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Monday August 30, 1976
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With outfielders Mickey Rivers and Roy White providing sterling defense, Ed Figueroa gave up only six hits in pitching the Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Athletics and logging his 16th victory. [The Sporting News]


New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Monday, August 30, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Yankees      0  0  2    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   5  6  0
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  4


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .307      North cf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .271
White lf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .273      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   1     1   0   .271
Munson c              4   0   0   1     0   1   .302      Baylor rf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .251
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   1     1   1   .297      Rudi lf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .279
C. May dh             2   0   0   0     2   0   .260      Bando 3b              2   0   1   1     2   0   .238
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .243      Tenace 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Williams dh           2   0   0   0     1   0   .215
Randolph 2b           4   2   2   0     0   0   .260        Lintz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley ss            2   2   0   0     1   2   .257        Gross ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garner 2b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .258
                                                          Newman c              2   0   1   0     0   0   .190
                                                            McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .230
                                                            Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
                                                            Sandt ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                          Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   5   6   4     6   6             Totals               33   2   6   2     7   4

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 32,458
Left on Base: Yankees 7, A's 11
DP: Yankees 0, A's 1
Errors: Rudi, Bando, Norris, Lindblad
Doubles: Rivers (29)
Stolen Bases: North (62)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (7), White (8)
GIDP: C. May (6)
Hit by Pitch: Stanley (1,by Norris)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(16-7)        9     6   2   2   7   4   0  40   2.94
Totals                  9     6   2   2   7   4   0  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(4-4)           6     4   4   4   6   3   0  27   4.62
Lindblad                0.1   1   1   0   0   0   0   2   3.23
Fingers                 2.2   1   0   0   0   3   0  10   2.40
Totals                  9     6   5   4   6   6   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Norris (2)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Bill Haller


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; White walked; White was
out trying to advance to second (catcher to pitcher); Munson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baylor singled to right; Rudi flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss struck out; C. May walked; Nettles struck
out; Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to right; Tenace was called out
on strikes; Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph singled to left; Stanley was hit by a
pitch [Randolph to second]; Rivers doubled to right [Randolph
scored, Stanley to third]; White popped to first; Munson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Stanley scored]; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner grounded out (second to first); Newman
flied out to center; North popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: C. May walked; Nettles grounded out (first to
pitcher) [C. May to second]; Gamble grounded out (second to
first); Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris walked; Baylor flied out to left; Rudi
singled to left [Campaneris to third]; Bando singled to
shortstop [Campaneris scored, Rudi to second]; Tenace popped to
first; Williams flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Stanley was called out on strikes; Rivers flied out
to center; White singled to right; Munson flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner walked; Newman singled to center [Garner
to second]; North forced Newman (third to second) [Garner to
third]; Campaneris reached on a fielder's choice [Garner out at
home (third to catcher), North to second]; Baylor flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss walked; C. May grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Chambliss out at second];
Nettles walked; Gamble flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
walked; Tenace flied out to center; Williams walked [Bando to
second]; LINTZ RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Garner walked [Bando to third,
Lintz to second]; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR NEWMAN; McMullen struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 7TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HANEY REPLACED
MCMULLEN (PLAYING C ); Randolph singled to left; Stanley walked
[Randolph to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING);
Rivers singled to pitcher [Rivers to second (error by Lindblad),
Stanley to third, Randolph scored (no RBI)]; White hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Stanley scored, Rivers to third];
FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Munson was called out on
strikes; Chambliss singled to left [Rivers scored (unearned)];
C. May grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris popped to second; Baylor was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles struck out; Gamble reached on an error by
Bando [Gamble to second]; Randolph flied out to right; Stanley
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi flied out to right; Bando walked; Tenace
flied out to center; GROSS BATTED FOR LINTZ; Gross flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 9TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Rivers flied out
to center; White reached on an error by Rudi [White to second];
White was picked off second (pitcher to second to third); Munson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Garner flied out to right; SANDT BATTED FOR
HANEY; Sandt grounded out (first unassisted); North singled to
right; North stole second; Campaneris singled to right [North
scored]; Baylor walked [Campaneris to second]; Rudi popped to
first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 2.



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