Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 3
League Championship Series Game 1 Played on Sunday, October   3, 1971 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    4  0  x  -   5  7  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Blair cf              4   0   1   2     0   1   .250
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Johnson 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Rettenmund lf         4   0   1   1     0   2   .250
Davis 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      F. Robinson rf        3   1   0   0     1   3   .000
Bando 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Powell 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .250
Mangual cf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .500      B. Robinson 3b        3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Duncan c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .667      Etchebarren c         3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Epstein ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Belanger ss           2   1   1   1     1   1   .500
Green 2b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .000      McNally p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blue p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .000        Motton ph           1   0   1   1     0   0  1.000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Palmer pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   9   3     1   6             Totals               30   5   7   5     2   9

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 42,621
Left on Base: A's 4, Orioles 3
DP: A's 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Johnson
Doubles: Rudi (1), Bando (1), Duncan (1), Mangual (1), Camp, Johnson (1), Rettenmund (1), Motton (1), Blair (1)
Triples: Mangual (1)
Caught Stealing: Duncan (1), Davis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Green (1)
GIDP: Green (1), Mangual (1), B. Robinson (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(0-1)             7     7   5   5   2   8   0  29   6.43
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     7   5   5   2   9   0  32

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally W(1-0)          7     7   3   3   1   5   0  27   3.86
Watt SV(1)              2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   6   0  34

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jake O'Donnell, LF - Ron Luciano, RF - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi doubled to right; Jackson flied out to left; Davis flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Blair flied out to center; Johnson popped to
second; Rettenmund struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando doubled to left; Mangual tripled to right
[Bando scored]; Duncan doubled to right [Mangual scored]; Green
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Duncan to third];
Duncan was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Blue was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: F. Robinson struck out; Powell struck out; B.
Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to right; Rudi flied out to
right; Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Etchebarren flied out to left; Belanger walked;
McNally popped to third; Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Davis singled to left; Bando flied out to left;
Mangual doubled to center [Davis scored]; Duncan grounded out
(third to first); Green was walked intentionally; Blue was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Johnson doubled to left; Rettenmund doubled to
right [Johnson scored]; F. Robinson struck out; Powell singled
to right [Rettenmund to third]; B. Robinson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Powell out at second]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi flied out to left; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Etchebarren flied out to right; Belanger struck
out; McNally popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Davis reached on an error by Johnson; Davis was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Bando popped to shortstop; Mangual was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Blair flied out to right; Johnson grounded out
(second to first); Rettenmund was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan singled to left; Green grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Duncan out at
second]; Blue struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: F. Robinson walked; Powell struck out; B. Robinson
singled to left [F. Robinson to second]; Etchebarren flied out
to right [F. Robinson to third]; Belanger singled to center [F.
Robinson scored, B. Robinson to second]; MOTTON BATTED FOR
MCNALLY; Motton doubled to left [B. Robinson scored, Belanger to
third]; PALMER RAN FOR MOTTON; Blair doubled to left [Belanger
scored, Palmer scored]; Johnson grounded out (second to first);
4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WATT REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Campaneris
doubled to left; Rudi grounded out (second to first) [Campaneris
to third]; Jackson flied out to center; Davis grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles
5.

ORIOLES 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Rettenmund flied
out to center; F. Robinson was called out on strikes; Powell
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles
5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando singled to left; Mangual grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bando out at
second]; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 5.