After setting an A. L. record for the most scoreless innings in one game, the five-hour, five-minute marathon between the Athletics and the Angels came to an end in the 20th inning when Curt Blefary crossed the plate on a two-out single by Angel Mangual to give the A's a 1-0 victory. Blefary was hit by a pitch and stopped at second on a one-out single by Dick Green. After pinch-hitter Buddy Hunter struck out, Mangual broke up the game with his single. Oakland Athletics 1, California Angels 0Game Played on Friday, July 9, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumAngels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 11 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar 2b 8 0 2 0 0 1 .247 Mangual cf,rf 8 0 3 1 1 0 .325 Berry cf 8 0 2 0 0 2 .208 Rudi lf 8 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Conigliaro rf 8 0 0 0 0 5 .222 Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .272 T. Reynolds rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cowan lf 8 0 0 0 0 6 .288 Monday cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 McMullen 3b 8 0 2 0 0 3 .256 Davis 1b,2b 8 0 2 0 0 1 .314 Spencer 1b 8 0 2 0 0 2 .218 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 4 0 .275 O'Brien ss 8 0 0 0 0 2 .212 Duncan c 5 0 0 0 0 3 .245 Moses c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .214 Blefary ph,c 1 1 0 0 1 1 .237 Rivers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Brown ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230 Stephenson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Tenace ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .176 May p 4 0 1 0 0 3 .194 LaRussa ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Repoz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .197 Epstein ph,1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Fisher p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Green 2b,ss 8 0 2 0 0 2 .260 Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Blue p 3 0 0 0 1 2 .098 Queen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hunter ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .345 Totals 71 0 11 0 1 26 Totals 64 1 7 1 8 17 Time of Game: 5:05 Attendance: 22,938 Left on Base: Angels 12, A's 13 DP: Angels 1, A's 0 Errors: O'Brien Doubles: Moses (5) Stolen Bases: Alomar (23), Jackson (11), Davis (4) Caught Stealing: Mangual (4), Monday (6) GIDP: Jackson (4) Hit by Pitch: Blefary (1,by Queen) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May 12 3 0 0 6 13 0 43 2.86 Fisher 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 19 1.92 Queen L(1-2) 2.2 2 1 1 0 3 0 11 1.70 Totals 19.2 7 1 1 8 17 0 73 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue 11 7 0 0 0 17 0 40 1.42 Fingers 7 2 0 0 1 7 0 24 2.52 Locker 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.76 Knowles W(3-4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.19 Totals 20 11 0 0 1 26 0 72 Hit by Pitch: Queen (3) Wild Pitches: Blue (8) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett ANGELS 1ST: Alomar flied out to right; Berry flied out to left; Conigliaro was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Mangual singled to center; Rudi flied out to right; Jackson popped to shortstop; Davis forced Mangual (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 2ND: Cowan struck out; McMullen popped to first in foul territory; Spencer singled to left; O'Brien popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Duncan popped to third; Brown popped to first; Green singled to second [Bando to second]; Blue struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 3RD: Moses lined to second; May was called out on strikes; Alomar flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual walked; Rudi lined to right; Jackson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mangual out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 4TH: Berry lined to right; Conigliaro struck out; Cowan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Davis flied out to center; Bando walked; Duncan struck out; Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 5TH: McMullen grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); O'Brien flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Green struck out; Blue grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual singled to left; Mangual was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 6TH: Moses doubled to left; May struck out; Alomar singled to left [Moses to third]; Alomar stole second; Berry struck out; Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi struck out; Jackson grounded out (third to first); Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 7TH: Cowan struck out; McMullen struck out; Spencer singled to second; O'Brien was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando flied out to right; Duncan flied out to right; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 8TH: Moses struck out; May singled to left; Alomar singled to left [May to second]; Berry flied out to center; Conigliaro lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Green struck out; Blue walked; Mangual forced Blue (pitcher to second); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 9TH: Cowan struck out; McMullen flied out to left; Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson walked; Jackson stole second; ODOM RAN FOR JACKSON; Davis flied out to center; Bando was walked intentionally; Duncan struck out; TENACE BATTED FOR BROWN; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 10TH: MONDAY REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING CF); MANGUAL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LARUSSA REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING SS); O'Brien grounded out (third to first); Moses struck out; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 10TH: Green flied out to center; Blue was called out on strikes; Mangual popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 11TH: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry singled to center; Conigliaro struck out while Berry advanced to second on a wild pitch; Cowan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 11TH: Rudi popped to catcher in foul territory; Monday reached on an error by O'Brien [Monday to first]; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 12TH: FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); McMullen struck out; Spencer popped to first in foul territory; O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 12TH: Bando flied out to left; Duncan was called out on strikes; LaRussa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 13TH: RIVERS BATTED FOR MOSES; Rivers popped to shortstop; REPOZ BATTED FOR MAY; Repoz walked; Alomar flied out to right; Berry popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 13TH: STEPHENSON REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING C ); FISHER REPLACED REPOZ (PITCHING); Green grounded out (second to first); Fingers grounded out (third to first); Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 14TH: Conigliaro popped to shortstop; Cowan grounded out (shortstop to first); McMullen singled to third; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 14TH: Rudi flied out to right; Monday popped to third in foul territory; Davis singled to left; Davis stole second; Bando was walked intentionally; BLEFARY BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Blefary walked [Davis to third, Bando to second]; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR LARUSSA; Epstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 15TH: EPSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BLEFARY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GREEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); O'Brien flied out to left; Stephenson grounded out (second to first); Fisher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 15TH: Green flied out to center; Fingers flied out to center; Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 16TH: Alomar flied out to center; Berry struck out; Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 16TH: Rudi popped to first in foul territory; Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis singled to left; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 17TH: Cowan struck out; McMullen struck out; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 17TH: Blefary struck out; Epstein grounded out (pitcher to first); Green grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 18TH: O'Brien struck out; Stephenson popped to catcher in foul territory; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR FISHER; Gonzalez singled to left; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 18TH: QUEEN REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); HEGAN BATTED FOR FINGERS; Hegan was called out on strikes; Mangual flied out to right; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 19TH: LOCKER REPLACED HEGAN (PITCHING); Berry singled to shortstop; Conigliaro struck out; Tony Conigliaro ejected by 1B umpire George Maloney; Cowan flied out to center; McMullen singled to third [Berry to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING); Spencer struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 19TH: T. REYNOLDS REPLACED CONIGLIARO (PLAYING RF); Monday flied out to right; Davis struck out; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 20TH: O'Brien grounded out (second to first); Stephenson flied out to center; Queen popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 20TH: Blefary was hit by a pitch; Epstein popped to first in foul territory; Green singled to left [Blefary to second]; HUNTER BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Hunter struck out; Mangual singled to right [Blefary scored, Green to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 1. |
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