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Sunday July 25, 1971
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Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 25, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

A's          0  1  2    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   6 14  1
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .238
Monday cf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Taylor 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .241
  Davis ph,lf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .319      Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .295
  Hovley lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .115      Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .272
Jackson rf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .265      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Epstein 1b            5   2   3   2     0   0   .266      Stanley cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Northrup ph,cf      1   0   0   0     1   0   .292
Bando 3b              4   2   3   1     1   0   .268      I. Brown 1b           2   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Hendrick lf,cf        4   0   2   0     0   0   .313        Cash ph,1b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Tenace c              4   0   2   2     1   1   .254      Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .218
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     2   1   .248        G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .407
Blue p                2   1   1   0     0   1   .114      Denehy p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Blefary ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Kilkenny p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Fingers p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .179        Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .348
                                                            Gilbreth p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Jones ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .263
                                                            Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McAuliffe ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               39   6  14   5     4   6             Totals               31   1   3   0     5   6

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 53,565
Left on Base: A's 12, Tigers 8
DP: A's 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Campaneris, Rodriguez 3
Doubles: Epstein (11), Rodriguez (16)
Home Runs: Bando (16)
Stolen Bases: Tenace (2)
Caught Stealing: Jackson (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Hendrick (1)
Hit by Pitch: Blue (2,by Denehy)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(19-3)            6     1   1   0   3   6   0  23   1.37
Fingers SV(10)          3     2   0   0   2   0   0  13   2.62
Totals                  9     3   1   0   5   6   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denehy L(0-3)           3.1   6   3   3   1   2   1  19   3.68
Kilkenny                0.2   3   2   2   0   1   0   5   5.79
Timmermann              1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.97
Gilbreth                1     2   1   0   1   0   0   5   3.86
Niekro                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.86
Scherman                1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.79
Chance                  1     1   0   0   1   2   0   5   3.23
Totals                  9    14   6   5   4   6   1  45

Hit by Pitch: Denehy (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Monday flied out to center; Jackson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez doubled to left; Taylor flied out to right
[Rodriguez to third]; Kaline reached on an error by Campaneris
[Rodriguez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Kaline to first]; Horton
struck out; Freehan flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Bando
homered; Hendrick flied out to right; Tenace walked; Green
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley popped to first in foul territory; I. Brown
struck out; Brinkman walked; Denehy walked [Brinkman to second];
Rodriguez walked [Brinkman to third, Denehy to second]; Taylor
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue singled to left; Campaneris struck out;
Monday flied out to right; Jackson singled to right [Blue to
second]; Epstein doubled to right [Blue scored, Jackson scored];
Bando singled to left [Epstein to third]; Hendrick flied out to
center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace singled to left; Tenace stole second;
Green struck out; Blue was hit by a pitch; Campaneris reached on
an error by Rodriguez [Tenace to third, Blue to second,
Campaneris to first]; KILKENNY REPLACED DENEHY (PITCHING); DAVIS
BATTED FOR MONDAY; Davis struck out; Jackson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HENDRICK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Stanley popped to first in foul
territory; I. Brown struck out; Brinkman popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein singled to left; Bando singled to left
[Epstein to second]; Hendrick singled to left [Epstein to third,
Bando to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED KILKENNY (PITCHING);
Tenace singled to left [Epstein scored, Bando scored, Hendrick
to second]; Green lined into a double play (left to second)
[Hendrick out at second]; Blue struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Collins popped to
third; Rodriguez lined to left; Taylor grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: GILBRETH REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Campaneris
flied out to left; Davis popped to first in foul territory;
Jackson singled to center; Jackson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied to left in foul territory; Horton
struck out (catcher to first); Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein singled to left; Bando walked [Epstein to
second]; NIEKRO REPLACED GILBRETH (PITCHING); Hendrick out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Epstein to third, Bando to
second]; Tenace grounded out (second to first) [Epstein stayed
at third]; Green walked; BLEFARY BATTED FOR BLUE; SCHERMAN
REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR BLEFARY; Brown
reached on an error by Rodriguez [Epstein scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Bando out at home (shortstop to catcher), Green to second,
Brown to first]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED
FOR STANLEY; Northrup grounded out (second to first); CASH
BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash grounded out (catcher to first);
Brinkman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); Davis grounded out (third to first); Jackson singled to
right; Epstein flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: HOVLEY REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); HEGAN REPLACED
EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); JONES BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Jones singled
to right; Rodriguez forced Jones (third to second); Taylor
walked [Rodriguez to second]; Kaline flied out to left; Horton
forced Taylor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 6, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CHANCE REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Bando popped to
first; Hendrick singled to third [Hendrick to second (error by
Rodriguez)]; Tenace struck out; Green was walked intentionally;
Fingers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
walked; Cash singled to right [Northrup to second]; G. BROWN
BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Northrup to third, Cash to second]; MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR
CHANCE; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Tigers 1.



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