The Reds evened the Series at three games apiece with an easy Game 6 victory, 8-1. The A's opened the scoring in Game 7 with an unearned run in the first inning. Cincy tied things up in the fifth on Hal McRae's sacrifice fly. But the very next inning, Tenace and Sal Bando both stroked RBI doubles to give Oakland a 3-1 edge. The Reds made it 3-2 in the eighth, but A's reliever Rollie Fingers shut the door in the ninth, and the city of Oakland had its first world championship in any sport.
Dick Williams (Oakland), Sparky Anderson (Cincinnati)
Chris Pelekoudas (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Mel Steiner (NL), Frank Umont (AL), Bob Engel (NL), Bill Haller (AL)
Gene Tenace (Oakland)
NBC ( Curt Gowdy , Tony Kubek , Monte Moore and Al Michaels announcing)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Oakland Athletics 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Cincinnati Reds 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
PITCHERS: OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (6), Blue (7)
CIN - Nolan, Borbon (7), Carroll (8)
WP - Holtzman
LP - Nolan
SAVE - Blue
HOME RUNS: OAK - Tenace (2)
CIN - none
ATTENDANCE: 52,918
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Oakland Athletics 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
PITCHERS: OAK - Hunter, Fingers (9)
CIN - Grimsley, Borbon (6), Hall (8)
WP - Hunter
LP - Grimsley
SAVE - Fingers
HOME RUNS: OAK - Rudi
CIN - none
ATTENDANCE: 53,224
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2
Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
PITCHERS: CIN - Billingham, Carroll (9)
OAK - Odom, Blue (8), Fingers (8)
WP - Billingham
LP - Odom
SAVE - Carroll
HOME RUNS: CIN - none
OAK - none
ATTENDANCE: 49,410
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 1
Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 10 1
PITCHERS: CIN - Gullett, Borbon (8), Carroll (9)
OAK - Holtzman, Blue (8), Fingers (9)
WP - Fingers
LP - Carroll
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: CIN - none
OAK - Tenance
ATTENDANCE: 49,410
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cincinnati Reds 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 8 0
Oakland Athletics 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 2
PITCHERS: CIN - McGlothlin, Borbon (4), Hall (5), Carroll (7), Grimsley (8), Billingham (9)
OAK - Hunter, Fingers (5), Hamilton (9)
WP - Grimsley
LP - Fingers
SAVE - Billingham
HOME RUNS: CIN - Rose, Menke
OAK - Tenace
ATTENDANCE: 49,410
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 X 8 10 0
PITCHERS: OAK - Blue, Locker (6), Hamilton (7), Horlen (7)
CIN - Nolan, Grimsley (5), Borbon (6), Hall (7)
WP - Grimsley
LP - Blue
SAVE - Hall
HOME RUNS: OAK - none
CIN - Bench
ATTENDANCE: 52,737
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Oakland Athletics 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 1
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 2
PITCHERS: OAK - Odom, Hunter (5), Holtzman (8), Fingers (8)
CIN - Billingham, Borbon (6), Carroll (6), Grimsley (7), Hall (8)
WP - Hunter
LP - Borbon
SAVE - Fingers
HOME RUNS: OAK - none
CIN - none
ATTENDANCE: 56,040
- This was Oakland's first trip to the World Series and the first for the Athletics franchise since 1931 .
- This was also Al Michaels' first World Series. He would not call a World Series again until 1979 , after he had become a sportscaster for ABC .
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