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The Athletics broke loose for seven runs in the last two innings to defeat the Twins, 8-3. Rick Monday doubled for two of the A's four runs in the eighth and singled for another RBI in the ninth. [The Sporting News] Oakland Athletics 8, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Wednesday, June 23, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 - 8 12 1
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 7 2
A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Campaneris ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 .255 Tovar lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .295
Blefary c 3 2 2 1 1 0 .240 Carew 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .254
Jackson rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .275 Oliva rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .382
Epstein 1b 5 2 4 2 0 0 .287 Killebrew 3b 2 1 1 0 2 1 .268
Bando 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .272 Reese 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .195
Monday cf 5 0 2 3 0 1 .213 Holt cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Hegan lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .224 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rudi lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Cardenas ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .282
Green 2b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .272 Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261
Odom p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Blyleven p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .087
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nettles cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286
Totals 37 8 12 7 4 10 Totals 35 3 7 3 3 6
Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 16,856
Left on Base: A's 8, Twins 8
DP: A's 0, Twins 1
Errors: Hegan, Perranoski, Mitterwald
Doubles: Monday (4), Epstein (7)
Home Runs: Blefary (2), Reese (5), Cardenas (9)
Stolen Bases: Monday (3), Campaneris (16)
Caught Stealing: Blefary (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (1), Blefary (1)
GIDP: Jackson (2)
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Odom W(3-3) 8 6 3 3 3 5 2 34 4.08
Fingers SV(3) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.95
Totals 9 7 3 3 3 6 2 38
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven L(7-9) 7 7 2 2 2 8 1 28 2.64
Hall 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 0 5 3.44
Williams 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3.97
Perranoski 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 7 6.75
Totals 9 12 8 6 4 10 1 43
Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz
ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Blefary singled to right;
Jackson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Blefary out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics
0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Carew singled to
right; Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew walked [Carew to
second]; Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein singled to center; Bando forced Epstein
(pitcher to shortstop); Monday forced Bando (second to
shortstop); Monday stole second; Hegan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Holt popped to shortstop in foul territory; Cardenas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Green struck out; Odom grounded out (shortstop to
first); Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Blyleven struck out; Tovar singled to right; Carew
reached on an error by Hegan [Tovar to third, Carew to second];
Oliva was walked intentionally; Killebrew struck out; Reese
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Blefary homered; Jackson was called out on
strikes; Epstein singled to center; Bando made an out to second;
Monday was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Holt grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenas
singled to center; Mitterwald grounded out (pitcher unassisted)
[Cardenas to second]; Blyleven flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Hegan was called out on strikes; Green struck
out; Odom struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins
0.
TWINS 5TH: Tovar flied out to center; Carew made an out to
shortstop; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris lined to shortstop; Blefary walked;
Blefary was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1,
Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Killebrew walked; Reese grounded out (first
unassisted) [Killebrew to second]; Holt grounded out (third to
first); Cardenas reached on a fielder's choice [Killebrew out at
third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1,
Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein singled to right; Bando out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Epstein to second]; Monday
made an out to first; Hegan walked; Green singled to left [Hegan
to second, Epstein to third]; Odom struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 7TH: RUDI REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING LF); Mitterwald struck
out; Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1,
Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris singled to left; HALL REPLACED
BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Campaneris stole second [Campaneris to
third (error by Mitterwald)]; Blefary made an out to pitcher;
Jackson walked; Epstein reached on a fielder's choice [Jackson
to second, Campaneris scored]; Bando singled to left [Epstein to
second, Jackson scored]; Monday doubled to right [Bando scored,
Epstein scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Rudi flied
out to center; Green was walked intentionally; Odom struck out;
4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 0.
TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Oliva struck out; Killebrew singled to left; Reese homered
[Killebrew scored]; Holt flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 2.
ATHLETICS 9TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED HOLT (PITCHING); NETTLES
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING CF); Campaneris singled; Blefary
reached on an error by Perranoski on a sacrifice bunt
[Campaneris scored (no RBI), Blefary to third]; Jackson was
called out on strikes; Epstein doubled to left [Blefary scored
(unearned)]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
singled to center [Epstein scored (unearned)]; Rudi forced
Monday (third to second); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Twins 2.
TWINS 9TH: Cardenas homered; FINGERS REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING);
Mitterwald flied out to left; Nettles singled; Tovar struck out;
Carew flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8,
Twins 3.
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