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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