Andy Messersmith pitched a four-hitter and gained his 16th victory when the Angels defeated the Brewers, 7-3. Billy Parker and Jim Fregosi each drove in two runs in support of Messersmith, while Mickey Rivers had three hits and scored three runs. Jose Cardenal homered for the Brewers. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Friday, September 10, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Brewers      0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  4  1
Angels       1  0  0    2  1  0    2  1  x  -   7 13  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .264      Alomar ss,2b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Theobald 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Rivers cf,rf          4   3   3   0     0   0   .283
Cardenal cf           3   2   1   1     1   2   .253      Fregosi lf,1b         3   1   2   2     1   1   .224
Briggs 1b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .267        Berry pr,cf         1   1   0   0     0   0   .217
May rf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .283      McMullen 3b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .251
Porter c              1   0   0   0     1   1   .318      Spencer 1b            1   0   1   0     1   0   .244
  Rodriguez c         0   0   0   0     2   0   .210        Gonzalez ph,lf      2   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Matchick 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Parker 2b             4   0   2   2     0   1   .333
  Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .255        Christensen ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Repoz rf,1b           2   1   1   0     2   0   .187
  Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torborg c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Heise ss              1   0   0   0     1   0   .243      Messersmith p         4   0   1   1     0   1   .163
  Tepedino ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .175
  Slaton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Auerbach ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Lockwood p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .091
  Bell p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schofield ph,ss,3b  1   0   0   0     1   0   .211

Totals               30   3   4   2     8   7             Totals               33   7  13   7     4   4

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  6,805
Left on Base: Brewers 8, Angels 8
DP: Brewers 2, Angels 1
Errors: Porter
Doubles: Briggs (10)
Triples: Theobald (2), Fregosi (1)
Home Runs: Cardenal (3)
Stolen Bases: May 2 (15), Porter (1), Rodriguez (1), Rivers 2 (11), Parker (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Torborg (1)
GIDP: Voss (3), McMullen (16), Torborg (2)
Hit by Pitch: Rivers (1,by Lockwood)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood L(9-13)        4.2   7   4   4   3   3   0  22   3.60
Bell                    1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.35
Slaton                  1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   3.99
Lopez                   0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   4.66
Hannan                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.57
Totals                  8    13   7   7   4   4   0  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(16-13)    9     4   3   3   8   7   1  38   3.34
Totals                  9     4   3   3   8   7   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Lockwood (5)
Wild Pitches: Messersmith (9)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to left; Theobald grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Rivers singled to center; Rivers
stole second [Rivers to third (error by Porter)]; Fregosi
singled to shortstop [Rivers scored]; McMullen grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fregosi out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Angels 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs flied out to center; May singled to right;
May stole second; Porter walked; Matchick flied out to center
[May to third]; May stole home and Porter stole second; Heise
walked; Lockwood struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Spencer walked; Parker struck out; Repoz walked
[Spencer to second]; Torborg grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Repoz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Angels 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Harper grounded out (third to first); Theobald
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal walked; Briggs
doubled to right [Cardenal scored, Briggs to third (on throw)];
May grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Messersmith flied out to right; Alomar grounded out
(third to first); Rivers popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter struck out; Matchick flied out to right;
Heise flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Fregosi
walked; McMullen singled to left [Fregosi to second]; Spencer
singled to second [Fregosi to third, McMullen to second]; Parker
singled to left [Fregosi scored, McMullen scored, Spencer to
second]; Repoz singled to right [Spencer out at home (right to
first to catcher), Parker to third]; Torborg popped to pitcher;
Messersmith grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Lockwood struck out; Harper flied out to center;
Theobald tripled to center; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers was
hit by a pitch; Rivers stole second; Fregosi struck out;
McMullen singled to left [Rivers scored]; BELL REPLACED LOCKWOOD
(PITCHING); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR SPENCER; Gonzalez grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 4.

BREWERS 6TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FREGOSI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Briggs struck out; May popped to
shortstop; Rodriguez walked; Rodriguez stole second; Matchick
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Parker singled to left; Parker stole second; Repoz
flied out to right [Parker to third]; Torborg grounded out
(first unassisted); Messersmith was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 4.

BREWERS 7TH: TEPEDINO BATTED FOR HEISE; Tepedino struck out;
SCHOFIELD BATTED FOR BELL; Schofield grounded out (first
unassisted); Harper walked; Theobald grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 7TH: SLATON REPLACED TEPEDINO (PITCHING); SCHOFIELD
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Alomar flied out to right; Rivers
singled to center; Fregosi tripled to right [Rivers scored];
BERRY RAN FOR FREGOSI; McMullen popped to shortstop; Gonzalez
singled to shortstop [Berry scored]; Parker flied out to right;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Angels 6.

BREWERS 8TH: BERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RIVERS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); REPOZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Cardenal homered; Briggs walked; May flied out to right;
Rodriguez walked [Briggs to second]; VOSS BATTED FOR MATCHICK;
Voss grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Rodriguez out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Angels 6.

ANGELS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); AUERBACH REPLACED
SLATON (PLAYING SS); SCHOFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Repoz walked; Torborg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Repoz to second]; Messersmith singled to left [Repoz
scored]; Alomar flied out to center; Rivers singled to right
[Messersmith to second]; HANNAN REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Berry
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Angels 7.

BREWERS 9TH: CHRISTENSEN REPLACED PARKER (PLAYING SS); ALOMAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Auerbach grounded out (third to
first); Schofield walked; Messersmith threw a wild pitch
[Schofield to second]; Harper flied out to center; Theobald
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Angels 7.