A triple by Angel Mangual and double by Reggie Jackson were the big blows when the Athletics pulled away with six runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Brewers, 9-0. After the A's took a 3-0 lead, the Brewers tied the score with a homer by Ollie Brown in the sixth.

Mike Epstein singled for the A's in the seventh and when Sal Bando bunted, Rick Auerbach dropped the throw to second and both runners were safe. Mangual sent them home with his triple. Dave Duncan, the next man up, was hit a by pitch. After a single by Marty Martinez scored Mangual, Bert Campaneris singled to load the bases and Jackson cleared the sacks with a double. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Milwaukee Brewers 6
Game Played on Wednesday, July      19, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  2  1    6  0  0  -   9 13  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  3  -   6 10  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   2   3   0     1   2   .251      Theobald 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Rudi lf               5   0   1   1     0   2   .302      Davis lf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .307
Jackson cf            4   1   2   4     1   1   .249      Scott 1b              5   0   0   0     0   3   .234
Epstein 1b            3   1   0   0     2   2   .287      May cf                2   1   0   0     2   0   .232
Bando 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .254      Brown rf              4   2   2   3     0   1   .208
Mangual rf            5   1   2   2     0   0   .295      Ferraro 3b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .238
Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Felske c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .140
Martinez 2b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .170      Auerbach ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .217
Odom p                5   2   0   0     0   2   .059      A. Reynolds p         1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Bell p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Heise ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .257
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lahoud ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .210

Totals               40   9  13   9     4   9             Totals               35   6  10   6     4   7

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  5,358
Left on Base: A's 10, Brewers 6
DP: A's 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Auerbach
Doubles: Campaneris (18), Jackson 2 (14)
Triples: Mangual (1)
Home Runs: Brown (3), Ferraro (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (3)
GIDP: Davis (2)
Hit by Pitch: Duncan (5,by Colborn)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(9-2)             8.1   9   6   6   4   6   2  36   2.43
Fingers SV(11)          0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.50
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   7   2  39

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
A. Reynolds             5     7   2   2   3   6   0  25   3.60
Bell L(0-1)             1     2   3   3   1   0   0   7   3.86
Colborn                 1     4   4   4   0   2   0   8   2.64
Sanders                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.51
Totals                  9    13   9   9   4   9   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Colborn (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bill Haller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris walked; Rudi singled [Campaneris to
third]; Jackson struck out; Epstein popped to third in foul
territory; Bando made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis
singled; Davis was picked off first (pitcher to first); Scott
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Mangual singled; Duncan forced Mangual (first to
shortstop); Martinez flied out to left; Odom struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May walked; Brown flied out to center; Ferraro
grounded out (third to first) [May to second]; Felske struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris struck out; Rudi made an out to
shortstop; Jackson walked; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach flied out to left; A. Reynolds singled;
Theobald singled [A. Reynolds to second]; Davis grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Theobald out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando singled; Mangual forced Bando (shortstop to
second); Duncan made an out to second; Martinez singled [Mangual
to third]; On a bunt Odom struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Scott grounded out (first to pitcher); May grounded
out (second to first); Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris doubled; Rudi struck out; Jackson
doubled [Campaneris scored]; Epstein walked; Bando singled
[Epstein to second, Jackson scored]; Mangual forced Epstein
(shortstop to third) [Bando to second]; Duncan grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Ferraro was called out on strikes; Felske grounded
out (third to first); Auerbach walked; CLARK BATTED FOR A.
REYNOLDS; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BELL REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Martinez singled;
Odom forced Martinez (third to shortstop); Campaneris singled
[Odom to third]; Rudi forced Campaneris (shortstop to second)
[Odom scored]; Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Davis
singled; Scott struck out; May walked [Davis to second]; Brown
homered [Davis scored, May scored]; Ferraro grounded out (third
to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein walked; Bando reached on an error by
Auerbach on a sacrifice bunt [Epstein to second]; COLBORN
REPLACED BELL (PITCHING); Mangual tripled [Epstein scored, Bando
scored]; Duncan was hit by a pitch; Martinez singled [Duncan to
second, Mangual scored]; Odom forced Duncan (pitcher to third)
[Martinez to second]; Campaneris singled [Odom to second,
Martinez to third]; Rudi struck out; Jackson doubled [Campaneris
scored, Odom scored, Martinez scored]; Epstein struck out; 6 R,
4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Felske was called out on strikes; Auerbach grounded
out (shortstop to first); HEISE BATTED FOR COLBORN; Heise
walked; Theobald forced Heise (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SANDERS REPLACED HEISE (PITCHING); Bando popped
to first in foul territory; Mangual flied out to right; Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 9, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Davis grounded out (first unassisted); Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Martinez made an out to shortstop; Odom grounded
out (shortstop to first); Campaneris was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Brown singled; Ferraro homered [Brown scored];
Felske grounded out (third to first); Auerbach singled; LAHOUD
BATTED FOR SANDERS; Lahoud singled [Auerbach to second]; FINGERS
REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Theobald grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Lahoud to second, Auerbach to third]; Davis singled
[Lahoud to third, Auerbach scored]; Scott struck out; 3 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 9, Brewers 6.