Jason Thompson Wins Game With Home Run - Again

American League
New York 4 at Boston 5
-Carlton Fisk (.303) doubled home Bob Watson with the winning run in the 8^th off Yankees ace reliever Dick Tidrow (1-3, 1.67) as the Red Sox get a much needed win
Baltimore 2 at Cleveland 5
-The Orioles are slipping as Oscar Gamble (.308 5HR) homered and Rick Waits (3-5, 4.60) pitched seven shutout innings to extend the team’s respective streaks to four games
Detroit 2 at Milwaukee 4
-Cecil Cooper (.216 4HR) and Hank Aaron (.248 10HR) hit solo home runs in the 8^th off Bill Campbell (1-3, 4.94) as the Brewers end a six game slide
Kansas City 4 at Chicago 9
-Bobby Bonds (.256 7HR) and Jim Spencer (.315 6HR) hit home runs and Jerry Koosman improved to 7-2, 2.42 as the White Sox hand the Royals consecutive losses for just the second time this year
Texas 5 at Minnesota 2
-Mickey Rivers (.291 14SB) and Bert Campaneris (.236 13SB) each swipe a pair of bags as Jackie Brown (3-3, 3.39), Jim Kern (8SV, 0.55) and the Rangers upend the last place Twins
Oakland 6 at California 8
-Rookie Jason Thompson (.297 6HR) is making a name for himself in Southern California. Thompson hit a pinch-hit game winning two-run home run off Dave Heaverlo (1-1, 3.76) in the bottom of the 9^th as the Angels win for the tenth time in eleven games. The teams combined for seven home runs in the game including two by the A’s Billy Williams (.353 11HR). Thompson also hit a walk-off home run earlier this week versus the Brewers

National League
Houston 6 at Chicago 2
-The wind was blowing out in Wrigley as former Cub Davey Lopes (.218 4HR) was one of four Astros to hit home runs as the Astros end the Cubs four-game winning streak
Cincinnati 1 at Pittsburgh 6
-Bill Bonham (4-4, 3.50) won 23 games last year but was blown out twice by the Pirates. Today he doesn’ record an out as Willie Stargell’s (.286 7HR) grand slam chases him from the game five batters in. The Reds are facing their first regular season crisis -  they’ve dropped six in a row.
Atlanta 1 at St. Louis 3
-Bob Forsch (4-2, 3.30) and Mark Littell (11Sv, 1.04) shut down the Braves and Bake McBride (.290 4HR) went deep for the second straight game for the Cardinals
Montreal 4 at Los Angeles 5
-A three-run Expos rally fell short in the 9^th when Elias Sosa (8Sv, 1.59) got Dan Driessen (.298) to ground out with the bases loaded to end the Dodgers eight-game losing streak. Bill Buckner (.269 2HR) hit a grand slam off Expos ace John Candelaria (5-2, 2.97) for L.A.
New York 6 at San Diego 8
-Dave Kingman (.190 6HR) has been the one Padre to struggle but he hits two home runs tonight as the Padres rally from a 4-0 1^st inning deficit. Tom Seaver (3-2, 6.35) surrendered all eight runs for the Mets
Philadelphia 1 at San Francisco 3
-Glenn Adams (.245) hit a pinch-hit two run double in the 8^th off Gene Garber (3-1, 3.66) to lead the Giants to victory over the Phillies.



California 8, Oakland 6

5/22/1976, OAK76-CAL76, Anaheim Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Oakland           2  0  0  0  0  3  0  1  0     6 13  0     6  0
1976 California        0  0  3  0  0  3  0  0  2     8 10  1     5  0
 
Oakland              AB  R  H BI   AVG    California           AB  R  H BI   AVG
Washington        cf  4  0  1  1  .369    Sudakis           1b  4  0  1  2  .182
Kubiak            2b  5  0  1  0  .280     Thompson         ph  1  1  1  2  .297
Rudi              rf  5  1  1  1  .296    Chalk             2b  4  1  1  0  .285
Williams,B        1b  4  2  2  2  .353    Lynn              cf  4  1  2  2  .304
Johnson           c   4  0  1  0  .367    Jackson,Re        rf  3  1  1  1  .322
Horton            lf  4  1  3  1  .280    Egan              c   2  1  0  0  .266
Bando             3b  4  1  1  0  .216    Baylor            lf  4  1  1  0  .254
McKay             ss  3  1  2  0  .340    Jackson,Ron       3b  4  1  1  1  .235
 Crawford         ph  1  0  0  0  .235    Ramirez           ss  4  0  0  0  .182
 Stanley          ss  0  0  0  0  .155    Simpson           p   2  0  1  0  .357
Renko             p   2  0  1  1  .250     Walker           p   1  0  0  0  .000
 Hamilton         p   0  0  0  0  .667     Doyle            ph  1  1  1  0  .248
 Thomasson        ph  1  0  0  0  .290                         34  8 10  8
 Heaverlo         p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     37  6 13  6
 
Oakland                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Renko                            6.0  8  6  6  3  5 120  71  6.16
Hamilton                         1.0  0  0  0  0  3  17  12  3.18
Heaverlo         L 1-1           1.0  2  2  2  0  0  23  15  3.76
                                 8.0 10  8  8  3  8 160  98 
 
California                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Simpson                          5.2 11  5  5  1  4  89  62  5.21
Walker           W 1-0           3.1  2  1  1  0  1  41  28  5.65
                                 9.0 13  6  6  1  5 130  90 
 
OAK: Crawford batted for McKay in the 8th
     Thomasson batted for Hamilton in the 8th
     Stanley inserted at ss in the 8th
CAL: Doyle batted for Walker in the 9th
     Thompson batted for Sudakis in the 9th
 
E-Ramirez. 2B-Bando, Jackson,Ron, Doyle. HR-Rudi(8), Williams,B 2(11), 
Horton(4), Lynn(8), Jackson,Re(8), Thompson(6). CS-Kubiak, Johnson, Crawford. 
K-Kubiak 3, Johnson, Bando, Chalk, Lynn, Jackson,Re 2, Egan 2, Simpson, 
Walker. BB-Washington, Jackson,Re, Egan 2. SH-Renko. 
GWRBI: Thompson