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.

Dick Green singled and Blue was safe on a bunt. After a sacrifice by Larry Brown, playing for the first time against his former teammates, Joe Rudi drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Tommy Davis then batted for Don Mincher and drove in three runs with a double. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Friday, April     30, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      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.