The hitless relief pitching of Darold Knowles, after Blue Moon Odom ran into trouble in the sixth inning, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Brewers, 2-0. Johnny Briggs singled in the fourth, but that was the Brewers' only hit until the sixth when Dave May beat out a bunt to load the bases after Bill Parsons and Tommy Harper had walked.

Knowles put down that threat brilliantly, striking out Briggs, getting Bill Voss on a short fly and retiring Frank Tepedino on a grounder. The A's scored in the first on a walk to Angel Mangual and double by Dave Duncan, then subsided until the ninth when Reggie Jackson smashed a homer. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      19, 1971 (Day game) at County Stadium
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Harper 3b,lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .185
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      May cf                3   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Jackson rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .267        Kosco ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Briggs lf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .272        Gil ph,3b           1   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Mangual cf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .320      Voss rf,cf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .251
Duncan c              3   0   1   1     0   2   .230        Ellis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Green 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Tepedino 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Odom p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pena ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Knowles p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .196
                                                          Roof c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .189
                                                          Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   2   .191
                                                          Parsons p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .160
                                                            Theobald ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .260
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   6   2     1   4             Totals               28   0   2   0     4   5

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 13,744
Left on Base: A's 4, Brewers 5
DP: A's 1, Brewers 1
Doubles: Duncan (6)
Home Runs: Jackson (13)
GIDP: Odom (1), Ellis (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(2-3)             5     2   0   0   3   2   0  20   4.28
Knowles SV(4)           4     0   0   0   1   3   0  12   5.79
Totals                  9     2   0   0   4   5   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons L(5-9)          8     5   1   1   1   3   0  29   2.68
Sanders                 1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   2.47
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   4   1  33

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
was called out on strikes; Jackson singled to left; Epstein
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to right; May grounded out (first
to pitcher); Briggs lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual
walked; Duncan doubled [Mangual scored]; Green popped to second;
Odom grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Voss walked; Tepedino popped to shortstop; Kubiak
grounded out (second to first) [Voss to second]; Roof flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi popped to
catcher; Jackson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach was called out on strikes; Parsons struck
out; Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein popped to third; Bando grounded out
(second to first); Mangual popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Briggs singled
to third; Voss popped to third; Tepedino flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan struck out; Green singled to third; On a
bunt Odom grounded into a double play (pitcher to second) [Green
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Roof
grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Rudi
flied out to center; Jackson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Parsons walked; Harper walked [Parsons to second];
May singled to pitcher [Harper to second, Parsons to third];
KNOWLES REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); GIL BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Gil
struck out; Voss flied out to left; Tepedino grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: GIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARPER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Epstein singled to right; Bando popped
to first; Mangual flied out to center; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Kubiak flied out to left; Roof popped to second;
Auerbach struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers
0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Green flied out to center; Knowles singled to
right; Campaneris forced Knowles (shortstop to second); Rudi
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: THEOBALD BATTED FOR PARSONS; Theobald struck out;
Harper grounded out (third to first); KOSCO BATTED FOR MAY;
Kosco flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: KOSCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); VOSS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); SANDERS REPLACED THEOBALD (PITCHING);
Jackson homered; Epstein popped to third; Bando flied out to
left; Mangual was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Gil walked; ELLIS BATTED FOR VOSS; Ellis grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gil out at
second]; PENA BATTED FOR TEPEDINO; Pena popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 0.