A three-run rally in the ninth inning brought the Athletics an 8-7 victory over the Tigers. Rick Monday led off with a homer, but two were out before Mike Epstein drew a pass. Blue Moon Odom ran for Epstein and scored the tying run on a double by Dave Duncan. Dick Green then singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Detroit Tigers 7
Game Played on Thursday, July      15, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  2    0  1  0    1  3  0  -   7 11  3
A's          0  0  0    0  2  3    0  0  3  -   8 12  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          5   2   2   1     0   0   .244      Brown ss              5   0   2   2     0   0   .225
Kaline rf             2   0   0   0     3   1   .300      Rudi rf               3   0   1   2     0   0   .258
Northrup cf,lf        5   2   2   2     0   0   .287        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Horton lf             3   1   2   2     2   1   .290        Blefary ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Cash 1b               4   0   1   1     1   1   .292      Jackson cf,rf         4   0   0   0     1   2   .266
Freehan c             4   0   1   0     1   0   .277      Davis lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .325
McAuliffe 2b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .185        Monday cf           1   1   1   1     0   0   .231
Brinkman ss           2   1   2   0     1   0   .210      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .266
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Epstein 1b            4   1   2   0     1   0   .268
  Gutierrez ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Odom pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Lolich p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .123      Duncan c              4   2   2   1     1   0   .249
  Collins ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .316      Green 2b              4   1   1   1     1   1   .253
  Timmermann p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Dobson p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tenace ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .228
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hendrick ph,cf,lf   2   1   1   0     0   0   .333

Totals               35   7  11   6     8   6             Totals               38   8  12   7     5   4

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance:  5,979
Left on Base: Tigers 11, A's 10
DP: Tigers 0, A's 1
Errors: Rodriguez, Horton, Brinkman, Jackson, Davis
Doubles: Freehan (17), Northrup (18)
Home Runs: Monday (9)
Caught Stealing: Freehan (7), Bando (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Lolich 2 (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (4)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  7     9   5   4   4   3   0  35   3.03
Timmermann L(4-5)       1.2   3   3   3   1   1   1   9   4.31
Totals                  8.2  12   8   7   5   4   1  44

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  4.1   5   3   3   6   4   0  23   3.19
Locker                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.59
Roland                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.38
Fingers                 2     5   4   3   1   1   0  12   2.74
Knowles W(4-4)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.70
Totals                  9    11   7   6   8   6   0  45

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Red Flaherty


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez flied out to right; Kaline walked;
Northrup flied to right in foul territory; Horton struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
reached on an error by Brinkman [Rudi to first]; Jackson was
called out on strikes; Davis singled to right [Rudi to third];
Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash struck out; Freehan walked; McAuliffe struck
out while Freehan was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein popped to third in foul territory; Duncan
walked; Green popped to first in foul territory; Dobson grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics
0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled to center; Lolich out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Brinkman to second];
Rodriguez singled to left [Brinkman scored]; Kaline walked
[Rodriguez to second]; Northrup popped to third in foul
territory; Horton singled to center [Rodriguez scored, Kaline to
third (error by Jackson), Horton to second]; Cash was walked
intentionally; Freehan lined to pitcher; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
popped to second; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe flied out to center; Brinkman walked;
Lolich struck out; Rodriguez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Davis struck out; Bando lined to left; Epstein
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics
0.

TIGERS 5TH: Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
singled to left; Horton walked [Northrup to second]; Cash
singled to right [Northrup scored, Horton to second]; LOCKER
REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Freehan flied out to left; McAuliffe
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to center; Green struck out;
TENACE BATTED FOR LOCKER; Tenace singled to left [Duncan scored
(error by Horton) (no RBI), Tenace to second]; Brown singled to
center [Tenace to third]; Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Tenace scored (unearned)]; Jackson walked [Brown to second];
Davis grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 6TH: ROLAND REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); Brinkman singled
to center; Lolich out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Brinkman to second]; Rodriguez flied out to right; Kaline was
walked intentionally; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando walked; Epstein singled to right [Bando to
third]; Duncan lined to shortstop; Bando was caught stealing
home (catcher to third) [Epstein to second]; Green was walked
intentionally; HENDRICK BATTED FOR ROLAND; Hendrick singled to
left [Epstein to third, Green to second]; Brown singled to left
[Epstein scored, Green scored, Hendrick to second]; Rudi singled
to center [Hendrick scored, Brown to third]; Jackson grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 5.

TIGERS 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED RUDI (PITCHING); JACKSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HENDRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
Horton walked; Cash flied out to left; Freehan doubled to left
[Horton scored (error by Davis) (unearned) (no RBI), Freehan to
third]; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); JONES BATTED
FOR BRINKMAN; Jones flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: GUTIERREZ REPLACED JONES (PLAYING SS); Davis
grounded out (third to first); Bando lined to right; Epstein
singled to right; Duncan reached on an error by Rodriguez
[Epstein to second, Duncan to first]; Green popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 5.

TIGERS 8TH: MONDAY REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING CF); HENDRICK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); COLLINS BATTED FOR LOLICH; Collins
singled to center; Rodriguez singled to center [Collins to
second]; Kaline struck out; Northrup doubled to left [Collins
scored, Rodriguez scored]; Horton singled to left [Northrup
scored]; Cash flied out to right; Freehan flied to left in foul
territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TIMMERMANN REPLACED COLLINS
(PITCHING); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown
grounded out (second to first); BLEFARY BATTED FOR FINGERS;
Blefary flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7,
Athletics 5.

TIGERS 9TH: KNOWLES REPLACED BLEFARY (PITCHING); McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first); Gutierrez popped to second;
Timmermann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson struck out; Monday homered; Bando
grounded out (first to pitcher); Epstein walked; ODOM RAN FOR
EPSTEIN; Duncan singled to left [Odom scored, Duncan to second
(on throw to home)]; Green singled to left [Duncan scored]; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Athletics 8.