After breezing to a 7-3 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, the Athletics took advantage of two unearned runs and also beat the Indians in the nightcap, 4-2. Rick Monday and Gene Tenace hit homers for the A's in the first game, Tenace's blow coming with two men on base.

In the second game, with the score tied, 2-2, Monday singled and stopped at second on a two-out single by Sal Bando. When Kurt Bevacqua booted a grounder by Curt Blefary, Monday scored the go-ahead run. Angel Mangual added an extra run with a single. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Cleveland Indians 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    1, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          3  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   7  9  2
Indians      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brown ss              5   0   1   0     0   1   .198      Uhlaender cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Monday cf             5   3   3   1     0   0   .237      Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Jackson rf            4   1   1   0     0   3   .256      Pinson rf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .261
  Hendrick rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Nettles 3b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .280
Epstein 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .252      R. Foster lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .237
  Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Bando 3b              2   2   0   0     2   1   .275      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .262
  LaRussa 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .201
Tenace c              3   1   1   3     1   0   .302      Hargan p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .080
Mangual lf            4   0   1   2     0   1   .321        Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .118
Green 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .254        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .338        Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
                                                            Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .121

Totals               35   7   9   6     3  10             Totals               32   3   5   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:16
Left on Base: A's 5, Indians 4
DP: A's 1, Indians 0
Errors: Bando, LaRussa
Doubles: Monday (6)
Home Runs: Monday (13), Tenace (3), Nettles (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Hunter (3)
GIDP: Chambliss (5)
Hit by Pitch: R. Foster (4,by Hunter)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(13-10)         9     5   3   3   1   6   1  34   3.56
Totals                  9     5   3   3   1   6   1  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan L(1-11)          5     7   7   7   3   6   2  25   6.60
Farmer                  3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.16
Lamb                    1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.96
Totals                  9     9   7   7   3  10   2  39

Passed Balls: Fosse (8)
Hit by Pitch: Hunter (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Brown grounded out (third to first); Monday
singled to shortstop; Jackson singled to center [Monday to
third, Jackson to second (on throw)]; Fosse allowed a passed
ball [Monday scored, Jackson to third]; Epstein was called out
on strikes; Bando walked; Tenace walked [Bando to second];
Mangual singled to center [Jackson scored, Bando scored, Tenace
to third]; Green grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); Leon
flied out to left; Pinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Hunter popped to second; Brown was called out on
strikes; Monday homered; Jackson was called out on strikes; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; R. Foster reached on
an error by Bando [R. Foster to first]; Chambliss was called out
on strikes; Fosse forced R. Foster (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Bando
struck out; Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann flied out to left; Hargan struck out;
Uhlaender popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
4, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Mangual flied out to right; Green singled to
right; Hunter flied out to right; Brown flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Leon popped to second; Pinson walked; Nettles
homered [Pinson scored]; R. Foster grounded out (third to
first); Chambliss singled to center; Fosse struck out; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Monday doubled to right; Jackson struck out;
Epstein struck out; Bando walked; Tenace homered [Monday scored,
Bando scored]; Mangual flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); CLARK
BATTED FOR HARGAN; Clark struck out; Uhlaender flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: FARMER REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Green singled
to center; Hunter out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Green to second]; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Green to third]; Monday grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
flied out to center; Nettles popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jackson struck out; Epstein grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: HENDRICK REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); LARUSSA
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING
1B); R. Foster singled to shortstop; Chambliss flied out to
left; Fosse struck out; Heidemann popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual
struck out; Green flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: HODGE BATTED FOR FARMER; Hodge struck out;
Uhlaender flied out to right; Leon grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LAMB REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Hunter struck
out; Brown singled to third; Monday forced Brown (second to
shortstop); Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Pinson singled to third [Pinson to second (error by
LaRussa)]; Nettles singled to right [Pinson to third]; R. Foster
was hit by a pitch [Nettles to second]; Chambliss grounded into
a double play (second to first to shortstop) [Pinson scored (no
RBI), Nettles to third, R. Foster out at second]; Fosse flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 3.