Vida Blue, who had lost three decisions since ending his celebrated holdout, exhibited his 1971 form and pitched the Athletics to a 9-0 victory over the Indians. Mike Epstein homered in the second inning to start Blue on the way to his triumph, George Hendrick added a pair with a circuit clout in the fourth and the A's wrapped up their scoring with an outburst of six runs in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      18, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2
A's          0  1  0    2  0  6    0  0  x  -   9 16  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Campaneris ss         5   1   2   0     0   1   .221
Bell rf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .225      Rudi lf               4   1   3   1     0   1   .330
A. Johnson lf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .226        Garrett lf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Jackson cf            2   1   0   0     1   1   .281
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .244        O. Brown rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Brohamer 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Bando 3b              4   1   1   3     0   0   .254
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Clark 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Duffy ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .215      Epstein 1b            4   1   2   2     0   1   .264
Wilcox p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Hegan pr,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Camilli ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .214      Duncan c              4   1   3   0     0   0   .245
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hendrick rf,cf        5   1   2   2     0   0   .213
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      L. Brown 2b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .183
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                3   1   1   0     0   2   .111
  Leon ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               32   0   4   0     2   2             Totals               37   9  16   8     3   8

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 26,210
Left on Base: Indians 8, A's 10
DP: Indians 0, A's 0
Errors: A. Johnson, Nettles, L. Brown 2
Doubles: Nettles (9), Duncan (4), Bando (9), Campaneris (7)
Home Runs: Epstein (9), Hendrick (3)
Stolen Bases: Rudi (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (4), Blue (1)
Hit by Pitch: Duncan (4,by Wilcox), Jackson (3,by Riddleberger)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox L(6-6)           4     7   3   3   0   4   2  19   2.13
Riddleberger            1.2   3   4   0   1   1   0  10   3.32
Hargan                  0.1   3   2   2   1   0   0   4   4.96
Mingori                 1     2   0   0   1   1   0   6   5.63
Farmer                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.10
Totals                  8    16   9   3*  3   8   2  43

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(1-3)             9     4   0   0   2   2   0  35   2.38
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   2   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Wilcox (2), Riddleberger (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice


INDIANS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Bell flied
out to left; A. Johnson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris made an out to shortstop; Rudi was
called out on strikes; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss flied out to right; Fosse grounded out
(third to first); Brohamer made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando made an out to third; Epstein homered;
Duncan was hit by a pitch; Hendrick singled to left [Duncan to
second]; L. Brown flied out to center; Blue struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Nettles doubled to center; Duffy out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Nettles to third]; Wilcox struck out;
Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris struck out; Rudi singled to left;
Jackson flied out to right; Rudi stole second; Bando popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell struck out; A. Johnson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Chambliss singled to right; Fosse flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein flied out to right; Duncan doubled to
left; Hendrick homered [Duncan scored]; L. Brown singled to
left; Blue out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [L. Brown
to second]; Campaneris singled to center [L. Brown out at home
(center to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Nettles popped to
catcher in foul territory; Duffy singled to left; CAMILLI BATTED
FOR WILCOX; Camilli walked [Duffy to second]; Unser flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED CAMILLI (PITCHING); Rudi
singled to left; Jackson was hit by a pitch [Rudi to second];
Rudi was picked off second (pitcher to second to shortstop);
Bando grounded out (third to first) [Jackson to second]; Epstein
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell made an out to third; A. Johnson popped to
first in foul territory; Chambliss made an out to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
grounded out (second to first); L. Brown walked; Blue singled
[L. Brown to second]; Campaneris reached on an error by Nettles
[L. Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI), Blue to second]; Rudi
singled to left [Blue scored (unearned), Campaneris to third,
Rudi to second (error by A. Johnson)]; HARGAN REPLACED
RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING); Jackson was walked intentionally; Bando
doubled [Campaneris scored (unearned), Rudi scored (unearned),
Jackson scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Epstein
singled [Bando scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)];
HEGAN RAN FOR EPSTEIN; Duncan singled [Hegan to second]; Duncan
was picked off first (catcher to first); 6 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 9.

INDIANS 7TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GARRETT REPLACED
RUDI (PLAYING LF); O. BROWN REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); CLARK
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); HENDRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); Fosse flied out to center; Brohamer singled to center;
Nettles flied out to right; Duffy popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Hendrick
grounded out (third to first); L. Brown singled; Blue struck
out; Campaneris doubled to left [L. Brown to third]; Garrett
walked; O. Brown made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 0, Athletics 9.

INDIANS 8TH: LEON BATTED FOR MINGORI; Leon grounded out (second
to first); Unser grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell walked;
A. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: FARMER REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Clark struck
out; Hegan struck out; Duncan singled; Hendrick grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 9.

INDIANS 9TH: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse
reached on an error by L. Brown; Brohamer reached on an error by
L. Brown [Fosse to second]; Nettles grounded out (first
unassisted) [Fosse to third, Brohamer to second]; Duffy flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 9.