The Athletics, who sent 10 men to the plate and scored four runs on six hits in the second inning, added two later tallies on a wild pitch and an error to defeat the Indians, 6-4. Duke Sims and Ray Fosse hit homers for the Indians. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      10, 1970 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  4  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   6 10  1
Indians      0  1  1    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   2   2   1     1   0   .238      Uhlaender cf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Rudi lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .337      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     1   1   .194
  Monday cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Pinson lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .335
Jackson cf,rf         3   0   0   0     2   1   .196      Horton 1b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Bando 3b              3   0   1   0     2   0   .280      Sims rf               4   1   4   2     1   0   .242
Alou rf,lf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Klimchock 2b          2   0   0   1     0   0   .206
Mincher 1b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Leon ph,2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Fernandez c           4   1   1   0     0   1   .265      Fosse c               3   1   1   1     1   0   .278
Green 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .190      Heidemann ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .186
Odom p                2   1   1   1     0   0   .250      Paul p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Segui p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Lasher p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Lachemann p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hinton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .258
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Rollins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  10   3     5   5             Totals               34   4   9   4     6   3

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance:  5,629
Left on Base: A's 9, Indians 11
DP: A's 0, Indians 1
Errors: Green, Nettles, Pinson, Horton
Doubles: Odom (1), Rudi (5)
Home Runs: Sims (10), Fosse (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (1), Leon (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Klimchock (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom                    3.1   6   3   3   3   1   2  19   4.59
Segui                   1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   3.12
Lachemann               1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   1.93
Lindblad W(3-0)         2.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   9   3.75
Grant SV(8)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.92
Totals                  9     9   4   4   6   3   2  42

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paul L(0-3)             1.2   5   4   4   0   1   0  10   5.75
Lasher                  2.1   3   1   1   3   1   0  13   3.32
Chance                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.21
Hennigan                3     0   1   0   2   2   0  12   2.72
Higgins                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.97
Totals                  9    10   6   5   5   5   0  42

Wild Pitches: Lasher (2)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender popped to third in foul territory;
Nettles walked; Pinson lined to right; Horton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to left; Alou singled to right;
Mincher made an out to shortstop; Fernandez singled to center
[Alou to second]; Green singled to left [Fernandez to second,
Alou scored]; Odom doubled to left [Fernandez scored, Green
scored (error by Pinson) (no RBI)]; Campaneris singled to right
[Odom scored]; LASHER REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING); Rudi doubled to
left [Campaneris to third]; Jackson walked; Bando made an out to
shortstop; 4 R, 6 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Sims homered; Klimchock grounded out (first to
pitcher); Fosse made an out to second; Heidemann singled to
right; Lasher struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Mincher
grounded out (second to first); Fernandez flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles
singled to right; Pinson walked [Nettles to second]; Horton
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Pinson to second, Nettles to
third]; Sims singled to left [Nettles scored, Pinson out at
third (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Green struck out; Odom grounded out (shortstop to
first); Campaneris singled to right; Rudi singled to center
[Campaneris to third (error by Nettles)]; Lasher threw a wild
pitch [Campaneris scored, Rudi to second]; Jackson was walked
intentionally; Bando walked [Rudi to third, Jackson to second];
Alou forced Bando (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Klimchock flied out to center; Fosse homered;
Heidemann reached on an error by Green; HINTON BATTED FOR
LASHER; Hinton singled to left [Heidemann to second]; Uhlaender
walked [Heidemann to third, Hinton to second]; SEGUI REPLACED
ODOM (PITCHING); Nettles struck out; Pinson grounded out (second
to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: CHANCE REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Mincher flied
out to left; Fernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Green
singled to center; Segui was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Horton singled to right; Sims singled to left
[Horton to third]; Klimchock hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Horton scored]; Fosse walked [Sims to second]; LACHEMANN
REPLACED SEGUI (PITCHING); Heidemann made an out to second;
FOSTER BATTED FOR CHANCE; Foster forced Fosse (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Campaneris
walked; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Campaneris to second]; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Campaneris to third]; Bando walked; Alou reached on an
error by Horton [Bando to second, Campaneris scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Mincher grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to center; Pinson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Fernandez was called out on strikes; Green made
an out to third; Lachemann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Horton walked; Sims singled to right [Horton to
second]; LEON BATTED FOR KLIMCHOCK; LINDBLAD REPLACED LACHEMANN
(PITCHING); Leon out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sims
to second, Horton to third]; Fosse reached on a fielder's choice
[Horton out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Heidemann struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LEON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Campaneris
grounded out (second to first); Rudi popped to catcher in foul
territory; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: MONDAY REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING CF); JACKSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ALOU CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
ROLLINS BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Rollins flied out to left;
Uhlaender popped to third in foul territory; Nettles made an out
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HIGGINS REPLACED ROLLINS (PITCHING); Bando
singled to center; Alou lined into a double play (second to
first) [Bando out at second]; Mincher lined to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Pinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
made an out to second; Sims walked; GRANT REPLACED LINDBLAD
(PITCHING); Leon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Indians 4.