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Athletics 0 @ Tigers 1
Tiger Stadium
July 16, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics, played on July 16, 1976 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 1 to 0.

Game Summary

DateJuly 16, 1976 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 0 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 0
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 1 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Mark Fidrych  
Losing Pitcher—Rollie Fingers  
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Game Winning RBI—Willie Horton 

Game Info

DateJuly 16, 1976 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Torrez  
Home Starting PitcherMark Fidrych  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance45,905 
Time of Game2 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Russ Goetz
1B: George Maloney
2B: Jim McKean
3B: Nick Bremigan

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill North  Center Fielder 
Billy Williams  DH 
Don Baylor  First Baseman 
Joe Rudi  Left Fielder 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Gene Tenace  Catcher 
Claudell Washington  Right Fielder 
Phil Garner  Second Baseman 
Tommy Sandt  Shortstop 
Chuck Tanner  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Rusty Staub  Right Fielder 
Willie Horton  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Alex Johnson  Left Fielder 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Pedro Garcia  Second Baseman 
Bruce Kimm  Catcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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1 Re: Detroit Tigers versus Oakland Athletics - July 16, 1976 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by David R – 10/02/2011 at 9:35 PM — View this game ►
This was my first game ever. I was 9 years old. My mother got the tickets -- behind the screen, perhaps 20th row -- at Osmun's. The clerk who sold us the tickets guessed that Fidrych's turn would be this night, and he was right. We stayed right to the end.

Great night.

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Athletics 0 @ Tigers 1
Tiger Stadium
July 16, 1976

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         Game of 7/16/1976 -- Oakland at Detroit (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
North B, cf           5  0  3  0   LeFlore R, cf         5  1  2  0   
Alexander M, pr       0  0  0  0   Veryzer T, ss         3  0  0  0   
Haney L, c            0  0  0  0   Staub R, rf           3  0  1  0   
Williams B, dh        1  0  0  0   Horton W, dh          5  0  1  1   
Lintz L, pr           0  0  0  0   Thompson J, 1b        4  0  0  0   
McMullen K, ph        1  0  0  0   Johnson A, lf         3  0  1  0   
Baylor D, 1b-rf       5  0  0  0   Rodriguez A, 3b       4  0  1  0   
Rudi J, lf            5  0  2  0   Garcia P, 2b          3  0  1  0   
Bando S, 3b           4  0  0  0   Oglivie B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Tenace G, c-1b        4  0  0  0   Wockenfuss J, c       0  0  0  0   
Washington C, rf-cf   4  0  1  0   Kimm B, c             3  0  0  0   
Garner P, 2b          4  0  1  0   Meyer D, ph           1  0  0  0   
Sandt T, ss           3  0  0  0   Scrivener C, 2b       0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  0  7  0                        35  1  7  1

Oakland          000 000 000 00 --  0
Detroit          000 000 000 01 --  1
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Torrez M*             8.0  5  0  0  0  3
Fingers R (L)         2.1  2  1  1  2  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fidrych M (W)        11.0  7  0  0  4  6
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Washington C, Wockenfuss J
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Oakland 7, Detroit 8
2B -- Rodriguez A
3B -- Staub R
SB -- Alexander M
CS -- North B 2, Johnson A
SH -- Veryzer T 2
HBP -- by Torrez M (Johnson A)
T -- 2:26
A -- 45905

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