Friday July 7, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Brewers handed Vida Blue his worst defeat, banging the southpaw for eight runs, six of them earned, en route to a 9-4 victory over the Athletics. Blue had never surrendered more than five unearned and four earned runs runs in any single game since his debut with the A's in August, 1969.

After the lefty was knocked out in the seventh, the A's announced he had suffered a strained muscle just above his left knee while trying to field a smash through the mound by Ellie Rodriguez in the fourth inning. Blue gave up only six hits, but they included homers by Dave May, George Scott and Ollie Brown. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Friday, July 7, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Brewers 2 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 - 9 9 2 A's 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 11 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Theobald 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Campaneris ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 .244 Clark pr,2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .313 Rudi lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .310 May cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .240 Jackson cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .244 Scott 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .244 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 T. Reynolds lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .188 Epstein 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .292 Briggs lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Tenace rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Brown rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .205 Voss ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Duncan c 4 2 2 1 0 0 .233 Heise 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .268 Cullen 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .163 Auerbach ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 .213 Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Brett p 2 2 1 0 1 1 .258 Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Sanders p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .056 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cepeda ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 9 9 9 3 3 Totals 39 4 11 4 0 6 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 6,348 Left on Base: Brewers 2, A's 8 DP: Brewers 1, A's 1 Errors: Clark, Brett, Bando Doubles: Duncan (7), Campaneris 2 (15), Epstein (8) Home Runs: May (6), Scott (8), Brown (2), Duncan (11) Stolen Bases: Heise (1), Campaneris (22) Caught Stealing: Auerbach (3) Sacrifice Flies: May (1) GIDP: Brown (1), Tenace (2) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brett W(5-8) 7 9 4 3 0 4 1 30 4.15 Sanders SV(12) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 2.98 Totals 9 11 4 3 0 6 1 39 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(2-5) 6 6 8 6 2 3 3 27 3.23 Locker 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 1.95 Knowles 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.00 Totals 9 9 9 7 3 3 3 38 Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Ron Luciano BREWERS 1ST: Theobald struck out; May homered; Scott homered; T. Reynolds flied out to right; Brown was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris reached on an error by Brett; Campaneris stole second; Rudi singled [Campaneris to third]; Jackson singled [Rudi to third, Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Bando struck out; Epstein struck out; Tenace flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 1. BREWERS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan doubled; Cullen struck out; Blue struck out; Campaneris doubled [Duncan scored]; Rudi made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 2. BREWERS 3RD: Brett singled; Theobald singled [Brett to third]; CLARK RAN FOR THEOBALD; May hit a sacrifice fly to right [Clark to second, Brett scored]; Scott popped to first in foul territory; T. Reynolds made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: CLARK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Bando made an out to first; Epstein made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 4TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Heise made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace flied out to center; Duncan flied out to left; Cullen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 5TH: Auerbach flied out to center; Brett was called out on strikes; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Blue grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris singled; Rudi flied out to right; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 6TH: May flied out to center; Scott grounded out (catcher to first); T. Reynolds reached on an error by Bando; Brown homered (unearned) [T. Reynolds scored (unearned)]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: BRIGGS REPLACED T. REYNOLDS (PLAYING LF); Bando flied out to left; Epstein singled; Tenace grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Epstein out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Athletics 2. BREWERS 7TH: Heise singled; Auerbach walked [Heise to second]; Heise stole third; Brett walked [Auerbach to second]; LOCKER REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Clark singled [Brett to third, Auerbach scored, Heise scored]; May singled [Brett scored, Clark to third]; Scott forced May (third to second) [Clark scored]; Briggs singled [Scott to third]; Brown grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Briggs out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan homered; Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); CEPEDA BATTED FOR LOCKER; Cepeda flied out to left; Campaneris doubled; Rudi grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 3. BREWERS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED CEPEDA (PITCHING); Rodriguez made an out to second; Heise grounded out (third to first); Auerbach walked; Auerbach was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson singled; SANDERS REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Bando singled [Jackson to second]; Epstein doubled [Bando to third, Jackson scored]; VOSS BATTED FOR TENACE; Voss popped to third in foul territory; Duncan popped to first in foul territory; SHAMSKY BATTED FOR CULLEN; Shamsky was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 4. BREWERS 9TH: VOSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MARTINEZ REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING 2B); Sanders flied out to center; Clark flied out to right; May grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: GARRETT BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Garrett reached on an error by Clark; Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi flied out to right; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 4.

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