Mike Epstein and Joe Rudi hit homers and Bert Campaneris singled twice, stole three bases and scored two runs to lead the Athletics to a 5-2 victory over the Orioles. Ken Holtzman, who started for the A's, was knocked out in the fifth inning when the Orioles scored their runs on a homer by Davey Johnson, double by Chico Salmon and singles by Paul Blair and Bobby Grich. Rollie Fingers relieved, cut off further scoring and checked the Orioles on two hits the rest of the way to gain credit for the victory. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Monday, August    14, 1972 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          1  0  0    1  2  0    0  1  0  -   5  9  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   2   2   0     0   2   .232      Buford lf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .222
Voss cf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .187      Blair cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .215
Rudi lf               4   1   1   2     0   0   .318      Grich ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .278
Epstein 1b            2   1   2   1     2   0   .277      Baylor rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
  Hegan pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .286      Robinson 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .254
Bando 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .247      Powell 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .237
Alyea rf              2   0   1   0     0   1   .191      Etchebarren c         2   0   0   0     0   1   .193
  Mangual pr,rf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Oates ph,c          1   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Duncan c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .230      Johnson 2b            4   1   2   1     0   1   .233
Cullen 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .237      Palmer p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Holtzman p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .211        Salmon ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .063
  Fingers p           2   0   1   0     0   1   .357        Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .238

Totals               34   5   9   4     3   9             Totals               36   2  12   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 16,205
Left on Base: A's 6, Orioles 8
DP: A's 3, Orioles 0
Errors: Etchebarren
Doubles: Bando (17), Salmon (1)
Triples: Baylor (3)
Home Runs: Epstein (19), Rudi (16), Johnson (4)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 3 (32)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (16)
GIDP: Powell (9), Etchebarren (5), Baylor (6)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman                4.1  10   2   2   0   2   1  21   2.46
Fingers W(6-5)          4.2   2   0   0   1   4   0  16   2.47
Totals                  9    12   2   2   1   6   1  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(15-6)          5     7   4   4   1   6   2  23   1.98
Harrison                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.12
Jackson                 2     1   1   1   2   3   0   8   3.16
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   9   2  38

Balks: Palmer (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Barnett


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to left; Campaneris stole
second; Voss struck out; Campaneris stole third; Rudi grounded
out (third to first) [Campaneris scored]; Epstein singled to
center; Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled to left; Blair flied out to right;
Grich flied out to right; Baylor grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alyea struck out; Duncan was called out on
strikes; Cullen singled to left; Holtzman was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson singled to center; Powell grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second];
Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris struck out; Voss flied out to center;
Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Palmer
flied out to right; Buford singled to left; Blair singled
[Buford to second]; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein homered; Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); Alyea singled to right; MANGUAL RAN FOR ALYEA; Duncan
made an out to second; Cullen forced Mangual (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Baylor
grounded out (second to first); Robinson singled to shortstop;
Powell singled to right [Robinson to second]; Etchebarren
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Powell out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Holtzman struck out; Campaneris singled to
center; Campaneris stole second [Campaneris to third (error by
Etchebarren)]; Voss popped to third in foul territory; Palmer
balked [Campaneris scored]; Rudi homered; Epstein walked; Bando
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Johnson homered; SALMON BATTED FOR PALMER; Salmon
doubled to right; Buford was called out on strikes; Blair
singled to third [Salmon to third]; Grich singled to left
[Salmon scored, Blair to second]; FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN
(PITCHING); Baylor grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Blair out at third]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HARRISON REPLACED SALMON (PITCHING); Mangual
grounded out (first to pitcher); Duncan made an out to
shortstop; Cullen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Robinson popped to third in foul territory; Powell
struck out; OATES BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Oates grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles
2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); On a bunt
Fingers singled; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Fingers to second]; Voss grounded out (second to first)
[Fingers to third]; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Johnson struck out; SHOPAY BATTED FOR HARRISON;
Shopay grounded out (first unassisted); Buford popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Epstein
walked; HEGAN RAN FOR EPSTEIN; Bando doubled to left [Hegan
scored, Bando out at third (left to shortstop to third)];
Mangual flied out to left; Duncan walked; Cullen struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Blair was called
out on strikes; Grich struck out; Baylor tripled to right;
Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Fingers struck out; Campaneris struck out; Voss
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Oates
walked; Johnson singled to right [Oates to second]; CROWLEY
BATTED FOR JACKSON; Crowley flied out to left; Buford flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 2.