Carlos May doubled and Graig Nettles homered in the seventh inning to carry the Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Athletics. Doyle Alexander, who pitched a three-hitter, gave up the A's run in the first on singles by Don Baylor and Joe Rudi plus two-out passes to Sal Bando and Gene Tenace. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 2, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    31, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  9  0
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .308      North cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
White lf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .272      Baylor rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .251
Munson c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .303      Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Williams dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .212
C. May dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .237
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   2     1   1   .244        Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .036
Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Tenace 1b             3   0   0   1     1   0   .251
Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .261      Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Stanley ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Sandt ss              2   0   1   0     1   0   .180
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Newman c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .183
                                                            Gross ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .273
                                                            Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
                                                          Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   9   2     4   2             Totals               29   1   3   1     5   0

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  6,408
Left on Base: Yankees 7, A's 6
DP: Yankees 0, A's 0
Doubles: C. May (11)
Home Runs: Nettles (23)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (30), Alexander (17)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (6), White (11), Randolph (9), Lintz (9)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(10-8)       9     3   1   1   5   0   0  34   3.02
Totals                  9     3   1   1   5   0   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(7-4)          6.1   8   2   2   2   1   1  26   3.24
Fingers                 2.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  10   2.34
Totals                  9     9   2   2   4   2   1  36

Wild Pitches: Fingers (2)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to left; Rivers was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); White flied out to right; Munson
singled to second; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to left; Baylor singled to
shortstop; Rudi singled to third [Baylor to second]; Williams
popped to catcher in foul territory; Bando walked [Baylor to
third, Rudi to second]; Tenace walked [Baylor scored, Rudi to
third, Bando to second]; Garner flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

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

ATHLETICS 2ND: Sandt singled to first; Newman forced Sandt
(first to shortstop); North popped to second; Baylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph flied out to center; Stanley popped to
first; Rivers popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White walked; White was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Munson flied out to center; Chambliss
singled to left; C. May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace flied out to left; Garner flied out to
left; Sandt walked; Newman popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles walked; Gamble flied out to center;
Randolph forced Nettles (catcher to second); Randolph was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor
flied out to center; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Stanley struck out; Rivers singled to second; White
grounded out (second to first) [Rivers to second]; Munson
singled to third [Rivers to third]; Chambliss grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Williams flied out to left; Bando popped to
shortstop; Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 7TH: C. May doubled to right; Nettles homered [C. May
scored]; Gamble popped to shortstop; Randolph singled to center;
FINGERS REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Stanley singled to pitcher
[Randolph to second]; Fingers threw a wild pitch [Stanley to
second, Randolph to third]; Rivers popped to shortstop; White
walked; Munson popped to third; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees
2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Garner flied out to center; Sandt grounded out
(second to first); GROSS BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Gross walked; LINTZ
RAN FOR GROSS; Lintz was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 8TH: HANEY REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING C ); Chambliss flied
out to left; C. May flied out to center; Nettles struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North flied out to right; Baylor popped to first;
Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Gamble flied out to center; Randolph walked;
Randolph stole second; Randolph was picked off second (catcher
to second); Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Bando
walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR BANDO; Alexander stole second; Tenace
grounded out (pitcher to first); Garner flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 1.