Sutton's 10th Vaults A's Into First

American League
Cleveland 6 at Boston 7 (14)
- The Red Sox led 5-0 after the 3^rd but gave up three run home runs to Toby Harrah (.255 9HR) and Gorman Thomas (.247 16HR) in the middle innings. They trailed by one with two out in the 9^th but Steve Dillard (.310) lashed an RBI single to tie it. Five shutout innings of relief in extras by Fergie Jenkins (4.30) and Tom Burgmeier (1-1, 4.38) kept the game tied long enough for the Sox to prevail on a Dwight Evans (.326) single in the 14^th.
Milwaukee 2 at New York 7
-Tom Underwood (6-3, 3.08) tossed eight solid innings and Roy White (.260) knocked in two runs for the Yankees. Loser Bill Travers (2-7, 5.49) only lasted 1.1 innings.
Detroit 1 at Baltimore 2
- The Orioles are back in first place thanks to seven shutout innings from rookie Steve Luebber (1-0, 0.79). He defeated fellow rookie Mark FIdrych (2-3, 3.52) of Detroit.
California 6 at Chicago 2
-Wayne Simpson’s (3-4, 4.20) complete game ends the Angels four game losing streak. Don Baylor (.260) had a pair of doubles and Mike Miley (.206) hit his third home run of the season for California.
Texas 5 at Kansas City 2
-Stan Perzanowski (7-1, 1.70) and Sparky Lyle (2Sv, 3.21) hand the Royals their fifth straight defeat as the Rangers outhit the Royals 14-2
Minnesota 3 at Oakland 5
-The A’s have knocked the Royals out of first place for the first day all season as they’ve won five in a row to begin June. Don Sutton improved to 10-2, 2.36 and Gary Thomasson (.296) hit his second home run of the season for the surging A’s.

National League
Chicago 3 at Montreal 4
-Gary Carter (.235 9HR), Rusty Staub (.291 10HR) and Larry Parrish (.250 6HR) all went deep off Geoff Zahn (6-3, 4.27) as John Candelaria (6-3, 2.79) and the Expos knock off the Cubs at Olympic Stadium
Pittsburgh 4 at New York 6
-Mike Jorgensen (.281) went 4-for-4 and Jon Matlack (4.09) won his fourth as the Mets hand the Pirates just their third loss in eleven games
Philadelphia 3 at St. Louis 7
-Ted Simmons’ (.367 12HR) second home run of the game was the go-ahead grand slam in the 8^th as reliever Mark Littell (3-2, 1.54) and the Cardinals draw closer to the Phillies and Pirates in the East
Houston 6 at Los Angeles 7 (11)
- Houston’s Jerry DaVanon (.242 2HR) stunned L.A. in the 9^th with a game tying home run but the Dodgers prevail as Dusty Baker draws a bases loaded walk off Fred Scherman (2-2, 2.81) in the 11^th
Cincinnati 14 at San Diego 6
 -Cincinnati scores the first seven and the final seven runs in a game that looked like Bengals at Chargers on the scoreboard. Mike Vail (.248 3HR) homered and had four RBI’s for the Reds who are a game behind the Astros and two behind the 1^st place Padres in the West.
Atlanta 2 at San Francisco 3
-The Braves are winless in June thanks to a two-run single in the 8^th by Derrel Thomas (.294) off John Montefusco (4-7, 2.85). Lynn McGlothen improved to 3-2 ,2.58 for the Giants.


Oakland 5, Minnesota 3

6/5/1976, MIN76-OAK76, Oakland Coliseum
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Minnesota         1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0     3  8  0     9  0
1976 Oakland           1  0  0  2  2  0  0  0  x     5  9  1     8  1
 
Minnesota            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Oakland              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Bostock           rf  4  1  2  1  .328    Washington        cf  4  1  2  0  .360
Ford              lf  5  0  1  0  .306     Heaverlo         p   0  0  0  0 1.000
Soderholm         3b  4  1  2  2  .332    Kubiak            2b  3  0  0  0  .286
Oliva             1b  4  0  2  0  .250    Thomasson         1b  3  2  2  2  .296
Brye              cf  4  0  1  0  .209    Rudi              rf  4  2  2  0  .307
Speier            ss  3  1  0  0  .246    Johnson           c   3  0  0  0  .333
Terrell           2b  3  0  0  0  .242    Horton            lf  4  0  2  2  .286
 Carew            ph  1  0  0  0  .308     Crawford         lf  0  0  0  0  .267
 Bacsik           p   0  0  0  0  .333    McKay             ss  3  0  0  0  .297
Borgmann          c   3  0  0  0  .214    Bando             3b  3  0  0  0  .221
Singer            p   2  0  0  0  .143    Sutton            p   3  0  1  1  .241
 Johnson,T        p   0  0  0  0  .000     Hamilton         p   0  0  0  0  .667
 Albury           p   0  0  0  0  .143     Williams,B       ph  1  0  0  0  .329
 Mackanin         ph  1  0  0  0  .217     North            cf  0  0  0  0  .217
                     34  3  8  3                               31  5  9  5
 
Minnesota                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Singer           L 0-4           4.1  9  5  5  3  2  84  48  7.42
Johnson,T                        0.2  0  0  0  1  1  12   6  5.27
Albury                           2.0  0  0  0  1  2  31  20  4.50
Bacsik                           1.0  0  0  0  0  0   9   5  5.15
                                 8.0  9  5  5  5  5 136  79 
 
Oakland                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Sutton           W 10-2          7.0  8  3  2  4  0 114  64  2.36
Hamilton         H 5             1.0  0  0  0  0  1  12   6  2.64
Heaverlo         S 11            1.0  0  0  0  0  0  11   8  3.63
                                 9.0  8  3  2  4  1 137  78 
 
MIN: Carew batted for Terrell in the 8th
     Mackanin batted for Albury in the 8th
     Mackanin moved to 2b in the 8th
OAK: Crawford inserted at lf in the 8th
     Williams,B batted for Hamilton in the 8th
     North inserted at cf in the 9th
 
E-Thomasson. 2B-Oliva, Brye, Thomasson, Horton. HR-Soderholm(12), 
Thomasson(4). SB-Washington(22). CS-Washington. K-Carew, Kubiak, Thomasson, 
Johnson, Bando 2. BB-Bostock, Speier, Borgmann, Singer, Washington, 
Thomasson, Johnson, McKay, Bando. SH-Kubiak. SF-Soderholm. WP-Singer. 
GWRBI: Thomasson