Don Mincher, who hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning when the Athletics took a 3-1 lead, homered with a man on base in the seventh inning to enable the A's to stand off the Indians, 5-4. After Mincher's blast, the Indians rallied for two runs on a double by Tony Horton in the eighth and added an unearned run in the ninth before Mudcat Grant finished saving the game. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Saturday, May       30, 1970 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   4  7  1
A's          0  1  2    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   5  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   0   0     1   2   .261      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     1   0   .219
Leon 2b               4   1   1   0     1   2   .213      Monday cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .274
Sims lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .183      Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Rollins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Jackson rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .199
  Brown 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Bando 3b              2   2   1   0     2   0   .275
Horton 1b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .243      Alou rf,lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .344
Nettles 3b,lf         2   1   1   0     1   0   .154      Mincher 1b            3   2   2   3     0   0   .250
Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .244      Fernandez c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Foster rf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .231      LaRussa 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .265
Heidemann ss          3   1   1   0     1   0   .187      Fingers p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .133
Moore p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .095        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Klimchock ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .167        Grant p             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pinson ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .333

Totals               33   4   7   4     4   6             Totals               32   5   9   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  9,163
Left on Base: Indians 7, A's 9
DP: Indians 0, A's 1
Errors: Heidemann, Jackson
Doubles: Horton (8), Monday (12), Campaneris (9)
Home Runs: Mincher (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Fingers (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Mincher (3)
GIDP: Foster (3)
Hit by Pitch: Nettles (1,by Grant)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(3-4)            7     9   5   4   3   3   1  34   3.80
Higgins                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   7.77
Totals                  8     9   5   4   4   3   1  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fingers W(3-3)          7.1   4   3   3   4   3   0  29   3.44
Lindblad                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.00
Grant SV(5)             1.1   3   1   0   0   3   0   8   1.10
Totals                  9     7   4   3   4   6   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Grant (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Ed Runge


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender flied out to center; Leon struck out;
Sims struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi singled to left;
Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
singled to right; Fosse singled to center [Nettles to third,
Fosse to second (on throw to 3b)]; Foster grounded out (second
to first) [Nettles scored]; Heidemann walked; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Mincher
singled to left; Fernandez reached on an error by Heidemann
[Mincher to second]; LaRussa singled to center [Fernandez to
second, Mincher scored (unearned)]; Fingers struck out;
Campaneris forced LaRussa (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Leon
singled to left; Sims grounded out (second to pitcher) [Leon to
second]; Horton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Monday doubled; Rudi grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Monday to third]; Bando walked; Alou singled to center
[Bando to third, Monday scored]; Mincher hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Bando scored]; Fernandez forced Alou (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Nettles walked; Fosse flied out to left; Foster
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Nettles
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: LaRussa grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fingers made an out to shortstop; Campaneris doubled to right;
Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann flied out to right; Moore grounded out
(second to first); Uhlaender walked; Leon grounded out (pitcher
to first to catcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
walked; Alou forced Bando (second unassisted); Mincher grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Athletics 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Sims made an out to shortstop; Horton flied out to
left; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Fernandez singled to left; LaRussa flied out to
right; Fingers out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Fernandez to second]; Campaneris walked; Monday struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse flied out to left; Foster grounded out
(shortstop to first); Heidemann flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
singled to left; Alou popped to first in foul territory; Mincher
homered [Bando scored]; Fernandez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 8TH: KLIMCHOCK BATTED FOR MOORE; Klimchock singled to
left; Uhlaender struck out; Leon walked [Klimchock to second];
ROLLINS BATTED FOR SIMS; LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING);
Rollins flied out to right; GRANT REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Horton doubled to right [Leon scored, Klimchock scored]; Nettles
was hit by a pitch; Fosse struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED ROLLINS (PLAYING 3B); NETTLES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HIGGINS REPLACED KLIMCHOCK
(PITCHING); LaRussa made an out to shortstop; Grant walked;
Campaneris forced Grant (pitcher to shortstop); Monday flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 9TH: JACKSON REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING RF); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Foster grounded out (shortstop to
first); Heidemann singled to right [Heidemann to second (error
by Jackson)]; PINSON BATTED FOR HIGGINS; Pinson singled to
center [Heidemann scored (unearned)]; Uhlaender was called out
on strikes; Leon struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Athletics 5.