Sam McDowell, knocked out in the first inning of the opener and charged with an 8-5 loss, came back to pitch in relief in the nightcap and was the winner when the Indians defeated the Athletics, 7-3, in 10 innings. McDowell was the victim of a five-run blast by the A's in the lidlifter, three scoring on a homer by Reggie Jackson.

Returning to the mound in the second game, McDowell yielded only two hits in four frames, but one of them was a score-tying homer by Don Mincher in the eighth. However, the Indians erupted in the 10th and gave McDowell his first victory of the season. A walk to Graig Nettles, an infield out, intentional pass to Gomer Hodge and double by Chuck Hinton broke a 3-3 tie. Ted Ford followed with a three-run homer to clinch the outcome. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 8, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 2, 1971 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Indians      2  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  3
A's          5  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   8  9  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ford rf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .195      Brown ss              5   2   2   0     0   0   .230
Uhlaender lf          4   1   0   0     1   1   .237      Rudi lf               4   2   2   0     1   0   .261
Pinson cf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .244      Jackson rf            2   2   1   3     2   0   .226
Fosse 1b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .234      Davis 1b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .300
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .143      Bando 3b              3   1   0   0     2   1   .250
Lowenstein 2b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Mangual cf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .227
Suarez c              4   1   2   2     0   0   .300      Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Green 2b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .227
  Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .353      Hunter p              3   0   1   1     0   0   .350
  Machemehl p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McDowell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Pascual p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .600
  R. Foster ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
  Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Harrelson ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .189
  Leon ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .160

Totals               36   5   9   4     2   4             Totals               31   8   9   6     7   3

Time of Game: 2:37
Left on Base: Indians 8, A's 9
DP: Indians 0, A's 2
Errors: Lowenstein, Suarez, Pascual, Brown 2
Doubles: Pascual (1), Suarez 2 (2), Rudi (4)
Home Runs: Pinson (1), Jackson (4)
Stolen Bases: Ford (2)
Caught Stealing: Mangual (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hunter (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Davis (1)
GIDP: Nettles (2), Ford (1)
Hit by Pitch: Pinson (2,by Hunter), Fosse (2,by Hunter), Jackson (1,by Austin)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(0-4)         0.1   3   5   3   2   0   1   6   4.60
Pascual                 2.2   2   1   0   1   2   0  11   3.38
Colbert                 2     2   2   1   3   0   0  12   3.60
Austin                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.38
Machemehl               1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   6.46
Totals                  8     9   8   4   7   3   1  41

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(4-2)           7.1   9   5   4   2   4   1  36   3.99
Locker SV(3)            1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.05
Totals                  9     9   5   4   2   4   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Austin (1), Hunter 2 (2)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Ford struck out; Uhlaender walked; Pinson homered
[Uhlaender scored]; Fosse grounded out (second to first);
Nettles singled to second; Lowenstein flied to left in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown singled to center; Rudi walked [Brown to
second]; Jackson homered [Brown scored, Rudi scored]; Davis
grounded out (second to first); Bando walked; Mangual singled to
right [Bando to third]; PASCUAL REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING);
Duncan reached on a fielder's choice [Mangual to second, Bando
scored (error by Suarez; assist by Nettles) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Sal Bando knocked the ball out of Ken Suarez'
glove; Green popped to third in foul territory; Hunter
singled to left [Duncan to second, Mangual scored (unearned)];
Brown grounded out (pitcher to third to first); 5 R (3 ER), 4 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 2ND: Suarez popped to catcher in foul territory;
Heidemann flied out to center; Pascual doubled to left; Ford
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics
5.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson
walked; Jackson was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Pascual [Jackson to third]; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Jackson scored (unearned)]; Bando struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 6.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender flied out to left; Pinson was hit by a
pitch; Fosse singled to shortstop [Pinson to second]; Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Fosse to second, Pinson to
third]; Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual singled to right; Mangual was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan grounded out (third
to first); Green struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Suarez doubled to right; Heidemann flied out to
center; R. FOSTER BATTED FOR PASCUAL; R. Foster popped to third;
Ford reached on an error by Brown [Suarez scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Ford stole second; Uhlaender struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: COLBERT REPLACED R. FOSTER (PITCHING); Hunter
flied out to right; Brown singled to third; Rudi singled to
right [Brown to third]; Jackson walked [Rudi to second]; Davis
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Jackson to second, Rudi to
third, Brown scored]; Bando walked; Mangual reached on an error
by Lowenstein [Bando to second, Jackson to third, Rudi scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; On a bunt Duncan made an out to first;
Dave Duncan called for interference; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 8.

INDIANS 5TH: Pinson popped to third; Fosse was hit by a pitch;
Nettles walked [Fosse to second]; Lowenstein flied out to
center; Suarez doubled to left [Nettles scored, Fosse scored];
Heidemann was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green walked; Hunter out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Green to second]; Brown grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Green to third]; Rudi flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 8.

INDIANS 6TH: HINTON BATTED FOR COLBERT; Hinton struck out; Ford
singled to center; Uhlaender flied out to left; Pinson popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: AUSTIN REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Jackson was
hit by a pitch; Davis singled to center [Jackson to second];
Bando forced Davis (third to second) [Jackson to third]; Mangual
was called out on strikes; Duncan forced Bando (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 8.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse singled to center; Nettles grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fosse out at
second]; Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Green walked; Green was picked off first (pitcher
to first to shortstop); Hunter flied out to left; Brown grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5,
Athletics 8.

INDIANS 8TH: Suarez reached on an error by Brown; HODGE BATTED
FOR HEIDEMANN; Hodge popped to second; HARRELSON BATTED FOR
AUSTIN; Harrelson singled to center [Suarez to second]; LOCKER
REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Ford grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MACHEMEHL REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); LEON
REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING SS); Rudi doubled to left; Jackson
flied out to center; Davis grounded out (third to first); Bando
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Athletics 8.

INDIANS 9TH: Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
grounded out (second to first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 8.

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