Round 1: 1931 vs. 1974

[Providence A's]

Game 5 will be a rematch of game 1 starters Lefty Grove (2.06) for 1931 and Vida Blue (3.25) for 1974.

Lineups:

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 DH Phil Todt
8 SS Dib Williams
9 3B Jimmy Dykes

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 DH Angel Mangual
8 C Ray Fosse
9 2B Dick Green

[Providence A's]

1974 wins game 5 by a score of 3 - 1. Sal Bando hit a 3 run homer for 1974. Vida Blue was the player of the game throwing a CG only giving up a homer to Mickey Cochrane.

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1974 leads the series 3 - 2.

[Providence A's]

Game 6 will be a rematch of game 2 with Ken Holtzman (3.07) for 1974 vs. George Earnshaw (3.67) for 1931.

Lineups:

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 C Ray Fosse
8 2B Dick Green
9 P Ken Holtzman

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 SS Dib Williams
8 3B Jimmy Dykes
9 P George Earnshaw

[Providence A's]

1931 forces a game 7 with a 4 - 1 victory. George Earnshaw was the player of the game.

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The series is tied 3 - 3.

[Providence A's]

Game 7 will be a rematch of game 3. Hank McDonald (3.71) for 1931 vs. Catfish Hunter (2.49) for 1974.

Lineups:

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 C Ray Fosse
8 2B Dick Green
9 P Catfish Hunter

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 SS Dib Williams
8 3B Jimmy Dykes
9 P Hank McDonald

[Providence A's]

1974 wins game 7 by a score of 2 - 1. Catfish Hunter was the player of the game going 6 innings for the win.

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1974 wins the series 4 - 3.