After winning the previous day's game with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, Joe Rudi hit for the circuit again with a man on base to start the Athletics off to a 9-1 victory over the Indians. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Sunday, April     25, 1976 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          2  2  1    0  3  0    0  0  1  -   9 12  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   1   0   0     1   2   .298      Manning cf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Washington rf         5   1   2   0     0   1   .232      Kuiper 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .205
Rudi lf               3   2   2   2     2   1   .348      Bell 3b               2   0   1   0     1   0   .417
Baylor 1b             3   2   0   0     1   1   .137        Crosby 3b           1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
Bando 3b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .170      Powell 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .208
Williams dh           3   1   0   1     1   1   .171        Howard pr,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Campaneris ss         2   1   1   0     0   0   .163      Carty dh              2   0   0   0     2   1   .303
  Sandt ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .500      Hendrick lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .189
Garner 2b             5   0   2   2     0   1   .265      Spikes rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Haney c               5   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Ashby c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .323
  Abbott p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  12   7     5   7             Totals               33   1   6   0     4   5

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance:  5,138
Left on Base: A's 10, Indians 9
DP: A's 1, Indians 1
Errors: Sandt, Howard, Ashby, Kern
Doubles: Washington 2 (3), Hendrick (2)
Triples: Kuiper (1)
Home Runs: Rudi (2)
Stolen Bases: North (8), Campaneris (4), Garner (3), Baylor (4)
Caught Stealing: Haney (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Williams (1)
GIDP: Howard (1)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (3,by Kern), Campaneris (1,by Kern)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(2-3)           8     5   1   1   4   4   0  33   3.69
Abbott                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4  10.80
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   5   0  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(1-2)           1     4   4   4   2   0   1   9   4.85
Kern                    4     2   4   2   2   4   0  17   1.29
Thomas                  2     2   0   0   1   1   0  10   4.50
Hood                    2     4   1   1   0   2   0  10   4.76
Totals                  9    12   9   7   5   7   1  46

Hit by Pitch: Kern 2 (2)
Wild Pitches: Torrez (2), Hood (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; North stole second; Washington
flied to center; Rudi homered [North scored]; Baylor flied to
center; Bando lined to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper
struck out; Bell lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams walked; Campaneris singled to third
[Williams to second]; Garner singled to left [Williams scored,
Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole third and Garner stole
second; Haney singled to left [Campaneris scored, Garner to
third]; KERN REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); North reached on a
fielder's choice [Garner out at home (pitcher to catcher), Haney
to second]; Washington struck out while Haney was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Indians Coach Rocky
Colavito and Jim Bibby ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia sometime
in the second inning; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Powell walked; Carty was called out on strikes;
Hendrick doubled to center [Powell to third]; Spikes struck out;
Ashby lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi was called out on strikes; Baylor walked;
Baylor stole second; Bando singled to left [Baylor scored];
Williams flied to center; Campaneris flied to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
struck out; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Haney
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell walked; Powell forced Bell (third to
shortstop); Carty flied to center; Hendrick flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Washington doubled to right; Rudi walked; Baylor
was hit by a pitch [Washington to third, Rudi to second]; Bando
popped to shortstop; Williams hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Washington scored, Rudi scored (error by Ashby) (unearned),
Baylor to third]; Campaneris was hit by a pitch; Bert
Campaneris thought the Indians threw at him intentionally;
Campaneris was picked off first but was safe on an error by Kern
[Baylor scored (unearned), Campaneris to second]; Garner struck
out; 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Ashby
singled to left; Duffy flied to right; Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: THOMAS REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Haney singled to
left; North flied to left; Washington doubled to left [Haney to
third]; Rudi was walked intentionally; Baylor struck out; Bando
lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper tripled to center; Torrez threw a wild pitch
[Kuiper scored]; Bell singled to center; Powell forced Bell
(second to shortstop); Bert Campaneris took the throw at 2B
and his throw to 1B hit Buddy Bell on the right temple; the two
players atrted fighting and both benches cleared; Book Powell
was injured in the brawl; Athletics manager Chuck Tanner removed
Campaneris from the game; Tom Buskey ejected by HP umpire Rich
Garcia; HOWARD RAN FOR POWELL; SANDT REPLACED CAMPANERIS
(PLAYING SS); Carty walked [Howard to second]; Hendrick forced
Carty (shortstop to second) [Howard to third]; Spikes popped to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CROSBY
REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); Williams grounded out (pitcher to
first); Sandt grounded out (pitcher to first); Garner reached on
an error by Howard; Haney flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Ashby lined to center; Duffy reached on an error by
Sandt; Manning forced Duffy (second to shortstop); Kuiper lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HOOD REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); North grounded
out (first to pitcher); Washington grounded out (third to
first); Rudi singled to left; Hood threw a wild pitch [Rudi to
second]; Baylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Crosby singled to right; Howard grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Crosby out at second];
Carty walked; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando singled to left; Williams struck out; Sandt
singled to right [Bando to third]; Garner singled to left [Bando
scored, Sandt to third]; Haney popped to catcher; North struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 9, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: ABBOTT REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Spikes flied to
center; Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); Duffy singled to
left; Manning was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 9, Indians 1.