One rookie pitcher saved another when the Indians defeated the Athletics, 2-1. Steve Dunning, who struck out 13 batters, faltered with one out in the ninth inning and gave up singles by Gene Tenace and Dick Green.

Chuck Machemehl relieved and saved the game by inducing Bert Campaneris to ground into a double play. The Indians scored what proved to be the winning run on an obstruction play when Tenace, the A's catcher, bumped into Graig Nettles, who was caught in a rundown between third and home. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Saturday, May 1, 1971 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Indians      1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ford rf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .194      Brown ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Uhlaender lf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .265        Davis ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .313
  Hinton ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Gardner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Pinson cf,lf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .244        Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Harrelson 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .178      Hovley lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .200
  Bradford pr,cf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .152      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   3   .221
Nettles 3b            2   1   1   0     2   0   .134      Mincher 1b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .229
Lowenstein 2b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .175      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .258
  R. Foster ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .175      Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .239
  Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .375      Tenace c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .357
  Leon 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .160      Green 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .233
Suarez c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Segui p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Heidemann ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .167        Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Dunning p             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Campaneris ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .202
  Machemehl p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               32   2   5   1     4   6             Totals               32   1   6   1     4  13

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  7,564
Left on Base: Indians 7, A's 8
DP: Indians 1, A's 0
Errors: Tenace
Doubles: Jackson (6)
Home Runs: Ford (1)
GIDP: Campaneris (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning W(2-1)          8.1   6   1   1   4  13   0  35   2.31
Machemehl SV(3)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.91
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4  13   0  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui L(3-2)            7     3   2   1   4   5   1  28   2.53
Gardner                 0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.35
Klimkowski              1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     5   2   1   4   6   1  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Lou DiMuro


INDIANS 1ST: Ford homered; Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to
first); Pinson struck out; Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; Hovley
struck out; Jackson doubled to left; Mincher walked; Bando
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles walked; Lowenstein flied out to left;
Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Nettles to second];
Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday was called out on strikes; Tenace grounded
out (second to first); Green struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dunning walked; Ford struck out; Uhlaender grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Dunning to second]; Pinson walked;
Harrelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Segui was called out on strikes; Brown popped to
catcher in foul territory; Hovley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Nettles walked; Lowenstein grounded out (second to
first) [Nettles to second]; Suarez flied out to right [Nettles
to third]; Nettles advanced to home (error by Tenace); Gene
Tenace called for a pitchout when the Indians tried a squeeze
play; in the ensuing rundown, Sal Bando tagged Graig Nettles;
Indians manager Alvin Dark ran out and argued with 3B umpire Lou
DiMuro that Tenace had obstructed Nettles; DiMuro asked HP
umpire Bill Haller, who ruled that Tenace did obstruct Nettles
and allowed the latter to score; Athletics manager Dick Williams
then argued the reversal but the obstruction held; Heidemann
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; Mincher walked; Bando walked
[Mincher to second]; Monday popped to third; Tenace forced Bando
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Dunning grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Uhlaender struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green grounded out (third to first); Segui struck
out; Brown flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Harrelson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Hovley popped to shortstop; Jackson struck out;
Mincher singled to left; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 2, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Lowenstein flied out to center; Suarez singled to
right; Heidemann singled to right [Suarez to second]; Dunning
popped to first; Ford popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Monday was called out on strikes; Tenace walked;
Green singled to center [Tenace to second]; MANGUAL BATTED FOR
SEGUI; Mangual was called out on strikes; DAVIS BATTED FOR
BROWN; Davis singled to right [Green to third, Tenace scored];
Hovley forced Davis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 2, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 8TH: CAMPANERIS REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING SS); GARDNER
REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); HINTON BATTED FOR UHLAENDER; Hinton
flied out to left; Pinson grounded out (first unassisted);
Harrelson singled to center; BRADFORD RAN FOR HARRELSON; Nettles
singled to center [Bradford to second]; R. FOSTER BATTED FOR
LOWENSTEIN; KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); HODGE BATTED
FOR R. FOSTER; Hodge lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LEON REPLACED HODGE (PLAYING 2B); HINTON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Jackson struck out;
Mincher flied out to right; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Suarez grounded out (third to first); Heidemann
grounded out (third to first); Dunning was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Tenace
singled to left; Green singled to center [Tenace to second];
MACHEMEHL REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Campaneris grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Green out at second];
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 1.

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