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 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      23, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A'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.