A record Anaheim Stadium crowd of 44,631 saw Vida Blue pitch the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Angels. In boosting his rceord to 17-3, Blue gave up nine hits, his highest yield in any game this season.

The A's, held to five hits, beat Tom Murphy with two homers. Mike Epstein accounted for the first run with a smash in the second inning. After the Angels tied the score with doubles by Jim Spencer and Murphy in the third, the deadlock prevailed until two out in the eighth when Joe Rudi won the game with a homer. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, California Angels 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      4, 1971 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  5  1
Angels       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .230      Alomar 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .239
Rudi lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .261      Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .207
Jackson rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .279      Conigliaro rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Epstein 1b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .278      Cowan lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .283
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      McMullen 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .240        Repoz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Brown ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .219      O'Brien ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .220
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Spencer 1b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .222
Blue p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .103      Moses c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .220
                                                          Murphy p              3   0   2   1     0   0   .116

Totals               32   2   5   2     2   7             Totals               35   1   9   1     0   7

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 44,631
Left on Base: A's 5, Angels 7
DP: A's 1, Angels 0
Errors: Duncan, Murphy
Doubles: Spencer (14), Murphy (3)
Home Runs: Epstein (13), Rudi (10)
Stolen Bases: Bando (1)
Caught Stealing: Jackson (6)
GIDP: Conigliaro (11)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(17-3)            9     9   1   1   0   7   0  35   1.51
Totals                  9     9   1   1   0   7   0  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy L(4-11)          9     5   2   2   2   7   2  34   4.21
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   7   2  34

Wild Pitches: Murphy (5)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Jim Honochick


ATHLETICS 1ST: Monday flied out to right; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson singled to second; Jackson was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar lined to center; Berry lined to right;
Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein homered; Bando grounded out (third to
first); Duncan struck out; Brown flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Cowan was called out on strikes; McMullen grounded
out (third to first); O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green grounded out (third to first); Blue struck
out; Monday walked; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Spencer doubled to center; Moses struck out; Murphy
doubled to right [Spencer scored]; Alomar singled to center
[Murphy to third]; Berry flied out to right; Conigliaro flied
out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson flied out to center; Epstein walked;
Bando forced Epstein (second to shortstop); Bando stole second;
Duncan struck out but Bando advanced to third and Duncan
advanced to first on a wild pitch; Brown popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Cowan flied out to right; McMullen flied out to
center; Duncan dropped a foul fly hit by O'Brien for an error;
O'Brien singled to second; Spencer singled to left [O'Brien to
second]; Moses struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Blue
struck out; Monday singled to right; Monday was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Murphy [Monday to third]; Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Murphy flied out to right; Alomar singled to third;
Berry singled to right [Alomar to second]; Conigliaro grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Berry out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson flied out to center; Epstein flied out to
left; Bando grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Cowan struck out (catcher to first); McMullen popped
to shortstop; O'Brien flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Brown lined
to left; Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Spencer flied out to center; Moses popped to third;
Murphy singled to left; Alomar lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Blue was called out on strikes (catcher to
first); Monday grounded out (second to first); Rudi homered;
Jackson singled to left; Epstein flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Berry popped to first in foul territory; Conigliaro
popped to second; Cowan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: McMullen singled to center; REPOZ RAN FOR MCMULLEN;
O'Brien struck out; Spencer struck out; Moses popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 1.