Homers by Claudell Washington, Ron Fairly and Gene Tenace accounted for five runs and powered the Athletics to a 7-4 victory over the White Sox. Washington hit his homer in the second inning after Sal Bando singled and Don Baylor was hit by a pitch. Fairly broke a 4-4 tie with a solo swat in the seventh and Tenace added a run with a round-tripper in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Saturday, September 25, 1976 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  3  1    0  0  0    1  1  1  -   7 12  0
White Sox    0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 12  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .276      Bannister lf          5   0   3   0     0   0   .270
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Garr rf               5   0   0   1     0   0   .296
Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .279      Spencer 1b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Tenace c              3   2   2   1     1   0   .252      Orta dh               4   0   1   1     1   0   .277
Bando 3b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .239      Stein 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  McMullen 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Baylor rf             3   2   1   0     0   0   .251      Lemon cf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .247
Washington dh         4   1   2   3     0   0   .255      Dent ss               4   0   2   1     0   0   .248
Fairly 1b             3   1   2   2     1   1   .261      Essian c              3   2   2   1     0   0   .247
Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .259        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Downing c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7  12   7     3   4             Totals               39   4  12   4     1   2

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 17,298
Left on Base: A's 4, White Sox 9
DP: A's 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Lemon
Doubles: Lemon 2 (13), Stein (15)
Triples: Bando (2)
Home Runs: Washington (5), Fairly (2), Tenace (22)
Stolen Bases: Bannister (12)
Caught Stealing: Washington (19)
GIDP: Garner (11)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (19,by Gossage)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott                  3     6   3   3   1   1   0  16   5.58
Lindblad                1.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.15
Fingers W(12-11)        4.1   3   0   0   0   1   0  16   2.58
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   2   0  40

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage L(9-16)         8.1  11   7   7   3   4   3  35   3.97
Vuckovich               0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.57
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   4   3  38

Hit by Pitch: Gossage (8)
Wild Pitches: Abbott 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz


ATHLETICS 1ST: North was called out on strikes; Campaneris
struck out; Rudi walked; Tenace flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister singled to left; Garr popped to third
in foul territory; Spencer struck out; Bannister stole second;
Abbott threw a wild pitch [Bannister to third]; Orta walked;
Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando singled to center; Baylor was hit by a
pitch [Bando to second]; Washington homered [Bando scored,
Baylor scored]; Fairly walked; Garner grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Fairly out at second];
North lined to third; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon
flied out to center; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi made an out to second; Tenace walked; Bando tripled to
center [Tenace scored, Bando out at home (center to shortstop to
catcher)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian singled to left; Bannister singled to
center [Essian to second]; Abbott threw a wild pitch [Essian to
third, Bannister stayed at first]; Garr grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Bannister to second]; Spencer grounded out (pitcher to
first); Orta singled to shortstop [Essian scored, Bannister to
third]; Stein lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
4, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor flied out to right; Washington singled;
Fairly struck out while Washington was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Brohamer singled to right; Lemon doubled to left
[Brohamer to third]; LINDBLAD REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Dent
singled to shortstop [Brohamer scored, Lemon stayed at second];
Essian singled to center [Lemon scored, Dent to third];
Bannister reached on a fielder's choice [Dent out at home (third
to catcher to third to catcher), Essian to third, Bannister to
second]; Garr grounded out (second to first) [Essian scored,
Bannister to third]; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner struck out; North singled to center;
Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi forced North (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta flied out to left; Stein doubled to center;
Brohamer flied out to center; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD
(PITCHING); Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
4, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace singled to center; On a bunt Bando forced
Tenace (first to shortstop); Bando was picked off first (pitcher
to first); Sal Bando and Athletics Manager Chuck Tanner
ejected by 1B umpire Terry Cooney; Baylor flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); Dent
singled to right; On a bunt Essian forced Dent (third to
shortstop); Bannister singled to center [Essian to second]; Garr
flied out to center [Essian to third, Bannister to second];
Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Fairly
homered; Garner flied out to center; North grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (third to first); Stein flied
out to right; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris was
picked off first (catcher to first); Rudi lined to left; Tenace
homered; McMullen flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon doubled to left; Dent grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lemon to third]; KELLY BATTED FOR ESSIAN;
Kelly flied out to left; Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DOWNING REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING C ); Baylor
singled to center [Baylor to second (error by Lemon)];
Washington grounded out (second to first) [Baylor to third];
Fairly singled to right [Baylor scored]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED
GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Garner forced Fairly (shortstop to second);
North singled to second [Garner to second]; Campaneris made an
out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Garr flied out to center; Spencer flied out to
left; Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
7, White Sox 4.