Although rapped for 14 hits, Ken Holtzman lasted the route and pitched the Athletics to a 10-4 victory over the Indians. The only extra-base hit among the Indians' safeties was a homer by Jerry Moses. The Athletics also collected 14 hits but got more mileage out of them with a homer and triple by Joe Rudi, homer by Mike Epstein and double by Sal Bando. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      7, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          3  0  1    4  0  0    2  0  0  -  10 14  1
Indians      0  3  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 14  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   0     0   2   .222      McCraw cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Rudi lf               4   3   2   3     1   2   .331        Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jackson cf            3   1   1   0     2   1   .284      Leon ss               5   0   2   1     0   0   .202
Bando 3b              4   1   2   2     1   1   .248      A. Johnson lf         5   0   3   1     0   0   .224
Epstein 1b            3   2   2   2     2   0   .254      Moses c               5   1   2   1     0   2   .269
O. Brown rf           5   1   2   1     0   2   .206      Nettles 3b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .245
Duncan c              5   0   1   1     0   0   .224      Bell rf,cf            5   1   0   0     0   0   .234
L. Brown 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .175      Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .246
Holtzman p            5   1   2   0     0   1   .235      Brohamer 2b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .268
                                                          Tidrow p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
                                                            Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Duffy ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
                                                            Hargan p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foster ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .214

Totals               39  10  14   9     6   9             Totals               42   4  14   4     0   4

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  4,720
Left on Base: A's 8, Indians 11
DP: A's 0, Indians 3
Errors: Campaneris, Nettles
Doubles: Bando (6)
Triples: Rudi (4)
Home Runs: Rudi (4), Epstein (7), Moses (1)
Caught Stealing: Jackson (3)
GIDP: Holtzman (3), L. Brown (8)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(9-3)         9    14   4   1   0   4   1  42   2.21
Totals                  9    14   4   1   0   4   1  42

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow L(4-6)           3.1   7   7   6   3   4   2  20   4.00
Riddleberger            0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.93
Hargan                  4     5   2   2   2   5   0  17   4.20
Hennigan                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.18
Totals                  9    14  10   8*  6   9   2  45

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Rudi homered; Jackson was
called out on strikes; Bando walked; Epstein homered [Bando
scored]; O. Brown grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: McCraw popped to third in foul territory; Leon
grounded out (second to first); A. Johnson singled to center;
Moses singled to right [A. Johnson to second]; Nettles grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan lined to shortstop; L. Brown singled to
center; Holtzman grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [L. Brown out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bell reached on an error by Campaneris; Chambliss
singled to pitcher [Bell to second]; Brohamer singled to right
[Bell scored (unearned), Chambliss to second]; On a bunt Tidrow
made an out to first; McCraw flied out to center; Leon singled
to center [Chambliss scored (unearned), Brohamer to third]; A.
Johnson singled to center [Brohamer scored (unearned), Leon to
second]; Moses struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris was called out on strikes; Rudi
walked; Jackson singled to center [Rudi to second]; Bando
doubled [Rudi scored, Jackson to third]; Epstein was walked
intentionally; O. Brown struck out; Duncan flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: L. Brown grounded out (third to first); Holtzman
singled to left; Campaneris reached on a fielder's choice
[Holtzman to second (error by Nettles)]; Rudi tripled to center
[Holtzman scored (unearned), Campaneris scored]; RIDDLEBERGER
REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Jackson walked; Bando singled to
third [Rudi scored, Jackson to second]; Epstein forced Bando
(first to shortstop) [Jackson to third]; O. Brown singled to
second [Jackson scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher),
Epstein to second]; Duncan forced Epstein (third unassisted); 4
R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer singled to right; DUFFY BATTED FOR
RIDDLEBERGER; Duffy lined to shortstop; McCraw flied out to
left; Leon singled to center [Brohamer to third]; A. Johnson
forced Leon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 8, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: HARGAN REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); L. Brown
grounded out (shortstop to first); Holtzman struck out;
Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
8, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Moses homered; Nettles singled to center; Bell
forced Nettles (third to second); Chambliss struck out; Brohamer
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi struck out; Jackson walked; Bando struck out
while Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Hargan grounded out (pitcher to first); McCraw
struck out; Leon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 8, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein singled to right; O. Brown singled
[Epstein to second]; Duncan singled to center [Epstein scored,
O. Brown to third]; L. Brown grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [O. Brown scored (no RBI), Duncan out at
second]; Holtzman singled to left; Campaneris singled to left
[Holtzman to second]; Rudi was called out on strikes; 2 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 10, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: A. Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Moses struck out; Nettles singled; Bell flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Bando
grounded out (second to first); Epstein walked; O. Brown was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Chambliss singled to center; Brohamer flied to left
in foul territory; FOSTER BATTED FOR HARGAN; Foster singled to
left [Chambliss to second]; McCraw forced Foster (first to
shortstop) [Chambliss to third]; Leon forced McCraw (pitcher to
shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 10,
Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HENNIGAN
REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); BELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
Duncan flied out to left; L. Brown popped to catcher in foul
territory; Holtzman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: A. Johnson singled to left; Moses forced A. Johnson
(shortstop to second); Nettles popped to first in foul
territory; Bell popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 10, Indians 4.