Chuck Dobson, who won 15 games for the Athletics in 1971, made his first appearance against his former club and pitched the Angels to a 3-2 victory over the West Division champions. Dobson yielded just five hits, but gave up the A's runs on a homer by Joe Rudi in the fourth inning. The Angels had a circuit clout by Leroy Stanton in the seventh before rallying to win in the ninth.

Bruce Bochte led off with a single and John Balaz sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Stanton, Ellie Rodriguez doubled to drive in the tying run. Following another intentional pass to Dave Chalk, Denny Doyle singled to produce the winning run. The victory was the fifth straight for the Angels, whose final spurt enabled the club to end the season with only 94 defeats, one less than the California record of 95 losses in 1968. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 3, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Wednesday, October 2, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Nettles cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .274 Mangual cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233 Heise ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .256 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .243 Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Jackson dh 2 1 0 0 1 0 .289 Balaz lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Holt ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Stanton rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .267 Rudi lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .293 Howard dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Doherty ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Fosse c 3 0 0 0 0 3 .196 Rodriguez ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .253 Haney c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .165 Chalk 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .252 Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Doyle 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .260 Trillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Egan c 2 0 0 0 1 2 .117 Maxvill ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Garner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 5 2 1 9 Totals 30 3 8 3 4 7 Time of Game: 1:57 Attendance: 6,861 Left on Base: A's 2, Angels 7 DP: A's 2, Angels 2 Errors: Trillo Doubles: Rodriguez (20) Home Runs: Rudi (22), Stanton (11) Stolen Bases: Stanton (10), Nettles (20) Caught Stealing: Doyle (7), Nettles (11) Sacrifice Hits: Balaz (1) GIDP: Alou (9), Tenace (10) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 16 3.26 Knowles 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4.22 Fingers 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 4 2.65 Hamilton 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.15 Lindblad L(4-4) 0.1 3 2 2 2 0 0 6 2.06 Totals 8.1 8 3 3 4 7 1 35 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson W(2-3) 9 5 2 2 1 9 1 31 5.70 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 9 1 31 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Terry Cooney ATHLETICS 1ST: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual struck out; Bando singled to left; Jackson made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Heise struck out; Bochte flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi popped to first in foul territory; Tenace grounded out (third to shortstop to first); Fosse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Balaz flied out to right; Stanton singled to right; Stanton stole second; Howard flied out to right; Chalk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green grounded out (first unassisted); Maxvill singled to center; Alou grounded into a double play (second to first) [Maxvill out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Doyle singled to left; Egan struck out while Doyle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Nettles singled to left; Nettles was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Mangual struck out; Bando flied out to center; Jackson walked; Rudi homered [Jackson scored]; Tenace struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Heise grounded out (first to pitcher); Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first); Balaz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Fosse struck out; Green struck out; Maxvill grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: TRILLO REPLACED GREEN (PLAYING 2B); Stanton grounded out (second to first); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou grounded out (third to first); Mangual singled to center; Bando struck out; Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: KNOWLES REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Doyle reached on an error by Trillo; Egan walked [Doyle to second]; Nettles walked [Doyle to third, Egan to second]; Heise hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Doyle out at home]; Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi singled to left; Tenace grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 7TH: HANEY REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); FINGERS REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Balaz struck out; Stanton homered; DOHERTY BATTED FOR HOWARD; Doherty was called out on strikes; Chalk was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: DOHERTY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Trillo struck out; DONALDSON BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Donaldson grounded out (first to pitcher); Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 1. ANGELS 8TH: GARNER REPLACED DONALDSON (PLAYING SS); HAMILTON REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Doyle flied out to left; Egan struck out; Nettles singled to pitcher; Nettles stole second; Heise struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando made an out to third; HOLT BATTED FOR JACKSON; Holt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 1. ANGELS 9TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LINDBLAD REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Bochte singled to right; Balaz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bochte to second]; Stanton was walked intentionally; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR DOHERTY; Rodriguez doubled to left [Stanton to third, Bochte scored]; Chalk was walked intentionally; Doyle singled to right [Chalk to second, Stanton scored, Rodriguez to third]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 3.

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