California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
October 2, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1976 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 9

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 3 0 0 0
  Lopez rf 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Remy 2b 6 2 2 0
Bochte rf,lf 7 2 2 3
Solaita 1b 5 2 3 2
  Stanton pr 0 0 0 0
  Melton 1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson dh 7 1 2 1
Torres cf 6 0 1 0
Humphrey c 5 0 0 0
Miley ss 6 0 2 2
Chalk 3b 5 1 3 0
Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 8 15 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Walling cf,lf 7 1 3 0
Garner 2b 6 1 2 2
Washington rf 7 1 1 0
Holt dh 3 0 1 2
  Bando pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Williams ph,dh 2 0 1 0
  Baylor pr,dh 1 2 0 0
Gross 1b 3 0 0 1
  Alexander pr,lf 0 1 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 0
  North pr,cf 1 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 6 1 2 1
Sandt ss 5 0 2 0
Woods lf 3 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b 3 0 1 2
Newman c 3 1 1 0
  Tenace ph,c 4 0 1 1
Batton p 0 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 9 16 9
California 013 300 100 000 008151
Oakland 001 003 121 000 019161
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Hartzell   6.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Ross   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Drago   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Verhoeven  L (0-2) 5.1 4 1 1 3 3
Totals
13.2
16
9
9
7
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Batton   2.0 5 4 4 2 4
  Norris   1.2 3 3 3 3 1
  Mitchell   3.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Abbott   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Todd   4.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Fingers  W (13-11) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
14.0
15
8
8
6
8

  E–Humphrey (9), C Mitchell (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–California Bochte 2 (17,off Batton,off Norris); Jackson (17,off Norris); Remy (14,off Fingers), Oakland Holt (2,off Hartzell); McMullen (6,off Ross).  3B–Oakland Garner (12,off Ross).  HR–California Solaita (9,3rd inning off Batton 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Remy (13,off Abbott); North (6,off Verhoeven).  IBB–McMullen (3,by Verhoeven); Fairly (3,by Verhoeven).  SB–Remy (35,2nd base off Batton/Newman); Miley (1,2nd base off C Mitchell/Newman); Bando (20,3rd base off Hartzell/Humphrey); McMullen (1,2nd base off Verhoeven/Humphrey).  CS–Humphrey (1,2nd base by Norris/Newman); Torres (4,2nd base by Todd/Tenace); Stanton (6,2nd base by Todd/Tenace).  IBB–Verhoeven 2 (8,McMullen,Fairly).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–(none), 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:53.  A–3,139.
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