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Vida Blue, the Athletics' 21-year-old southpaw, pitched a six-hitter and beat the Indians, 3-1, for his sixth straight complete-game victory. Blue was losing, 1-0, in a duel with Steve Hargan until the A's erupted for their runs in the seventh inning. Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 1Game Played on Friday, April 30, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumIndians 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 3 7 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Ford rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .188 Brown ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Leon 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .160 Rudi lf 1 1 0 0 2 0 .250 Pinson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Jackson rf 2 0 0 0 2 2 .220 Harrelson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .174 Mincher 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Hinton lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .250 Davis ph,1b 1 0 1 3 0 0 .267 Suarez c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Fosse ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Monday cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .254 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .123 Duncan c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .253 Heidemann ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Green 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .220 R. Foster ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Blue p 4 1 1 0 0 1 .211 Camilli ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Hargan p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Machemehl p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hodge ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Totals 32 1 6 1 4 9 Totals 27 3 7 3 7 5 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 7,245 Left on Base: Indians 9, A's 9 DP: Indians 1, A's 1 Errors: Nettles, Camilli, Green Doubles: Pinson (4), Green (1), Davis (3), Monday (3) Stolen Bases: Jackson (2) Caught Stealing: Monday (2) Sacrifice Hits: Heidemann (1), Rudi (5), Brown (1) GIDP: Leon (1), Mincher (2) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hargan L(0-4) 6.1 5 2 2 5 4 0 28 8.76 Mingori 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 2.16 Machemehl 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7.24 Totals 8 7 3 3 7 5 0 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(6-1) 9 6 1 1 4 9 0 37 1.20 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 9 0 37 Passed Balls: Duncan (2) Wild Pitches: Blue (4) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont INDIANS 1ST: Ford walked; Duncan allowed a passed ball [Ford to second]; Leon popped to pitcher; Pinson grounded out (third to first); Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown flied out to right; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson walked; Jackson stole second; Mincher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. INDIANS 2ND: Hinton flied out to center; Suarez flied out to left; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (second to first); Monday popped to third in foul territory; Duncan singled to right; Green doubled to left [Duncan to third]; Blue lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann struck out; Hargan singled to center; Ford struck out; Leon walked [Hargan to second]; Pinson forced Leon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Brown singled to center; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Brown to second]; Jackson was called out on strikes; Mincher was walked intentionally; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. INDIANS 4TH: Harrelson flied out to center; Hinton was called out on strikes; Suarez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Monday struck out; Duncan reached on an error by Nettles; Green was called out on strikes; Blue struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. INDIANS 5TH: Nettles reached on an error by Green [Nettles to second]; Heidemann out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Nettles to third]; Hargan popped to second; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi walked; Jackson walked [Rudi to second]; Mincher grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. INDIANS 6TH: Leon grounded out (second to first); Pinson doubled to center; Harrelson struck out; Hinton singled to right [Pinson scored]; Blue threw a wild pitch [Hinton to second]; Suarez walked; Nettles walked [Hinton to third, Suarez to second]; R. FOSTER BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; R. Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: CAMILLI REPLACED R. FOSTER (PLAYING SS); Bando grounded out (third to first); Monday walked; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0. INDIANS 7TH: Hargan grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford singled to left; Leon grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Ford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Green singled to left; Blue singled to first [Green to second]; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Blue to second, Green to third]; MINGORI REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Rudi was walked intentionally; Jackson struck out; DAVIS BATTED FOR MINCHER; Davis doubled to left [Green scored, Blue scored, Rudi scored, Davis to third (error by Camilli)]; Bando flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 3. INDIANS 8TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Pinson struck out; Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Hinton singled to left; FOSSE BATTED FOR SUAREZ; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: FOSSE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Monday doubled to right; MACHEMEHL REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Monday was picked off second (catcher to shortstop to third to second); Duncan walked; Green flied out to right; Blue grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 3. INDIANS 9TH: Nettles was called out on strikes; Camilli singled to center; HODGE BATTED FOR MACHEMEHL; Hodge struck out; Ford flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 3. |
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