With last-out help from Rollie Fingers, Chuck Dobson gained his ninth straight victory when the Athletics defeated the Indians, 6-3. Dobson hit a sacrifice fly to drive in one of the A's three runs in the second inning. Dobson also singled and scored in the fourth when the A's added two tallies.

Mike Epstein homered for their final run in the seventh. The Indians threatened in the ninth when Kurt Bevacqua and Gomer Hodge hit singles, but Fingers retired Chuck Hinton for the final out. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      20, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
A's          0  3  0    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   6  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Brown ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .204
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .296      Rudi rf,lf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .258
Pinson rf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .270      Davis lf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .333
Nettles 3b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .268        Hendrick rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Baker lf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .186      Epstein 1b            1   2   1   1     3   0   .274
Bevacqua 2b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .210      Bando 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .257
Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Monday cf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .246
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duncan c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .246
  Hodge ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .246
Suarez c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Dobson p              3   1   1   1     0   1   .263
  Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .272        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Lamb p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Stanley ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .176

Totals               34   3   8   3     0   4             Totals               31   6   9   6     5   4

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  8,539
Left on Base: Indians 5, A's 7
DP: Indians 0, A's 0
Errors: Nettles, Duncan
Doubles: Nettles (12)
Home Runs: Epstein (15)
Stolen Bases: Pinson (15), Davis (6)
Caught Stealing: Monday (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Bevacqua (2), Dobson (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamb L(5-7)             3.2   7   5   5   3   3   0  21   2.92
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.96
Colbert                 2.1   2   1   1   1   0   1  10   4.59
Farmer                  1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.76
Totals                  8     9   6   6   5   4   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(9-0)           8.2   8   3   2   0   4   0  34   3.09
Fingers SV(7)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.70
Totals                  9     8   3   2   0   4   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Haller


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender flied out to center; Chambliss grounded
out (pitcher to first); Pinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
grounded out (third to first); Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles doubled to left; Baker popped to third in
foul territory; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first);
Heidemann flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein walked; Bando singled to right [Epstein
to second]; Monday singled to center [Epstein scored, Bando to
third]; Duncan singled to third [Bando scored, Monday to third
(error by Nettles), Duncan to second]; Green was walked
intentionally; Dobson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Monday
scored]; Brown forced Green (third to second) [Duncan to third];
Rudi popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Suarez lined to center; Lamb grounded out (second
to first); Uhlaender struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Davis popped to first; Epstein walked; Bando
popped to first; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss singled to left; Pinson singled to third
[Chambliss to second]; Nettles singled to left [Chambliss to
third, Pinson to second]; Baker grounded out (first unassisted)
[Chambliss scored, Pinson to third, Nettles to second]; Bevacqua
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Pinson scored, Nettles to third];
Heidemann struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan singled to left; Green struck out; Dobson
singled to left [Duncan to third]; Brown struck out; Rudi
singled to right [Duncan scored, Dobson to second]; Davis
singled to center [Dobson scored, Rudi to third]; MINGORI
REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING); Davis stole second; Epstein walked;
Bando forced Davis (third unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 2, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Suarez was called out on strikes; CLARK BATTED FOR
MINGORI; Clark grounded out (second to first); Uhlaender
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: COLBERT REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Monday
grounded out (second to first); Duncan grounded out (pitcher to
first); Green grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Pinson singled to
center; Pinson stole second [Pinson to third (error by Duncan)];
Nettles grounded out (first unassisted) [Pinson scored
(unearned)]; Baker flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dobson popped to third; Brown grounded out (first
unassisted); Rudi singled to left; Davis grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Bevacqua popped to catcher in foul territory;
Heidemann flied out to center; Suarez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein homered; Bando popped to third in foul
territory; Monday walked; FARMER REPLACED HEIDEMANN (PITCHING);
STANLEY REPLACED COLBERT (PLAYING SS); Monday was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Duncan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 6.

INDIANS 8TH: HENDRICK REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING RF); RUDI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to
first); Uhlaender singled to left; Chambliss was called out on
strikes; Pinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Green popped to second; Dobson struck out; Brown
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics
6.

INDIANS 9TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Baker flied
out to center; Bevacqua singled to center; HODGE BATTED FOR
FARMER; Hodge singled to right [Bevacqua to third]; FINGERS
REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); HINTON BATTED FOR SUAREZ; Hinton
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
3, Athletics 6.