After retiring 22 straight batters, Blue Moon Odom faltered in the ninth inning, but Rollie Fingers relieved and saved the Athletics' 3-1 victory over the Brewers. With two away in the final frame, George Scott and Johnny Briggs singled and Dave May doubled to produce the Brewers' run. Fingers then took over and struck out Ron Clark on four pitches to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  0
A's          0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   3  4  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Heise 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .247
Lahoud rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .190      Rudi lf               4   0   1   2     0   0   .311
Scott 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .241      Jackson cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Briggs lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .270      Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .296
May cf                3   0   1   1     0   0   .241      Voss rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .191
Clark 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   1   .291      Duncan c              2   1   1   1     1   0   .241
Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Cullen 2b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .179
Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .156      Odom p                3   1   0   0     0   1   .077
  Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     0   9             Totals               28   3   4   3     1   3

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance:  9,056
Left on Base: Brewers 5, A's 2
DP: Brewers 0, A's 0
Doubles: May (11), Rudi (19)
Home Runs: Duncan (13)
Hit by Pitch: May (2,by Odom)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(7-4)          7     4   3   3   1   2   1  26   2.68
Linzy                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.66
Totals                  8     4   3   3   1   3   1  29

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(7-2)             8.2   5   1   1   0   8   0  32   2.20
Fingers SV(9)           0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.44
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   9   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Odom (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom


BREWERS 1ST: Heise singled to left; Lahoud struck out; Scott
struck out; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May was hit by a pitch; Clark lined to center [May
to second]; Rodriguez singled to right [May to third]; Auerbach
reached on a fielder's choice [May out at home (pitcher
unassisted), Rodriguez to second]; Lonborg struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein flied out to right; Voss flied out to
left; Bando popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Lahoud
flied out to left; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan walked; Cullen singled to left [Duncan to
second]; Odom forced Duncan (pitcher to third) [Cullen to
second]; Campaneris popped to first in foul territory; Rudi
doubled [Odom scored, Cullen scored]; Jackson grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs flied out to center; May flied to right in
foul territory; Clark made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein flied out to right; Voss grounded out
(second to first); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied to right in foul territory;
Auerbach flied out to center; Lonborg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan homered; Cullen popped to first in foul
territory; Odom grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
singled to first; Rudi flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Heise flied out to center; Lahoud flied out to
center; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Epstein
flied out to center; Voss popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Briggs was called out on strikes; May grounded out
(second to first); Clark grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando flied out to center; Duncan flied out to
center; Cullen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Rodriguez struck out; Auerbach made an out to
shortstop; DAVIS BATTED FOR LONBORG; Davis flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LINZY REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Odom struck out;
Campaneris lined to center; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Lahoud
flied out to right; Scott singled to right; Briggs singled to
center [Scott to second]; May doubled [Briggs to third, Scott
scored]; FINGERS REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Clark was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.