Gene Tenace, who had hit 24 or more homers in each of the last three seasons, whacked his first two round-trippers of 1976 and drove in three runs to pace the Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox. However, the A's put over their deciding tally in the ninth on a single by Don Baylor and double by Joe Rudi. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Tuesday, June      8, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  1  0    3  0  0    0  1  1  -   6 14  0
Red Sox      2  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   5 13  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   3   1     0   1   .284      Cooper dh             4   1   1   1     0   0   .306
Campaneris ss         5   0   2   1     0   0   .218      Doyle 2b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .217
Baylor lf             4   1   2   0     1   0   .220      Lynn cf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .349
Rudi dh               5   0   1   1     0   2   .288      Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   1   0     1   0   .263
  Alexander pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rice lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Bando 3b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .228      Fisk c                4   1   3   0     0   0   .280
Tenace 1b             2   2   2   3     2   0   .231      Evans rf              4   1   2   2     0   0   .261
Washington rf         5   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Petrocelli 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Garner 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .254        Heise 3b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Haney c               2   1   0   0     1   0   .226        Miller ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .303
  McMullen ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
  Lintz pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hosley c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
P. Mitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  14   6     4   3             Totals               36   5  13   5     2   2

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 26,704
Left on Base: A's 12, Red Sox 7
DP: A's 3, Red Sox 0
Errors: Fisk, Heise
Doubles: Rudi (11)
Home Runs: Tenace 2 (2), Cooper (3), Evans (5)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (23), Lintz (14)
Caught Stealing: North 2 (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Cooper (2)
GIDP: Fisk (5), Lynn (3), Rice (8)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (1,by Murphy)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Mitchell             5.2  10   4   4   1   1   2  25   6.63
Todd W(5-4)             2.1   3   1   1   1   1   0  11   3.76
Fingers SV(6)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.77
Totals                  9    13   5   5   2   2   2  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   4     8   4   4   2   2   2  21   3.05
Cleveland L(3-2)        4     5   2   2   2   1   0  19   2.91
Murphy                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   6.98
Totals                  9    14   6   6   4   3   2  45

Hit by Pitch: Murphy (3)
Wild Pitches: Todd (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris singled; Campaneris
stole second; Campaneris stole third; Baylor walked; Rudi struck
out; Bando grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Cooper homered; Doyle grounded out (second to
first); Lynn singled to center; Yastrzemski singled to right
[Lynn to third]; Rice singled to left [Lynn scored, Yastrzemski
to second]; Fisk grounded into a double play (third to pitcher)
[Yastrzemski out at third]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace homered; Washington grounded out (pitcher
to first); Garner flied out to center; Haney grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans flied out to right; Petrocelli flied out to
left; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North singled; North was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Campaneris grounded out (second to first);
Baylor singled; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); Doyle
popped to catcher in foul territory; Lynn singled to left;
Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: HEISE REPLACED PETROCELLI (PLAYING 3B); Bando
singled; Tenace homered [Bando scored]; Washington grounded out
(pitcher to first); Garner grounded out (shortstop to first);
Haney walked; North singled [Haney to second]; Campaneris
singled [Haney scored, North to second]; Baylor flied out to
right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice flied out to right; Fisk singled to left;
Evans homered [Fisk scored]; Heise popped to right; Burleson
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Rudi struck
out; Bando singled; Tenace walked [Bando to second]; Washington
lined to center [Bando to third]; Garner grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Doyle
singled to right; Lynn grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Doyle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Haney flied out to right; North grounded out
(third to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski walked; Rice grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second];
Fisk singled; Evans singled to shortstop [Fisk to second]; TODD
REPLACED P. MITCHELL (PITCHING); Todd threw a wild pitch [Fisk
to third, Evans to second]; Heise struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Baylor reached on an error by Heise [Baylor to
second]; Rudi flied to right in foul territory [Baylor to
third]; Bando popped to first in foul territory; Tenace walked;
Washington made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Cooper
grounded out (third to first); Doyle lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Garner flied out to right; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR
HANEY; McMullen singled; LINTZ RAN FOR MCMULLEN; Lintz stole
second [Lintz to third (error by Fisk)]; North singled [Lintz
scored]; North was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Campaneris lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: HOSLEY REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING C ); Lynn walked;
Yastrzemski flied out to left; Rice forced Lynn (second
unassisted); Fisk singled to left [Rice to second]; Evans forced
Fisk (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Baylor singled; Rudi doubled [Baylor scored];
ALEXANDER RAN FOR RUDI; MURPHY REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING);
Bando singled [Alexander to third]; Tenace was hit by a pitch
[Bando to second]; Washington forced Alexander (second to
catcher) [Bando to third, Tenace to second]; Garner forced Bando
(third to catcher) [Tenace to third, Washington to second];
Hosley popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MILLER
BATTED FOR HEISE; Miller singled to center; Burleson singled to
left [Miller to second]; FINGERS REPLACED TODD (PITCHING);
Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Miller to
third, Burleson to second]; Doyle grounded out (second to first)
[Miller scored, Burleson to third]; Lynn lined to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 5.