The hottest pitcher in the majors, Vida Blue posted his seventh straight victory for the Athletics, beating the Tigers, 5-0. The shutout was the fourth of the season for the young southpaw, who had not been defeated since losing the opening game of the season, 8-0, to the Senators April 5. In contrast to Blue's success, Dean Chance suffered his fifth straight defeat as the Tigers' loser. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       5, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  0    1  4  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   0     0   0   .211      Stanley cf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Rudi lf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .257      Northrup 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .351
Jackson rf            3   2   2   0     1   0   .231      Kaline rf             2   0   0   0     2   2   .263
Mincher 1b            2   0   0   1     1   0   .239      Horton lf             3   0   1   0     1   2   .220
Bando 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .243      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .291
Monday cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .238      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .206
Green 2b              3   1   0   0     0   1   .227      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Blue p                2   0   0   0     1   2   .190      Chance p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cash ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
                                                            Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   8   4     3   4             Totals               29   0   4   0     4  11

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 13,131
Left on Base: A's 5, Tigers 6
DP: A's 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Rodriguez
Doubles: Rudi (5)
Stolen Bases: Jackson 2 (5), Campaneris (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Blue (4), Mincher (1)
GIDP: Duncan (2), Campaneris (2)
Hit by Pitch: Green (2,by Chance)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(7-1)             9     4   0   0   4  11   0  33   1.02
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4  11   0  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Chance L(0-5)           4.1   5   4   4   2   1   0  20   3.38
Scherman                0.2   1   1   0   0   0   0   3   2.13
Niekro                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.82
Denehy                  2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     8   5   4   3   4   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Chance (3)
Wild Pitches: Blue (5), Chance (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris made an out to shortstop; Rudi
grounded out (third to first); Jackson walked; Jackson stole
second; Mincher walked; Chance threw a wild pitch [Mincher to
second, Jackson to third]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley walked; Blue threw a wild pitch [Stanley to
second]; Northrup flied out to left; Kaline walked; Horton
struck out; Freehan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday grounded out (second to first); Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez made an out to second; McAuliffe grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brinkman singled to right [Brinkman
out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue struck out; Campaneris made an out to first;
Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Chance was called out on strikes; Stanley flied out
to right; Northrup singled to center [Northrup out at second
(center to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers
0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson singled; Jackson stole second; Mincher
made an out to third; Bando singled [Jackson scored]; Monday
singled [Bando to third]; Duncan grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Monday out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline walked; Horton walked [Kaline to second];
Freehan was called out on strikes; Rodriguez struck out;
McAuliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green was hit by a pitch; Blue out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Green to second]; Campaneris singled
[Green to third]; Campaneris stole second; Rudi singled
[Campaneris scored, Green scored]; SCHERMAN REPLACED CHANCE
(PITCHING); Jackson singled [Rudi scored (error by Rodriguez)
(no RBI), Jackson to third]; Mincher out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Jackson scored (unearned)]; Bando lined to
right; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman struck out; CASH BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Cash
made an out to third; Stanley singled; Northrup flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: NIEKRO REPLACED CASH (PITCHING); Monday grounded
out (shortstop to first); Duncan grounded out (second to first);
Green flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline struck out; Horton singled; Freehan forced
Horton (shortstop to second); Rodriguez made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Blue was called out on strikes; Campaneris
grounded out (third to first); Rudi doubled; Jackson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Brinkman flied
out to left; COLLINS BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Collins made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: DENEHY REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Mincher
grounded out (second to first); Bando struck out; Monday
singled; Duncan made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley made an out to shortstop; Northrup made an
out to third; Kaline was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Green was called out on strikes; Blue walked;
Campaneris grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Blue out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Horton was called out on strikes; Freehan flied out
to center; Rodriguez made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Tigers 0.