The Angels scored four unearned runs and won the nightcap, 6-3, to split a doubleheader after an eighth-inning pinch-single by Tommy Davis snapped a tie and gave the Athletics a 3-2 victory in the lidlifter. Davis' blow, his fourth game-winning pinch-hit of the year, followed a pair of passes off Lloyd Allen after Mike Epstein's two-run homer had tied the score, 2-2, in the sixth. Rollie Fingers, who hurled the ninth for the A's, notched his sixth save and ran his string of scoreless innings of relief pitching to 29.

In the afterpiece, Dick Green's first-inning error on Sandy Alomar's grounder opened the gates for three unearned California runs. The Angels tallied in the third and sixth, running the score to 5-0, before the A's counted twice on sixth-inning triples by George Hendrick and Davis and added their final run in the seventh on a walk and Green's double. Jerry Moses' sacrifice fly drove in a superfluous California run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, California Angels 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 11, 1971 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   3  4  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .253      Hendrick lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .182
Rivers cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Blefary c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .242
  Cowan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Jackson rf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .269
Gonzalez lf           3   1   0   1     0   0   .253        Hovley rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .130
  T. Reynolds ph      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Epstein 1b            2   2   1   2     2   0   .268
Stephenson c          4   0   1   1     0   1   .278      Bando 3b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .273
McMullen 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Monday cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .228
Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Brown ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Repoz rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .193        Davis ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .318
O'Brien ss            2   0   0   0     1   1   .211        LaRussa ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Clark p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Green 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Allen p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Segui p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .071
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192

Totals               29   2   5   2     1   3             Totals               27   3   4   3     6   7

Time of Game: 2:26
Left on Base: Angels 2, A's 8
DP: Angels 1, A's 2
Errors: O'Brien
Doubles: Stephenson (11)
Home Runs: Epstein (14)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (24), Davis (5)
Caught Stealing: Alomar (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (2)
GIDP: Repoz (2), Stephenson (5), Green (8)
Hit by Pitch: T. Reynolds (1,by Fingers), Bando (4,by Clark)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clark                   5     3   2   2   4   6   1  24   1.73
Allen L(3-2)            3     1   1   1   2   1   0  11   3.40
Totals                  8     4   3   3   6   7   1  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui W(6-3)            8     5   2   2   1   3   0  28   3.32
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.09
Fingers SV(6)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.50
Totals                  9     5   2   2   1   3   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Clark (1), Fingers (7)
Wild Pitches: Clark (3)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to right; Alomar stole second; Rivers
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Alomar to third]; Gonzalez
grounded out (second to first) [Alomar scored]; Stephenson flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Hendrick struck out; Blefary walked; Jackson
struck out; Epstein walked [Blefary to second]; Clark threw a
wild pitch [Blefary to third, Epstein to second]; Bando was hit
by a pitch; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Angels 1, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
singled to center; Repoz grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Green
flied out to left; Segui struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 1, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 3RD: O'Brien walked; On a bunt Clark forced O'Brien
(pitcher to second); Alomar forced Clark (second to shortstop);
Alomar was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Blefary
flied out to center; Jackson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 1, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers singled to pitcher; Gonzalez forced Rivers
(shortstop to second); Stephenson doubled to left [Gonzalez
scored]; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stephenson
to third]; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein flied out to right; Bando walked; Monday
struck out; Brown singled to right [Bando to second]; Green
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Repoz popped to second; O'Brien struck out; Clark
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Segui struck out; Hendrick struck out; Blefary
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics
0.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar flied out to right; Rivers grounded out
(second to first); Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson walked; Epstein homered [Jackson scored];
Bando reached on an error by O'Brien [Bando to first]; Monday
singled to pitcher [Bando to second]; ALLEN REPLACED CLARK
(PITCHING); Brown forced Bando (third unassisted) [Monday to
second]; Green grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Brown out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
2, Athletics 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Stephenson struck out; McMullen popped to shortstop;
Spencer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Segui struck out; Hendrick popped to catcher in
foul territory; Blefary flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Repoz struck out (catcher to first); O'Brien lined
to second; Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson flied out to right; Epstein walked; Bando
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Epstein to second];
Monday was walked intentionally; DAVIS BATTED FOR BROWN; Davis
singled to center [Epstein scored, Monday to third]; Davis stole
second; Green flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
2, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 9TH: LARUSSA REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING SS); HOVLEY REPLACED
JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Alomar singled to center; KNOWLES REPLACED
SEGUI (PITCHING); COWAN BATTED FOR RIVERS; Cowan forced Alomar
(third to second); T. REYNOLDS BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; FINGERS
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); T. Reynolds was hit by a pitch
[Cowan to second]; Stephenson grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to pitcher) [T. Reynolds out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

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