Vida Blue suffered his fourth loss in his last five decisions and failed for the first time this season to strike out any batters when the Angels defeated the Athletics, 6-1. Blue gave up a single by Ken Berry and homer by Ken McMullen in the first inning, together with another run on a pass to Billy Cowan and singles by Jim Spencer and Tommie Reynolds. Blue went out for a pinch-hitter after three innings. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 6, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 7, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       3  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   6 10  2
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Campaneris ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .257
Berry cf              5   1   3   0     0   0   .218      Rudi 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Fregosi ss            4   1   0   0     1   2   .219      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .276
McMullen 3b           3   2   2   2     2   0   .251      Tenace c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .284
Cowan lf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .275      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .276
  Rivers ph,rf        2   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Mangual cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .305
Spencer 1b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .242      Hendrick lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
T. Reynolds rf,lf     5   0   1   2     0   0   .197      Green 2b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .243
Torborg c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .205      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Wright p              3   0   0   1     0   0   .150        Anderson ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .444
                                                            Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Blefary ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Duncan ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .258
                                                            Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
                                                            Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .191

Totals               38   6  10   6     4   5             Totals               34   1   6   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  6,878
Left on Base: Angels 12, A's 8
DP: Angels 1, A's 0
Errors: Fregosi 2, Campaneris 2
Doubles: Rivers (9), Campaneris (18)
Home Runs: McMullen (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Wright (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Wright (1)
GIDP: Rudi (14)
Hit by Pitch: Spencer (3,by Roland)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(14-14)         9     6   1   0   2   8   0  36   3.01
Totals                  9     6   1   0   2   8   0  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(23-8)            3     6   3   3   2   0   1  17   1.79
Klimkowski              2     0   0   0   1   3   0   8   4.00
Locker                  1     3   3   1   0   2   0   7   3.03
Roland                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.92
Grant                   2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   3.41
Totals                  9    10   6   4   4   5   1  45

Passed Balls: Tenace (5)
Hit by Pitch: Roland (4)
Balks: Locker (1)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar flied out to center; Berry singled to right;
Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first) [Berry to second];
McMullen homered [Berry scored]; Cowan walked; Spencer singled
to right [Cowan to second]; T. Reynolds singled to left [Cowan
scored, Spencer to second]; Torborg forced Spencer (third
unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi singled to center; Jackson struck out; Tenace flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Wright flied out to right; Alomar flied out to
right; Berry singled to left; Fregosi forced Berry (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to center; Mangual flied out to
right; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 3RD: McMullen walked; Cowan popped to shortstop; Spencer
singled to right [McMullen to second]; T. Reynolds popped to
shortstop; Torborg forced Spencer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green flied out to left; ANDERSON BATTED FOR
BLUE; Anderson walked; Campaneris singled to pitcher [Anderson
to second]; Rudi grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
3, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 4TH: KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Wright
lined to shortstop; Alomar struck out; Berry grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; Tenace singled to right;
Bando struck out; Mangual singled to left [Tenace to second];
Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics
0.

ANGELS 5TH: Fregosi was called out on strikes; McMullen walked;
Cowan reached on an error by Campaneris [McMullen to second,
Cowan to first]; Spencer struck out; T. Reynolds forced Cowan
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green struck out; BLEFARY BATTED FOR KLIMKOWSKI;
Blefary popped to third in foul territory; Campaneris grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 0.

ANGELS 6TH: LOCKER REPLACED BLEFARY (PITCHING); Torborg singled
to right; Wright out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Torborg to second]; Locker balked [Torborg to third]; Alomar
struck out; Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Tenace walked; Bando struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Fregosi struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; McMullen singled to third [Fregosi to second]; RIVERS
BATTED FOR COWAN; Rivers doubled to right [Fregosi scored
(unearned), McMullen to third]; ROLAND REPLACED LOCKER
(PITCHING); Spencer was hit by a pitch; T. Reynolds reached on
an error by Campaneris [McMullen scored (RBI), Rivers to third,
Spencer to second, T. Reynolds to first]; Torborg forced Rivers
(third to catcher) [Spencer to third, T. Reynolds to second];
Wright hit a sacrifice fly to right [Spencer scored (unearned)];
Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: RIVERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); T. REYNOLDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Mangual grounded out (second to
first); Hendrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Green reached
on an error by Fregosi [Green to second]; DUNCAN BATTED FOR
ROLAND; Duncan singled to right [Green scored (unearned)];
Campaneris doubled to right [Duncan to third]; Rudi grounded out
(third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 6,
Athletics 1.

ANGELS 8TH: GRANT REPLACED DUNCAN (PITCHING); Berry singled to
left; Fregosi walked [Berry to second]; McMullen forced Fregosi
(third to second) [Berry to third]; Rivers reached on a
fielder's choice [Berry out at home (second to catcher),
McMullen to second]; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson was called out on strikes; Tenace flied
out to center; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 6, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 9TH: T. Reynolds grounded out (pitcher to first); Torborg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wright grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hendrick reached on an error by Fregosi [Hendrick to first];
Green flied out to right; BROWN BATTED FOR GRANT; Brown struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 1.