Milwaukee Only Gets 1 Over AL East Leading A's

GAME 1:
GWRBI-Green, D
Game MVP:Catfish Hunter


County Stadium  Time 2:39, 77ø, Wind: 8 MPH Left to Right  Night GameJun 7, 1974            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1974 Oakland 35-19     0 2 0   0 0 1   0 0 1      4  8  01974 Milwaukee 20-30   1 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 1      3  9  2

Recap

Mil 1st: Scored 1 run on a hit.
Mil      Dave May hit a solo HR(3) to take the lead.  Oak  0 Mil 1.
Oak 2nd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 4 hits.
Oak      Gene Tenace hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score.  Oak  1 Mil 1.
Oak      Dick Green singled scoring Johnson to take the lead.  Oak  2 Mil 1.
Oak 6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.
Oak      Deron Johnson hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Oak  3 Mil 1.
Mil 7th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.
Mil      George Scott hit a solo HR(6).  Oak  3 Mil 2.
Oak 9th: Scored 1 run on a hit, one walk and an error.
Oak      Reggie Jackson hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Oak  4 Mil 2.
Mil 9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Mil      Mike Hegan hit a grounder scoring 1.  Oak  4 Mil 3.

Mil  Dave May: , 4 K.

Oak  Catfish Hunter pitched 8.1 innings and picked up the win: 8.1 IP, 3 earned runs, 9 hits, 0 BB, 5 K. He's 12-3 on the year!
Oak  Rollie Fingers pitched a shutout the final 1.2 innings to record his 8th save of the year.

Mil  Bill Champion pitched 8.1 innings and took the loss: 8.1 IP, 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 4 BB, 5 K. He drops to 1-2 on the year.
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GAME 2:
GWRBI-Scott, G
Game MVP:Tom Murphy
Injury: Berry (today only)


County Stadium     Time 2:30, 78ø, Wind: 9 MPH In from RCF  Night Game

Jun 8, 1974            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1974 Oakland 35-20     0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0      2  9  1

1974 Milwaukee 21-30   2 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 -      4  6  0

Recap

Mil 1st: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.
Mil      George Scott hit a 2 run HR(7) to take the lead.  Oak  0 Mil 2.
Mil 6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and one walk.
Mil      Pedro Garcia doubled scoring May.  Oak  0 Mil 3.
Oak 7th: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.
Oak      Joe Rudi hit a 2 run HR(10).  Oak  2 Mil 3.
Mil 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit, one walk and an error.
Mil      Bob Coluccio hit a grounder scoring 1, E3.  Oak  2 Mil 4.
Oak 8th: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks.

Mil  Dave May: , 4 K.

Mil  Kevin Kobel pitched 7.1 innings and picked up the win: 7.1 IP, 2 earned runs, 9 hits, 2 BB, 3 K. He's now 2-3 on the year.
Mil  Tom Murphy held Oakland hitless the final 1.2 innings to record his 5th save of the year.

Oak  Dave Hamilton pitched 6.2 innings and took the loss: 6.2 IP, 3 earned runs, 5 hits, 2 BB, 7 K. He's 2-5 on the year.
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GAME 3:
GWRBI-North
Game MVP:Ken Holtzman


County Stadium    Time 2:47, 69ø, Wind: 5 MPH Right to Left Day Game
Jun 9, 1974            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1974 Oakland 36-20     0 3 0   0 0 0   1 0 0      4  8  1

1974 Milwaukee 21-31   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      1  8  2

Recap

Oak 2nd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits, one walk and an error.
Oak      Billy North tripled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Oak  2 Mil 0.
Oak      Bert Campaneris singled scoring North.  Oak  3 Mil 0.
Mil 5th: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error.
Mil      Don Money hit a grounder scoring 1.  Oak  3 Mil 1.
Oak 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit, one walk and an error.
Oak      Bert Campaneris doubled scoring North.  Oak  4 Mil 1.

Mil  Dave May: , 4 K.

Oak  Ken Holtzman pitched a solid complete game for the win: 5 hits, 1 BB, 7 K. He's 9-5 on the year.
Oak  Rollie Fingers pitched a shutout the final 1.2 innings to record his 9th save of the season.

Mil  Jim Slaton threw a complete game but took the loss: 8 hits, 3 BB, 4 K. He drops to 5-8 on the year.