After exploding for six runs in the fourth inning, the Athletics failed to hold the lead and lost to the Brewers, 8-6, for their fifth defeat in the last six games. In the fourth, the first seven straight batters reached base on six singles and a walk as the A's went ahead, 6-2. The Brewers rallied to tie the score in the eighth and added their winning margin in the ninth on a single by Rick Auerbach, a wild pitch and singles by Johnny Briggs and Jose Cardenal. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 8, Oakland Athletics 6
Game Played on Saturday, September 25, 1971 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  2  -   8 11  0
A's          0  0  0    6  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Campaneris ss         3   1   1   0     0   0   .252
Auerbach ss           5   1   1   0     0   1   .209        Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     1   0   .278
May cf                4   2   2   0     1   0   .279      Rudi lf               3   1   1   0     0   0   .268
Briggs 1b             4   3   2   1     1   0   .267        Garrett lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Schofield 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Jackson rf            3   1   1   1     0   1   .279
Cardenal rf           5   1   3   4     0   1   .248        Hendrick rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Porter c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .210      Davis 1b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .324
  Kosco ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .227        Hegan 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Rodriguez c         1   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Bando 3b              2   1   1   1     1   0   .272
Matchick 3b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .229        Brown 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .199
  Pena ph,3b,1b       2   0   1   1     0   0   .245      Tenace c              3   1   0   0     1   0   .275
Theobald 2b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .277      Monday cf             2   0   1   2     1   0   .246
Parsons p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .171        Mangual cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  Reynolds p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Green 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
  Tepedino ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .191      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Klimkowski p        2   0   1   1     0   1   .400
  Ratliff ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .169        Epstein ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Lopez pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .059        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  Bell p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  11   8     5   5             Totals               31   6   8   6     4   2

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance:  5,873
Left on Base: Brewers 8, A's 2
DP: Brewers 3, A's 0
Errors: Campaneris
Doubles: Cardenal (10), Kosco (5)
Caught Stealing: Green (1), Monday (9)
GIDP: Campaneris (7), Tenace (3)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons                 3     7   6   6   1   1   0  16   3.20
Reynolds                3     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   6.92
Weaver                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   7.18
Bell W(2-1)             2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.29
Totals                  9     8   6   6   4   2   0  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  0.2   2   2   2   3   1   0   7   3.64
Klimkowski              6.1   2   0   0   0   2   0  21   3.18
Fingers                 0.1   2   3   3   1   1   0   4   3.02
Knowles                 0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.76
Locker L(6-2)           1.2   3   2   2   1   1   0   9   2.92
Totals                  9    11   8   8   5   5   0  43

Wild Pitches: Locker 2 (3)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Harper struck out; Auerbach lined to left; May
singled; Briggs walked [May to second]; Cardenal doubled [May
scored, Briggs scored]; Porter walked; Matchick walked [Cardenal
to third, Porter to second]; KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED DOBSON
(PITCHING); Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi lined to
center; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Parsons grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: May grounded out (second to first); Briggs grounded
out (third to first); Cardenal flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Monday flied out to center; Green singled;
Klimkowski struck out while Green was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Athletics 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter flied out to right; Matchick grounded out
(first to pitcher); Theobald flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris singled; Rudi singled [Campaneris to
second]; Jackson singled [Campaneris scored, Rudi to second];
Davis singled [Rudi scored, Jackson to second]; Bando singled
[Jackson scored, Davis to second]; Tenace walked [Davis to
third, Bando to second]; Monday singled [Davis scored, Bando
scored, Tenace to third]; REYNOLDS REPLACED PARSONS (PITCHING);
Green forced Monday (shortstop to second) [Tenace stayed at
third]; Klimkowski singled [Green to second, Tenace scored];
Campaneris grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Klimkowski out at second]; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 2, Athletics 6.

BREWERS 5TH: Reynolds was called out on strikes; Harper flied
out to center; Auerbach grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi flied out to right; Jackson struck out;
Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Athletics 6.

BREWERS 6TH: GARRETT REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); HENDRICK
REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); HEGAN REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING
1B); May singled to shortstop [May to second (error by
Campaneris)]; Briggs made an out to catcher; Cardenal struck
out; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando walked; Tenace grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Bando out at second]; Monday
walked; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 6.

BREWERS 7TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); MANGUAL
REPLACED MONDAY (PLAYING CF); BROWN REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B);
Matchick grounded out (pitcher to first); Theobald flied out to
center; TEPEDINO BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Tepedino singled; Harper
forced Tepedino (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: WEAVER REPLACED TEPEDINO (PITCHING); Green
grounded out (second to first); EPSTEIN BATTED FOR KLIMKOWSKI;
Epstein flied out to center; Anderson walked; Garrett flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 6.

BREWERS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED EPSTEIN (PITCHING); Auerbach
struck out; May walked; Briggs singled [May to second]; Cardenal
singled [May scored, Briggs to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED FINGERS
(PITCHING); KOSCO BATTED FOR PORTER; Kosco doubled [Briggs
scored, Cardenal to third]; PENA BATTED FOR MATCHICK; Pena
singled [Cardenal scored, Kosco to third]; LOCKER REPLACED
KNOWLES (PITCHING); Theobald grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Kosco scored, Pena to second]; RATLIFF BATTED FOR WEAVER;
Ratliff was walked intentionally; LOPEZ RAN FOR RATLIFF; Locker
threw a wild pitch [Pena to third, Lopez to second]; Harper made
an out to first; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BELL REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); RODRIGUEZ
REPLACED KOSCO (PLAYING C ); PENA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Hegan grounded out
(second to first); Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Athletics 6.

BREWERS 9TH: Auerbach singled; Locker threw a wild pitch
[Auerbach to second]; May flied out to right; Briggs singled
[Auerbach scored, Briggs to second (on throw)]; Cardenal singled
[Briggs scored]; Rodriguez struck out; Pena forced Cardenal
(second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SCHOFIELD REPLACED BRIGGS (PLAYING 3B); PENA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Tenace lined to left; Mangual
grounded out (second to first); Green made an out to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 8, Athletics 6.