Two rookies, Jim Slaton and Rick Auerbach, combined to bring the Brewers a 1-0 victory over the Athletics. Slaton posted the shutout on a five-hitter and Auerbach homered in the fifth inning for the game's only run. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 1, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Friday, September 24, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1 10  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .263      Anderson ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  Pena 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Jackson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Auerbach ss           5   1   3   1     0   1   .209        Hendrick pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
May cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .277      Rudi lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .268
Briggs 1b,lf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .264      Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Cardenal rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Epstein 1b            3   0   1   0     0   2   .236
Porter c              3   0   0   0     1   2   .217        Blefary 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Matchick 3b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .234      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Theobald 2b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .280        Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Slaton p              4   0   0   0     0   2   .089      Mangual rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .291
                                                          Duncan c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .254
                                                          Brown 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                          Segui p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .085
                                                            Locker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Hegan 1b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .230

Totals               35   1  10   1     3   8             Totals               31   0   5   0     0  10

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  3,595
Left on Base: Brewers 10, A's 4
DP: Brewers 1, A's 2
Home Runs: Auerbach (1)
GIDP: Matchick (1), Theobald (4), Bando (12)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton W(10-7)          9     5   0   0   0  10   0  31   3.84
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0  10   0  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui L(10-8)           5     7   1   1   2   5   1  23   3.16
Locker                  2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.73
Grant                   2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.17
Totals                  9    10   1   1   3   8   1  38

Wild Pitches: Segui (2)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Jim Honochick


BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled; Auerbach singled [Harper to third];
May lined to right; Briggs flied out to right; Cardenal grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Anderson struck out; Rudi singled; Monday struck
out; Epstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Porter struck out; Matchick was called out on
strikes; Theobald singled; Slaton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to left; Mangual was called out
on strikes; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Harper grounded out (second to first); Auerbach
singled; May grounded out (first to pitcher) [Auerbach to
second]; Briggs was walked intentionally; Cardenal flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Brown lined to left; Segui struck out; Anderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter walked; Matchick grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Porter out at second]; Theobald
singled; Slaton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi made an out to shortstop; Monday grounded
out (second to first); Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Harper was called out on strikes; Auerbach homered;
May singled; Segui threw a wild pitch [May to second]; Briggs
grounded out (pitcher to first) [May to third]; Cardenal
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando was called out on strikes; Mangual grounded
out (third to first); Duncan made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 6TH: LOCKER REPLACED SEGUI (PITCHING); Porter struck
out; Matchick singled; Theobald singled [Matchick to second];
Slaton grounded out (first unassisted) [Matchick to third,
Theobald to second]; Harper struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Locker
struck out; Anderson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Auerbach flied out to left; May lined to left;
Briggs walked; Cardenal forced Briggs (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi singled; Monday forced Rudi (pitcher to
shortstop); Epstein singled [Monday to third]; Bando grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Epstein out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 8TH: GRANT REPLACED BANDO (PITCHING); BLEFARY REPLACED
EPSTEIN (PLAYING 3B); HEGAN REPLACED LOCKER (PLAYING 1B); Porter
made an out to second; Matchick singled; Theobald grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Matchick out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Mangual flied out to right; Duncan made an out to
first; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Slaton lined to right; Harper grounded out
(shortstop to first); Auerbach struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: PENA REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING 1B); BRIGGS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hegan was called out on strikes; JACKSON
BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Jackson singled; HENDRICK RAN FOR JACKSON;
Rudi flied out to right; Monday singled [Hendrick to third];
Blefary flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Athletics 0.