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October 2, 1976

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Angels 8 15 1
Athletics 8 15 1
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Angels 8 15 1
Athletics 9 16 1

Gene Tenace Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .248
OBP .000 .370
At Bats 3 416
Hits 0 103
• Singles 0 61
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 0 80
RBI’s 0 65

John Verhoeven Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 4
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - October 2, 1976
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John Verhoeven
Terry Humphrey
Bill Melton
Jerry Remy
Dave Chalk
Mike Miley
Bruce Bochte
Rusty Torres
Bob Jones
Gene Tenace
Ron Fairly
Ken McMullen
Don Baylor

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
California Angels 8 15 1 10
Oakland Athletics 9 16 1 13
Winning Pitcher Rollie Fingers
Losing Pitcher John Verhoeven
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Tenace
Attendance 3,139
Time of Game 3 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baylor scores. McMullen moves to third. Fairly moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 14 Fairly is walked intentionally.
Bottom 14 Sandt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out. Baylor moves to third. McMullen moves to second.
Bottom 14 McMullen is walked intentionally.
Bottom 14 North bunts towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out. Baylor moves to second.
Bottom 14 Baylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 14 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torres for the out.
Top 14 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Melton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 13 Washington hits a line drive into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Verhoeven fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 13 Bob Jones now playing right field. Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bochte for the out.
Top 13 Remy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington. Remy reaches second base with a double.
Top 13 Bob Jones pinch hits for Carlos Lopez. Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Rollie Fingers now pitching. Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fingers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Sandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 North hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Verhoeven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Miley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Todd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Torres hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Baylor hits a line drive towards third. Chalk reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Washington is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Bill Melton now playing first base. Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 There goes Stanton. The throw from Tenace and he is out, Sandt applying the tag.
Top 11 Leroy Stanton pinch runs for Tony Solaita. Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Solaita hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Verhoeven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Tenace is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Remy hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Todd fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Chalk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Denny Walling now playing left field. Bill North now playing center field. Miley strikes out.
Bottom 9 Sandt strikes out.
Bottom 9 There goes McMullen. The throw from Humphrey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 9 Bill North pinch runs for Willie McCovey. John Verhoeven now pitching. McMullen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baylor scores. There goes North trying to get to third. Torres throws the ball in to Chalk, who tags North for the out.
Bottom 9 Don Baylor pinch runs for Billy Williams. Willie McCovey pinch hits for Matt Alexander. McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baylor moves to second.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Washington hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Humphrey hits a popup, foul, towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Torres. The throw from Tenace and he is out, Garner applying the tag.
Top 9 Torres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Ron Fairly now playing first base. Gene Tenace now catching. Matt Alexander now playing left field. Jim Todd now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Garner hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walling hits a popup towards third. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gene Tenace pinch hits for Jeff Newman. Tenace strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ron Fairly pinch hits for Gary Woods. Fairly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alexander scores. McMullen scores. Sandt moves to third.
Bottom 8 Dick Drago now pitching. Sandt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Matt Alexander pinch runs for Wayne Gross. McMullen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lopez. McMullen reaches second base with a double. Alexander moves to third.
Bottom 8 Carlos Lopez now playing right field. Bruce Bochte now playing left field. Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Solaita strikes out.
Top 8 Bochte hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Remy bunts towards the mound. Abbott fields it and throws to first for the out. Collins moves to second.
Top 8 Glenn Abbott now pitching. Collins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Billy Williams pinch hits for Sal Bando. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Washington strikes out.
Bottom 7 Garner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Torres who is chasing the ball. Garner reaches third base with a triple. Walling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Gary Ross now pitching. Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Miley. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Miley steals second.
Top 7 Miley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson scores.
Top 7 Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gross scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Humphrey for the out. Jackson moves to second.
Top 7 Torres hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Woods hits a line drive towards short. Miley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sandt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McMullen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Humphrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bando scores.
Bottom 6 Sal Bando pinch runs for Jim Holt. There goes Bando. The throw from Humphrey and he is safe. Bando steals third.
Bottom 6 Holt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Torres. Holt reaches second base with a double. Garner scores. Washington goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Solaita hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sandt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mitchell juggles the ball. That's an error on Mitchell.
Bottom 5 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartzell covering, for the out. Woods moves to second.
Bottom 5 Woods hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Sandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Chalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Miley hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Humphrey hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartzell covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Craig Mitchell now pitching. Torres hits a popup, foul, towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walling. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Bochte scores. Solaita moves to third.
Top 4 Solaita takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bochte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington. Bochte reaches second base with a double. Chalk scores. Remy goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Garner fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Chalk moves to third.
Top 4 Collins takes first base on ball four. Chalk moves to second.
Top 4 Chalk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Miley strikes out.
Bottom 3 Washington hits a fly ball into right field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newman scores. Walling moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Humphrey. The throw from Newman and he is out, Sandt applying the tag.
Top 3 Humphrey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mike Norris now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sandt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Solaita hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Bochte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington. Bochte reaches second base with a double. Remy scores.
Top 3 There goes Remy. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Remy steals second.
Top 3 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gross fields the ball and throws to Batton covering. Safe.
Bottom 2 McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Holt hits a popup towards short. Miley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Collins strikes out.
Top 2 Chalk takes first base on ball four. Miley moves to second.
Top 2 Miley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Solaita scores. Torres moves to third.
Top 2 Humphrey hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torres takes first base on ball four. Solaita moves to second.
Top 2 Jackson strikes out.
Top 2 Solaita hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Walling strikes out.
Top 1 Bochte hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Remy strikes out.
Top 1 Collins strikes out.