After failing to hurl the route in two previous starts, although winning one game, Blue Moon Odom lasted the distance and pitched the Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the White Sox. Buddy Bradford accounted for the run off Odom with a homer in the fifth inning. Rick Monday collected two doubles and a single for the A's and Felipe Alou joined in the attack with three singles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Thursday, April     16, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2
A's          0  0  1    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   3 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     1   0   .171
Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Monday cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .414
May lf                4   0   0   0     0   3   .265      Alou lf               3   1   3   0     1   0   .273
Melton 3b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .375      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .107
Matias 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .185      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Josephson c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .296        Mincher 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Bradford rf           3   1   1   1     1   2   .263      Green 2b              2   0   1   1     2   0   .250
Knoop 2b              3   0   1   0     0   2   .167      Pena 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .250
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Duncan c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .182
John p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Odom p                4   0   1   0     0   2   .125
  Rounsaville p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     2   9             Totals               32   3  10   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  2,794
Left on Base: White Sox 7, A's 10
DP: White Sox 3, A's 0
Errors: Aparicio, Melton
Doubles: Josephson (1), Berry (2), Monday 2 (4)
Home Runs: Bradford (2)
Stolen Bases: Matias (1), Green (3), Johnson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: John (1)
GIDP: Campaneris (1)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson (2,by John)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(0-3)             6.2  10   3   3   4   5   0  33   5.89
Rounsaville             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.23
Wood                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.60
Totals                  8    10   3   3   4   5   0  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(2-1)             9     6   1   1   2   9   1  35   4.96
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   9   1  35

Hit by Pitch: John (1)
Wild Pitches: John 2 (4), Odom (3)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry Napp


WHITE SOX 1ST: Berry flied out to left; Aparicio grounded out
(third to first); May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to center; Monday doubled to
left; John threw a wild pitch [Monday to third]; Alou singled to
third [Monday stayed at third]; Jackson was hit by a pitch [Alou
to second]; Johnson struck out; Green grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton singled to center; Matias singled to right
[Melton to third]; Josephson made an out to shortstop; Bradford
struck out; Matias stole second; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Pena struck out; Duncan reached on an error by
Melton; Odom struck out; John threw a wild pitch [Duncan to
second]; Campaneris walked; Monday grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: John grounded out (catcher to first); Berry
struck out; Aparicio flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou singled to shortstop; Jackson grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Alou to second]; Johnson grounded out (third
to first); Green singled to center [Alou scored]; Green stole
second; Pena struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May flied out to center; Melton lined to
shortstop; Matias flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Odom
singled to right; Campaneris grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Odom out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Josephson lined to third; Bradford homered; Knoop
singled to right; John out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Knoop to second]; Berry grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Monday doubled to left; Alou singled to shortstop
[Monday to third]; Jackson popped to third in foul territory;
Johnson reached on an error by Aparicio [Alou to second, Monday
scored (no RBI)]; Green walked [Alou to third, Johnson to
second]; Pena lined into a double play (second unassisted)
[Johnson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Aparicio flied out to center; May struck out;
Melton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan singled to left; Odom struck out;
Campaneris singled to center [Duncan to third]; Monday singled
to left [Campaneris out at third (left to third), Monday out at
second (third to second to first), Duncan scored]; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Matias grounded out (second to first); Josephson
doubled to center; Bradford struck out; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Alou walked; Jackson made an out to shortstop;
Johnson forced Alou (third to second); Johnson stole second;
Green walked; ROUNSAVILLE REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Pena
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MINCHER REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); HOPKINS
BATTED FOR ROUNSAVILLE; Hopkins flied out to left; Berry doubled
to left; Aparicio flied out to right; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WOOD REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Duncan grounded
out (shortstop to first); Odom flied out to center; Campaneris
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Melton walked; Odom threw a wild pitch [Melton to
second]; Matias grounded out (first unassisted) [Melton to
third]; Josephson grounded out (pitcher to first); Bradford
walked; MCCRAW BATTED FOR KNOOP; McCraw struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.