Sutton Wins Seventh as A's Score Seven on O's

American League
Detroit 2 at Chicago 1
-The 7-23 Tigers get one and end the White Sox five game winning streak in the process. Milt Wilcox (2-3, 2.83) and recently moved to an ailing bullpen John Hiller (1Sv, 2.05) outdueled Jerry Koosman (5-2, 1.80) Milwaukee 5 at Minnesota 4
-Hank Aaron’s 8^th home run of the year was a 3-run shot off Mike Wiley (3-2, 4.53) that helped the Brewers build a 5-1 lead. Pete Mackinin’s had a 3-run home run of his own, his 2^nd, with two outs in the 9^th that prevented Mike Caldwell (4-3, 3.05) from a complete game but Tom Murphy (3Sv, 3.65) would come on to save the game for the Brewers Boston 3 at Kansas City 4
-The Royals take five games from the defending champs in seven days as George Brett hit his 5^th home run and Amos Otis (12SB) swiped a pair of bags helping Steve Busby (3-2, 3.58) to the victory. New York 3 at Texas 2
-Ron Blomberg’s pinch hit home run in the 8^th off Jim Kern (0-1, 0.75) earned the sputtering Yankees a come from behind win. Don Gullett (3-2, 3.24), Doc Medich (2.38) and Dick Tidrow (6SV, 2.00) combined on a 2-hitter – both hits by rookie Lee Mazzilli (.348) who homered for Texas Cleveland 3 at California 10
-The Angels erupt for an 8 run 8^th inning as Don Baylor singled and later hit a grand slam in the frame – his 5^th home run of the season. Dave Goltz (6-0, 2.29) remained perfect with the win while Indians closer Harry Parker (2.84) failed to get his 10^th save and was charged with 4 runs Baltimore 2 at Oakland 7
-Lucky sevens as the A’s score seven and Don Sutton wins his seventh and lowers his ERA to 2.07. Billy Williams (6HR) hits a pair of home runs and drives in four while Joe Rudi (.336) bases clearing double knocked in the other three. Jim Palmer (4-2, 2.36) takes the loss in this matchup of aces.

National League

San Diego 4 at Montreal 9
-The Padres run of great baseball ends here. They commit five errors allowing the Expos to build a 9-0 lead. John Candelaria (4-1, 2.98) gets the win as the Padres 8-game winning streak has ended.
San Francisco 5 at New York 6
-The Mets take the lead in the 8^th on Ed Kranepool’s (4HR) three-run home run. The Giants tie it in the top of the 9^th on an unearned runbut the Mets prevail on Jerry Grote’s single off Gary Lavelle (0-3, 3.42) in the bottom of the 9^th. Bob Apodaca (1-2, 3.00) earns the win in relief.
Los Angeles 7 at Philadelphia 2
-Burt Hooton (4-3, 2.87) pitched a complete game and Dusty Baker hit his 3^rd home run, stole his 4^th base and drove in four for the Dodgers. John Denny (1-6, 5.36) was a 17-game winner a year ago but may not be long for the rotation in ‘76
Pittsbrugh 8 at Atlanta 9
-The bullpen has been a strength of the Pirates but the Braves score five runs in the bottom of the 8^th to erase an 8-3 deficit and win it in the 9^th on Darrel Chaney’s sacrifice fly. Sam McDowell (2.00), Kent Tekulve (3.10) and Dave Giusti (2-2, 0.65) have all been stellar early this season but surrendered a big lead tonight. Max Leon (3-0, 1.27) got the win for Atlanta.
Chicago 6 at Cincinnati 10
-That’s eight losses in a row for the Cubs – who perhaps are what they thought they were. The Reds may also still be the Big Red Machine as they rap out fourteen hits including Joe Morgan’s 4^th home run of the year.
St. Louis 2 at Houston 9
-The Houston bats are smoking these days as five Astros record a pair of hits as Nolan Ryan strikes out ten to improve to 4-2, 4.50

Oakland 7, Baltimore 2

5/12/1976, BAL76-OAK76, Oakland Coliseum
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2     2  5  1     5  1
1976 Oakland           0  0  0  1  3  0  0  3  x     7  8  0     4  2
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Oakland              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Harper            lf  4  0  0  0  .283    Washington        cf  4  1  2  0  .374
Smith             2b  4  0  0  0  .190     North            cf  0  0  0  0  .225
Singleton         rf  2  1  1  0  .402    Kubiak            2b  2  2  0  0  .305
DeCinces          3b  4  0  1  0  .310    Rudi              rf  3  1  1  3  .336
Hendricks         c   3  1  1  2  .288    Williams,B        1b  4  2  2  4  .313
May,L             1b  4  0  0  0  .296    Johnson           c   3  0  0  0  .402
Beniquez          cf  1  0  0  0  .255    Crawford          lf  3  0  2  0  .400
 Northrup         ph  2  0  0  0  .333    Bando             3b  3  1  0  0  .232
Belanger          ss  3  0  0  0  .264    McKay             ss  3  0  1  0  .294
Palmer            p   2  0  1  0  .053    Sutton            p   2  0  0  0  .222
 Grich            ph  1  0  1  0  .303                         27  7  8  7
 Flanagan         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Mitchell,P       p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     30  2  5  2
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Palmer           L 4-2           7.0  7  4  4  2  2  85  58  2.36
Flanagan                         0.1  1  3  3  4  0  28  11  8.59
Mitchell,P                       0.2  0  0  0  0  0   7   4  4.38
                                 8.0  8  7  7  6  2 120  73 
 
Oakland                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Sutton           W 7-0           9.0  5  2  2  3  8 117  73  2.07
                                 9.0  5  2  2  3  8 117  73 
 
BAL: Northrup batted for Beniquez in the 7th
     Northrup moved to cf in the 7th
     Grich batted for Palmer in the 8th
OAK: North inserted at cf in the 9th
 
E-DeCinces. 2B-Rudi, Crawford. HR-Hendricks(6), Williams,B 2(6). 
SB-Washington(11), McKay(1). CS-Washington. K-Harper 2, Smith 2, DeCinces, 
Hendricks, May,L, Belanger, Washington, Sutton. BB-Singleton 2, Beniquez, 
Kubiak 2, Rudi, Johnson, Crawford, Bando. SH-McKay, Sutton. HBP-Hendricks. 
HB-Sutton. 
GWRBI: Williams,B