss           5   1   0   0     0   1   .265
Campaneris ss         4   1   1   0     0   2   .272      Grich 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Baylor rf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .247      R. Jackson rf         4   1   2   0     1   2   .276
Rudi lf               4   0   3   3     0   0   .277      L. May 1b             4   1   2   3     0   1   .241
Bando 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Singleton lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Tenace 1b             3   1   1   1     2   1   .254      Crowley dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .205
Williams dh           4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Bumbry cf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .266
  Alexander pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .037        Blair ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Gross ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .243
Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Duncan c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .210
Newman c              3   2   2   0     1   0   .173      Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5   9   4     5   6             Totals               38   4  10   4     1   9

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  9,482
Left on Base: A's 11, Orioles 8
DP: A's 0, Orioles 0
Errors: Garner, Grich
Doubles: Rudi (26), Singleton (22)
Home Runs: Tenace (14), DeCinces (8), L. May (23)
Stolen Bases: Baylor (45), Alexander (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (9)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  5.2   9   2   2   0   5   1  27   3.05
Bahnsen W(7-3)          1.1   1   2   2   1   2   1   6   3.29
Lindblad SV(4)          2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.27
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1   9   2  39

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland L(15-4)         9     9   5   5   5   6   1  43   2.60
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   6   1  43

Passed Balls: Duncan (2)
Wild Pitches: Garland (2)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris singled to center;
Baylor grounded out (pitcher to third to first) [Campaneris to
second]; Rudi singled to left [Campaneris scored]; Bando made an
out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger popped to third in foul territory; Grich
flied out to center; R. Jackson singled to center; L. May was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Williams
lined to center; Garner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton doubled to left; On a bunt Crowley made
an out to catcher; Bumbry struck out; DeCinces grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to center; North flied out to
center; Campaneris was called out on strikes; Baylor singled to
left [Newman to second]; Rudi singled to left [Newman scored,
Baylor to third]; Garland threw a wild pitch [Baylor scored,
Rudi to second]; Bando grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Duncan struck out; Belanger grounded out (second to
first); Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace struck out; Williams singled to right;
Garner flied out to right; Newman walked [Williams to second];
North popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: R. Jackson was called out on strikes; L. May
grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton reached on an error
by Garner; Crowley singled to left [Singleton to second]; Bumbry
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris struck out; Baylor flied out to right;
Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces homered; Duncan singled to left; Belanger
forced Duncan (shortstop to second); Grich flied out to right;
R. Jackson singled to shortstop [Belanger to second]; L. May
singled to center [Belanger scored, R. Jackson to second];
Singleton grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando flied out to center; Tenace walked;
Williams made an out to second; Garner forced Tenace (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Crowley grounded out (second to first); Bumbry
singled; DeCinces struck out; Duncan singled to right [Bumbry to
second]; BAHNSEN REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Belanger struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman singled to second; Duncan allowed a passed
ball [Newman to second]; North walked; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Newman to third, North to
second]; Baylor was walked intentionally; Rudi hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Newman scored, North to third]; Baylor stole
second; Bando struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jackson
walked; L. May homered [R. Jackson scored]; Singleton was called
out on strikes; Crowley flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace homered; Williams reached on an error by
Grich; ALEXANDER RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Alexander stole second;
Garner flied out to center; Newman grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Alexander to third]; North grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LINDBLAD
REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); BLAIR BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Blair
grounded out (pitcher to first); DeCinces grounded out (third to
first); Duncan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Campaneris
flied out to right; Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rudi
doubled; Bando reached on a fielder's choice [Rudi to third];
Tenace walked [Bando to second]; GROSS BATTED FOR ALEXANDER;
Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Belanger flied
out to right; Grich struck out; R. Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 4.