Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1974 at Dodger Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 2 1 1 1
North cf 2 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 1
  Washington rf 0 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 2 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 1 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Holt ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
Holtzman p 1 1 1 0
  Fingers p 2 0 0 0
  Hunter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 1 0 0
Buckner lf 5 0 2 0
Wynn cf 4 1 1 1
Garvey 1b 5 0 2 0
  Paciorek pr 0 0 0 0
Ferguson rf,c 3 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
  Crawford ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Messersmith p 3 0 2 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 1
Oakland 010 010 010362
Los Angeles 000 010 0012111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   4.1 7 1 0 2 3
  Fingers  W (1-0) 4.1 4 1 1 1 3
  Hunter  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
1
3
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  L (0-1) 8.0 5 3 2 3 8
  Marshall   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
9

  E–Campaneris (1), Jackson (1), Cey (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Oakland Holtzman (1,off Messersmith).  HR–Oakland Jackson (1,2nd inning off Messersmith 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Wynn (1,9th inning off Fingers 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Campaneris 2 (2,off Messersmith 2); North (1,off Messersmith); Tenace (1,off Marshall).  HBP–Ferguson (1,by Fingers).  CS–North (1,2nd base by Messersmith/Yeager).  WP–Messersmith (1).  HBP–Fingers (1,Ferguson).  U–Tom Gorman (NL), Bill Kunkel (AL), Doug Harvey (NL), Don Denkinger (AL), Ron Luciano (AL), Andy Olsen (NL).  T–2:43.  A–55,974.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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