The A's spotted the Indians a 5-0 lead but then came back to capture the contest, 10-5. Billy Williams' three-run homer in the fourth inning started the comeback and Sal Bando's RBI single in the fourth cut the Tribe margin to one run. A four-run sixth put the A's ahead to stay. The inning was highlighted by a run-scoring single by Gene Tenace that tied the game and a pair of bases-loaded walks off reliever Blue Moon Odom, who was making his first appearance against his ex-mates since being traded. Ted Martinez drove in the final two runs in the seventh inning with a bases-loaded single.

The Indians chased starter Vida Blue in the third stanza on back-to-back homers by Rico Carty and Frank Robinson. Reliever Rollie Fingers retired 15 Indian batters in order before giving way to Paul Lindblad, who blanked the Tribe in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Cleveland Indians 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       24, 1975 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  0  0    3  1  4    2  0  0  -  10 15  0
Indians      1  2  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   2   1     1   0   .264      Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     1   1   .252
Bando 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .180      Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .223
Jackson rf            5   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Hendrick cf           5   0   2   1     0   1   .271
Rudi 1b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .301      Carty 1b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .269
Williams dh           4   2   2   3     1   0   .216      Robinson dh           3   1   1   1     1   0   .216
Tenace c              5   2   3   1     0   0   .301      Spikes rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .170
C. Washington lf      4   1   1   0     1   1   .297      Berry lf              3   1   2   1     0   0   .212
Campaneris ss         5   2   3   0     0   0   .205        Manning ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Garner 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Brohamer 2b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .274
  Holt ph             0   0   0   1     1   0   .333      Ashby c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .107
  Hopkins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Raich p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martinez 2b         1   0   1   2     0   0   .217        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  10  15  10     4   1             Totals               33   5  11   5     5   3

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 25,801
Left on Base: A's 7, Indians 8
DP: A's 2, Indians 3
Errors: Duffy
Doubles: Hendrick (5)
Triples: Spikes (3)
Home Runs: Williams (6), Carty (4), Robinson (4)
Stolen Bases: North (11)
Caught Stealing: Brohamer (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (1), Brohamer (1)
GIDP: C. Washington (4), Rudi (5), Carty (5)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (1,by Raich)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    2     6   5   5   2   0   2  14   2.98
Hamilton                2     4   0   0   3   0   0  12   2.89
Fingers W(4-2)          4     0   0   0   0   3   0  11   2.95
Lindblad                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.50
Totals                  9    11   5   5   5   3   2  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Raich                   3.1   5   3   3   0   0   1  15   8.10
Hood L(1-3)             1.2   3   3   3   1   0   0   8   7.06
Odom                    0.1   1   2   2   3   0   0   5  13.50
Buskey                  2.2   5   2   2   0   1   0  12   3.12
LaRoche                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.77
Totals                  9    15  10  10   4   1   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Raich (1)
Balks: Hood (3)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; Debut game for Eric
Raich; North stole second; Bando grounded out (third to
first); Jackson flied into a double play (center to shortstop)
[North out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell walked; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Bell to second]; Hendrick doubled to center [Bell
scored]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hendrick to
third]; Robinson lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi flied out to left; Williams lined to second;
Tenace popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes tripled to center; Berry singled to center
[Spikes scored]; Brohamer out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Berry to second]; Ashby grounded out (second to first)
[Berry to third]; Bell singled to left [Berry scored]; Duffy
walked [Bell to second]; Hendrick grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: C. Washington made an out to second; Campaneris
singled; Garner grounded out (third to first) [Campaneris to
second]; North lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Carty homered; Robinson homered; HAMILTON REPLACED
BLUE (PITCHING); Spikes walked; Berry forced Spikes (second to
shortstop); Brohamer singled to right [Berry out at third (right
to third), Brohamer to second]; Ashby walked; Bell flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando was hit by a pitch; Jackson flied out to
left; Rudi singled to center [Bando to second]; Williams homered
[Bando scored, Rudi scored]; Tenace singled to center; HOOD
REPLACED RAICH (PITCHING); C. Washington grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Tenace out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Duffy flied out to center; Hendrick grounded out
(third to first); Carty singled to left; Robinson walked [Carty
to second]; Spikes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris singled; Hood balked [Campaneris to
second]; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); North
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando singled to left
[Campaneris scored]; Jackson made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Berry singled; Brohamer singled to center [Berry to
third, Brohamer to second]; FINGERS REPLACED HAMILTON
(PITCHING); Ashby reached on a fielder's choice [Berry out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Brohamer to third]; Bell struck out
while Brohamer was caught stealing home (catcher to second to
catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi singled to center; Williams walked [Rudi to
second]; ODOM REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Tenace singled to center
[Rudi scored, Williams to second]; C. Washington walked
[Williams to third, Tenace to second]; Campaneris forced
Williams (shortstop to catcher) [Tenace to third, C. Washington
to second]; HOLT BATTED FOR GARNER; Holt walked [Tenace scored,
C. Washington to third, Campaneris to second]; HOPKINS RAN FOR
HOLT; North walked [C. Washington scored, Campaneris to third,
Hopkins to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Campaneris scored, Hopkins to
third, North to second]; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 2B); Duffy made
an out to shortstop; Hendrick was called out on strikes; Carty
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Williams
singled to right; Tenace singled [Williams to second]; C.
Washington struck out; Campaneris singled to left [Williams to
third, Tenace to second]; Martinez singled to center [Williams
scored, Tenace scored, Campaneris to second]; North singled to
left [Campaneris out at home (left to catcher), Martinez to
second]; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 10, Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
grounded out (shortstop to first); MANNING BATTED FOR BERRY;
Manning made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
10, Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MANNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bando flied
out to center; Jackson reached on an error by Duffy; Rudi
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10,
Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Brohamer flied out to left; Ashby struck out; Bell
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10, Indians
5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Williams made
an out to pitcher; Tenace flied out to center; C. Washington
singled; Campaneris flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 10, Indians 5.

INDIANS 9TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Duffy
grounded out (third to first); Hendrick singled to center; Carty
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hendrick
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10, Indians 5.