Blazing Vida Blue allowed only one hit -- a single by Tony Taylor in the fourth inning -- and pitched the Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tigers. The A's sewed up their sensational southpaw's triumph by scoring all their runs in the first inning, three counting on a bases-loaded double by George Hendrick. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Friday, July      16, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  0
A's          4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  3  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   3   .241      Brown ss              2   1   0   0     2   0   .221
Taylor 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Rudi rf,lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Kaline rf             1   0   0   0     2   0   .299      Davis lf              2   1   0   0     2   1   .319
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .287        Monday cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Bando 3b              2   1   0   1     1   0   .265
I. Brown 1b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .284      Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Stanley cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .296        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Hendrick cf,rf        4   0   2   3     0   1   .364
Cain p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Duncan c              3   0   0   0     1   2   .246
  Price ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .094
  Gutierrez ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .161

Totals               26   0   1   0     3   9             Totals               26   4   3   4     7   7

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 24,434
Left on Base: Tigers 2, A's 6
DP: Tigers 1, A's 2
Doubles: Rudi (19), Hendrick (1)
GIDP: Taylor (1), Horton (10), Green (9)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (5,by Cain)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain L(5-4)             5     3   4   4   6   6   0  24   3.46
Denehy                  3     0   0   0   1   1   0  10   3.45
Totals                  8     3   4   4   7   7   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(18-3)            9     1   0   0   3   9   0  29   1.35
Totals                  9     1   0   0   3   9   0  29

Hit by Pitch: Cain (3)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Taylor grounded
out (first to pitcher); Kaline walked; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown walked; Rudi doubled to center [Brown to
third]; Davis walked; Bando was hit by a pitch [Brown scored,
Rudi to third, Davis to second]; Epstein struck out; Hendrick
doubled to right [Rudi scored, Davis scored, Bando scored];
Duncan walked; Green grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Duncan out at second]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to right; I. Brown grounded out
(first to second to pitcher); Stanley popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Blue was called out on strikes; Brown popped to
catcher; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Cain
popped to first; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Davis walked; Bando forced Davis (third to
second); Epstein flied out to left; Hendrick singled to center
[Bando to second]; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Taylor singled to center; Kaline popped to second;
Horton struck out; Freehan lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Green flied out to right; Blue struck out; Brown
walked; Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 5TH: I. Brown was called out on strikes; Stanley grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Davis struck out; Bando walked; Epstein flied out
to center; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 4.

TIGERS 6TH: PRICE BATTED FOR CAIN; Price walked; Rodriguez
struck out; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Price out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: DENEHY REPLACED PRICE (PITCHING); Duncan grounded
out (third to first); Green flied out to center; Blue flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline walked; Horton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Kaline out at second]; Freehan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 8TH: MONDAY REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING CF); HENDRICK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); RUDI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); I.
Brown struck out; Stanley struck out; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics
4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein
walked; Hendrick popped to second; Duncan was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 9TH: HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); GUTIERREZ
BATTED FOR DENEHY; Gutierrez lined to right; Rodriguez flied out
to left; Taylor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 4.