Los Angeles Dodgers vs Oakland Athletics
October 16, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 16, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Oakland Athletics 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner lf 4 0 1 0
Wynn cf 3 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0
Ferguson rf 3 1 0 0
Cey 3b 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 2
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
Messersmith p 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
North cf 3 1 0 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 1
Jackson rf 3 1 1 0
Rudi 1b,lf 3 0 0 0
Washington C. lf 3 1 2 0
  Tenace 1b 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 2 0 1 0
  Holt ph 1 0 1 2
  Washington H. pr 0 0 0 0
  Haney c 0 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 1
Holtzman p 3 1 1 1
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 7 5
Los Angeles 000 200 000271
Oakland 001 004 00x570
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  L (0-2) 6.0 6 5 5 4 4
  Marshall   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  W (1-0) 7.2 6 2 2 2 7
  Fingers  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
9

  E–Messersmith (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Los Angeles Buckner (1,off Holtzman); Yeager (1,off Holtzman); Wynn (1,off Holtzman).  3B–Los Angeles Russell (1,off Holtzman).  HR–Oakland Holtzman (1,3rd inning off Messersmith 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Messersmith (1,off Holtzman); Green (1,off Messersmith); Rudi (1,off Messersmith).  HBP–Campaneris (1,by Messersmith).  IBB–C Washington (1,by Messersmith).  CS–Campaneris (1,2nd base by Messersmith/Yeager).  WP–Holtzman (1).  HBP–Messersmith (1,Campaneris).  IBB–Messersmith (1,C Washington).  U–Don Denkinger (AL), Andy Olsen (NL), Ron Luciano (AL), Tom Gorman (NL), Doug Harvey (NL), Bill Kunkel (AL).  T–2:17.  A–49,347.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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