Rollie Fingers put down a threat in the eighth inning and picked up his 20th save as the Athletics edged the White Sox, 2-1. The A's, after scoring in the second on a double by Joe Rudi and single by Gene Tenace, added what proved to be the deciding tally in the third on a pass to Bill North, a balk and single by Don Baylor. Jorge Orta homered for the White Sox in the sixth.

Fingers, the A's fourth pitcher of the game, took over after Orta and Lamar Johnson singled and Chet Lemon sacrificed in the eighth. After issuing an intentional pass to Jack Brohamer, Fingers retired Bucky Dent on a pop fly and struck out Brian Downing. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 9, 1976 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1 11  0
A's          0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf               4   0   0   0     1   0   .309      North cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .271
Stein 3b              4   0   2   0     1   0   .287      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Spencer 1b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Baylor 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .245
Orta lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .278      Rudi lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .288
L. Johnson dh         4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Tenace c              3   0   2   1     1   1   .257
  Bannister pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Bando dh              2   0   0   0     1   1   .234
Lemon cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Lintz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brohamer 2b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .269        Williams ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .248      McMullen 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .218
Essian c              2   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Washington rf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Ewing ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Garner 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .258
  Downing ph,c        2   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Todd 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               36   1  11   1     3   2             Totals               29   2   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance:  6,617
Left on Base: White Sox 12, A's 7
DP: White Sox 1, A's 1
Doubles: Rudi (29)
Home Runs: Orta (13)
Stolen Bases: Tenace (5), North (68), Lintz (29)
Caught Stealing: North (24)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (7)
GIDP: Dent (9), Rudi (10)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(9-9)            8     8   2   2   4   4   0  33   3.25
Totals                  8     8   2   2   4   4   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris                  1.2   3   0   0   2   0   0  10   4.58
Todd W(7-8)             4     5   1   1   0   1   1  16   4.05
Lindblad                1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.26
Fingers SV(20)          2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.34
Totals                  9    11   1   1   3   2   1  40

Wild Pitches: Norris (4)
Balks: Brett (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied to left in foul territory; Stein
walked; Spencer singled to center [Stein to second]; Orta lined
to left; L. Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
struck out; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Brohamer
grounded out (second to first); Dent singled to left; Essian
singled to center [Dent to third]; Norris threw a wild pitch
[Essian to second]; Garr walked; TODD REPLACED NORRIS
(PITCHING); Stein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi doubled to left; Tenace singled to left
[Rudi scored, Tenace out at second (left to third to second to
first to shortstop)]; Bando flied out to right; McMullen singled
to center; Washington struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Spencer grounded out (third to first); Orta lined
to center; L. Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner flied out to right; North walked; Brett
balked [North to second]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first) [North stayed at second]; Baylor singled to left [North
scored]; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon grounded out (second to first); Brohamer
singled to center; Dent grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Brohamer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace singled to left; Bando struck out;
McMullen flied out to right; Tenace stole second; On a bunt
Washington made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: On a bunt Essian grounded out (third to first);
Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Stein singled to right;
Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); North
singled to left; Campaneris lined to right; North stole second;
Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta homered; L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lemon flied out to right; Brohamer singled to right;
Dent singled to center [Brohamer to third]; EWING BATTED FOR
ESSIAN; LINDBLAD REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); DOWNING BATTED FOR
EWING; Downing forced Dent (second unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: DOWNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace struck out; Bando
walked; LINTZ RAN FOR BANDO; Lintz stole second; McMullen
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Garr grounded
out (second to first); Stein flied out to center; Spencer flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Washington grounded out (first unassisted);
Garner walked; North singled to left [Garner to third]; North
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); On a bunt Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta singled to center; L. Johnson singled to
center [Orta to second]; BANNISTER RAN FOR L. JOHNSON; FINGERS
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Lemon out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Orta to third, Bannister to second]; Brohamer
was walked intentionally; Dent made an out to second; Downing
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Baylor
singled to left; Rudi grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Baylor out at second]; Tenace walked;
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR LINTZ; Williams popped to second in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Garr
grounded out (third to first); Stein singled to center; Spencer
flied out to left; Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.