Steve Dunning hit a grand-slam for his first major league homer but failed to take advantage of his bat and the Indians had to call on Phil Hennigan to defeat the Athletics, 7-5. Dunning helped stake himself to a 5-0 lead with his jackpot wallop in the second inning, but the A's picked up a run in the third and tied the score with four more in the fifth, three scoring on a homer by Rick Monday.

Hennigan relieved with none out and blanked the A's the rest of the way. The Indians broke a tie in their half of the fifth on a single by Vida Pinson, an infield out and double by Roy Foster. Singles by Jack Heidemann and Ted Uhlaender, around a sacrifice by Hennigan, added an insurance run in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       11, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   5 12  1
Indians      0  5  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   7  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     1   0   .216      Uhlaender lf          4   0   2   1     1   1   .270
Rudi lf               5   0   1   0     0   2   .263      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .156
Jackson rf            3   2   2   0     0   0   .242      Pinson cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .241
  Hovley rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Fosse c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .279
Epstein 1b            5   1   4   0     0   1   .266      Harrelson 1b          2   1   0   0     2   1   .187
Bando 3b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .259      R. Foster rf          3   1   1   1     1   0   .188
Monday cf             3   1   1   4     1   0   .233      Leon 2b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .221
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .228      Heidemann ss          2   1   1   0     1   0   .217
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .216      Dunning p             2   1   1   4     0   0   .100
Segui p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .118        Hennigan p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           1   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  12   5     4   7             Totals               31   7   9   7     6   4

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  2,992
Left on Base: A's 9, Indians 8
DP: A's 1, Indians 1
Errors: Epstein
Doubles: R. Foster (1)
Triples: Uhlaender (1)
Home Runs: Monday (4), Dunning (1)
Stolen Bases: Fosse (1), Leon (1)
Caught Stealing: Rudi (1), Heidemann (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hennigan (1)
GIDP: Rudi (4), R. Foster (4)
Hit by Pitch: Heidemann (2,by Fingers)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui                   1.1   4   5   5   2   1   1  10   3.48
Fingers L(1-4)          5.2   5   2   2   1   2   0  23   3.96
Klimkowski              0.2   0   0   0   2   0   0   4   2.35
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   3.45
Totals                  8     9   7   7   6   4   1  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning                 4    10   5   5   3   4   1  24   4.09
Hennigan W(1-0)         5     2   0   0   1   3   0  17   0.00
Totals                  9    12   5   5   4   7   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Fingers (4)

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi struck out;
Jackson singled to center; Epstein singled to center [Jackson to
second]; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender struck out; Nettles grounded out (pitcher
to first); Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday flied to left in foul territory; Duncan
struck out; Green walked; Segui struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse singled to shortstop; Fosse stole second;
Harrelson walked; R. Foster walked [Fosse to third, Harrelson to
second]; Leon singled to center [R. Foster to second, Harrelson
to third, Fosse scored]; Heidemann flied out to center; Dunning
homered [Harrelson scored, R. Foster scored, Leon scored];
Uhlaender tripled to right; FINGERS REPLACED SEGUI (PITCHING);
Nettles grounded out (second to first); Pinson was called out on
strikes; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled; Rudi was called out on
strikes; Jackson forced Campaneris (first to shortstop); Epstein
singled [Jackson to second]; Bando singled [Epstein to second,
Jackson to third]; Monday walked [Jackson scored, Epstein to
third, Bando to second]; Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 3RD: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Harrelson
walked; R. Foster grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Green grounded out (second to first); Fingers
walked; Campaneris forced Fingers (third to second); Rudi
singled to left [Campaneris to third]; Rudi was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Leon singled to right; Leon stole second; Heidemann
was hit by a pitch; On a bunt Dunning forced Leon (pitcher to
shortstop) [Heidemann to second]; Uhlaender lined to left;
Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Indians 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson singled to center; Epstein singled to
right [Jackson to third]; Bando singled to left [Epstein to
second, Jackson scored]; Monday homered [Epstein scored, Bando
scored]; HENNIGAN REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Duncan grounded
out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (pitcher to first);
Fingers flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Indians 5.

INDIANS 5TH: HOVLEY REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Pinson
singled to center; Fosse grounded out (pitcher to first) [Pinson
to second]; Harrelson grounded out (third to first); R. Foster
doubled to left [Pinson scored]; Leon grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris walked; Rudi grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Campaneris out at second]; Hovley
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Indians 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Heidemann singled to center; Hennigan out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Heidemann to second];
Uhlaender singled to right [Heidemann scored]; Nettles flied out
to center; Pinson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Indians 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein was called out on strikes; Bando grounded
out (second to first); Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 7.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Harrelson
struck out; R. Foster popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Duncan singled to left; Green struck out; MANGUAL
BATTED FOR FINGERS; Mangual grounded out (third to first)
[Duncan to second]; Campaneris popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 7.

INDIANS 8TH: KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Leon
grounded out (third to first); Heidemann walked; Heidemann was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hennigan reached on
an error by Epstein; Uhlaender walked [Hennigan to second];
KNOWLES REPLACED KLIMKOWSKI (PITCHING); Nettles walked [Hennigan
to third, Uhlaender to second]; Pinson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi flied out to center; Hovley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Epstein singled to second; Bando struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 7.