Piling up 13 hits, the Athletics rolled over the Indians, 11-4, for their fifth straight victory and 18th in the last 24 games. Bert Campaneris led the attack with a triple and three singles, scoring four runs and driving in one. Frank Fernandez homered with two men on base. Rick Monday also drove in three runs with a triple and two singles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 11, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August    12, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      1  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  2
A's          1  0  5    2  3  0    0  0  x  -  11 13  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson rf             5   2   3   2     0   0   .288      Campaneris ss         5   4   4   1     0   0   .277
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     2   0   .233      Monday cf             3   2   3   3     1   0   .306
Foster lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .287      Davis lf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .279
Fosse c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .308        Hovley lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Sims 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Mincher 1b            4   0   1   2     1   0   .260
Uhlaender cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .264
Leon 2b               3   1   1   0     0   0   .243      Alou rf               3   2   1   0     1   0   .285
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson rf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .229
  Brown ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Fernandez c           4   1   1   3     1   1   .222
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      LaRussa 2b            4   1   0   0     1   0   .198
Heidemann ss          4   1   2   0     0   1   .206      Fingers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Lachemann p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Locker p            3   0   1   0     0   2   .143
  Colbert p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Camilli 2b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   3     3   3             Totals               35  11  13  10     7   6

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance:  5,561
Left on Base: Indians 7, A's 9
DP: Indians 0, A's 1
Errors: Pinson, Fosse, Davis
Doubles: Uhlaender (18), Pinson (20)
Triples: Campaneris (2), Monday (6)
Home Runs: Fernandez (14)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (26), Monday (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Hargan (5), Monday (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Davis (1)
GIDP: Heidemann (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan                  2     3   4   4   3   1   0  12   2.65
Austin L(1-5)           0.1   0   1   1   1   0   0   2   5.68
Colbert                 2.1   5   6   6   2   3   1  14   8.22
Mingori                 2.1   4   0   0   0   1   0  11   9.00
Lasher                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.56
Totals                  8    13  11  11   7   6   1  44

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fingers                 1.1   5   4   3   1   1   0  10   4.14
Lachemann W(3-1)        2     2   0   0   2   1   0  10   2.47
Locker SV(6)            5.2   2   0   0   0   1   0  18   2.70
Totals                  9     9   4   3   3   3   0  38

Wild Pitches: Mingori (1), Lachemann (1), Locker (5)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


INDIANS 1ST: Pinson singled to left; Nettles walked [Pinson to
second]; Foster was called out on strikes; Fosse singled to
right [Pinson scored, Nettles to second]; Sims popped to third
in foul territory; Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris stole
second; Monday out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Campaneris to third]; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Campaneris scored]; Mincher walked; Bando forced Mincher (third
to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Leon singled to center; Heidemann singled to
shortstop [Leon to second]; Hargan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Leon to third, Heidemann to second]; Pinson
singled to left [Leon scored, Heidemann scored, Pinson to third
(error by Davis)]; LACHEMANN REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING);
Lachemann threw a wild pitch [Pinson scored (unearned)]; Nettles
popped to left; Foster walked; Fosse flied out to center; 3 R (2
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Fernandez
walked; LaRussa flied out to right; Lachemann struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Sims grounded out (second to first); Uhlaender
doubled; Leon grounded out (shortstop to first) [Uhlaender to
third]; Heidemann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled to shortstop; Monday walked
[Campaneris to second]; Davis singled to right [Campaneris
scored (error by Pinson) (no RBI), Monday to third]; AUSTIN
REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Mincher grounded out (second to
first) [Monday scored, Davis to second]; Bando walked; COLBERT
REPLACED AUSTIN (PITCHING); Alou forced Bando (third to second)
[Davis to third]; Fernandez homered [Davis scored, Alou scored];
LaRussa grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 4, Athletics 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Colbert grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson
doubled to left; Nettles walked; LOCKER REPLACED LACHEMANN
(PITCHING); Foster grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Pinson to third, Nettles to second]; Fosse grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics
6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Locker was called out on strikes; Campaneris
tripled; Monday singled [Campaneris scored]; Monday stole second
[Monday to third (error by Fosse)]; Davis struck out; Mincher
singled to right [Monday scored]; Bando popped to second; 2 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 8.

INDIANS 5TH: Sims grounded out (second to first); Uhlaender
popped to second; Leon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Alou walked; Fernandez flied to left in foul
territory; LaRussa walked [Alou to second]; Locker was called
out on strikes; Campaneris singled to center [Alou scored,
LaRussa to third]; MINGORI REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); CAMILLI
REPLACED COLBERT (PLAYING 2B); Monday tripled [LaRussa scored,
Campaneris scored]; Davis popped to first in foul territory; 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.

INDIANS 6TH: Heidemann singled to center; Locker threw a wild
pitch [Heidemann to second]; Camilli flied to left in foul
territory; Pinson grounded out (second to first); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
4, Athletics 11.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mincher grounded out (second to first); Bando
struck out; Alou singled to left; Fernandez forced Alou (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.

INDIANS 7TH: HOVLEY REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); JACKSON
REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING RF); Foster grounded out (third to
first); Fosse struck out; Sims grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.

ATHLETICS 7TH: LaRussa flied out to center; Locker singled to
right; Campaneris flied out to right; Monday singled to center
[Locker to second]; Mingori threw a wild pitch [Locker to third,
Monday to second]; Hovley flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.

INDIANS 8TH: Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); BROWN
BATTED FOR MINGORI; Brown singled to left; Heidemann grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brown out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LASHER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Mincher made an
out to second; Bando singled to pitcher; Jackson walked [Bando
to second]; Fernandez struck out; LaRussa forced Jackson (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.

INDIANS 9TH: Camilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
popped to third in foul territory; Nettles made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 11.