A grand-slam homer by Sal Bando was the Athletics' big blow in a 6-5 victory over the Brewers. A walk to Bert Campaneris, single by Rick Monday and an error on a grounder by Tommy Davis filled the bases in the third inning for Bando's belt off Marcelino Lopez.

However, the Brewers came back with homers by Johnny Briggs and Dave May to tie the score before Reggie Jackson put the A's in front again with a round-tripper in the fifth. Bando walked in the seventh, moved up on an infield out and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Angel Mangual. [The Sporting News]
Oakland Athletics 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Game Played on Wednesday, August 4, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Brewers      0  1  0    0  3  0    0  1  0  -   5 12  1
A's          0  0  4    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   6 10  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   2   1     1   0   .251      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   0     1   0   .248
Theobald 2b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .283      Monday cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .246
May rf                3   1   2   3     0   0   .287      Jackson rf            5   1   2   1     0   2   .265
  Mitchell ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Davis lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .321
  Voss ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .251        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Cardenal cf           4   0   2   0     1   0   .247        Locker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Briggs 1b             2   1   1   1     1   1   .285      Bando 3b              3   2   1   4     1   0   .276
  Kosco ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Epstein 1b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .254
Ratliff c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .154        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Pena ph,3b          1   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Tenace c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .320
Matchick 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .071      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
  Rodriguez c         2   1   1   0     0   0   .174      Dobson p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Heise ss              4   0   3   0     0   0   .228        Blefary ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Lopez p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .067        Mangual lf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .321
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Schofield ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .197
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  12   5     5   8             Totals               34   6  10   6     6   6

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance:  5,296
Left on Base: Brewers 11, A's 10
DP: Brewers 1, A's 1
Errors: Heise, Locker
Doubles: Cardenal (1), Heise (3)
Home Runs: Briggs (12), May (9), Bando (17), Jackson (18)
Stolen Bases: Davis (7), Campaneris (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Weaver (1)
GIDP: Rodriguez (11), Campaneris (4)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lopez L(2-7)            4.2   8   5   1   3   1   2  25   4.43
Weaver                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.86
Morris                  1.2   1   1   1   3   2   0   9   3.40
Sanders                 1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   2.12
Totals                  8    10   6   2   6   6   2  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(11-1)          6     8   4   4   3   6   2  29   3.22
Knowles                 1.1   3   1   1   0   2   0   7   4.50
Locker SV(6)            1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   7   3.31
Totals                  9    12   5   5   5   8   2  43

Passed Balls: Tenace (4)
Wild Pitches: Morris 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Dave Phillips


BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled to left; Theobald forced Harper
(pitcher to catcher to shortstop); May popped to catcher in foul
territory; Cardenal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Monday
singled to center; Jackson singled to center [Monday to second];
Davis forced Jackson (third to second) [Monday to third]; Bando
forced Davis (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs homered; Ratliff struck out; Matchick flied
out to center; Heise singled to right; Lopez struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein flied out to left; Tenace grounded out
(third to first); Green lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Theobald
grounded out (third to first); May singled to right; Tenace
allowed a passed ball [May to second]; Cardenal walked; Briggs
walked [May to third, Cardenal to second]; Ratliff grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Dobson lined to third; Campaneris walked; Monday
singled to center [Campaneris to third, Monday to second (on
throw)]; Jackson flied out to center; Davis reached on an error
by Heise [Campaneris stayed at third, Davis to first]; Bando
homered (unearned) [Campaneris scored (unearned), Monday scored
(unearned), Davis scored (unearned)]; Epstein walked; Tenace
forced Epstein (third to second); 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Athletics 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Matchick struck out; Heise grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lopez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Green struck out; Dobson singled to left;
Campaneris grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Dobson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Athletics 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Harper singled to center; Theobald singled to
center [Harper to second]; May homered [Harper scored, Theobald
scored]; Cardenal flied out to center; Briggs struck out;
Ratliff struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics
4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Monday flied out to center; Jackson homered;
Davis singled to right; Davis stole second; Bando popped to
first in foul territory; Epstein walked; Tenace singled to
shortstop [Davis to third, Epstein to second]; WEAVER REPLACED
LOPEZ (PITCHING); Green popped to catcher in foul territory; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Matchick popped to shortstop; Heise singled to
center; Weaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Heise to second]; Harper walked; Theobald forced Harper
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BLEFARY BATTED FOR DOBSON; Blefary grounded out
(second to first); Campaneris singled to left; MORRIS REPLACED
WEAVER (PITCHING); Campaneris stole second; Morris threw a wild
pitch [Campaneris to third]; Monday walked; Jackson was called
out on strikes; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 5.

BREWERS 7TH: MANGUAL REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING LF); KNOWLES
REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); MITCHELL BATTED FOR MAY; Mitchell
struck out; Cardenal doubled; KOSCO BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Kosco
grounded out (second to first) [Cardenal to third]; PENA BATTED
FOR RATLIFF; Pena popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 4, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KOSCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MITCHELL
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PENA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MATCHICK (PLAYING C ); Bando walked; Morris
threw a wild pitch [Bando to second]; Epstein struck out; Tenace
grounded out (third to first); Green was walked intentionally;
Mangual singled to center [Bando scored, Green to second];
Campaneris forced Mangual (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 6.

BREWERS 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez
singled to right; Heise doubled [Rodriguez to third]; SCHOFIELD
BATTED FOR MORRIS; Schofield was called out on strikes; LOCKER
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Harper grounded out (third to
first) [Rodriguez scored, Heise to third]; Theobald grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics
6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SANDERS REPLACED SCHOFIELD (PITCHING); Monday was
called out on strikes; Jackson struck out; Locker struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 6.

BREWERS 9TH: VOSS BATTED FOR MITCHELL; Voss walked; Voss was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Locker [Voss to
third]; Cardenal singled to shortstop [Voss stayed at third];
Kosco grounded out (third to first) [Cardenal to second]; Pena
was walked intentionally; Rodriguez grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Pena out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 6.
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