Catfish Hunter and Darold Knowles combined on a four-hitter as the Athletics defeated the Indians, 1-0, with the game's lone run scoring off Dick Tidrow in the fifth inning on consecutive two-out singles by Gene Tenace, Hunter and Bert Campaneris. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 1, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    29, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   1  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   1     0   2   .241
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Rudi lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .312
Brohamer 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .252        Mangual rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .270      Alou rf,lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .313
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Jackson cf            3   0   2   0     1   0   .260
McCraw lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Epstein 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .270
Unser rf,cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Fosse c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .236
  Moses c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .206      Green 2b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .213        Marquez ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Kubiak 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Leon ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Tenace c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .200
Tidrow p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .121      Hunter p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .176
  Lowenstein ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   1   .217        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     1   5             Totals               30   1   8   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 15,135
Left on Base: Indians 5, A's 6
DP: Indians 1, A's 1
Errors: Bando
Doubles: Chambliss (22)
Triples: Fosse (1)
Stolen Bases: Chambliss (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (7)
GIDP: Nettles (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow L(12-12)         7     7   1   1   1   6   0  27   2.57
Mingori                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.83
Totals                  8     8   1   1   1   6   0  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(17-7)          8.1   4   0   0   1   5   0  30   2.06
Knowles SV(10)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.42
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   5   0  32

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


INDIANS 1ST: Bell made an out to shortstop; Brohamer made an out
to shortstop; Chambliss walked; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Rudi was called out on
strikes; Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: McCraw made an out to shortstop; Unser flied out to
center; Fosse made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson singled; Epstein singled [Jackson to
third]; Bando popped to third in foul territory; MARQUEZ BATTED
FOR GREEN; Marquez struck out while Jackson was picked off third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics
0.

INDIANS 3RD: KUBIAK REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING 2B); Duffy
grounded out (pitcher to first); Tidrow struck out (catcher to
first); Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Hunter
popped to first in foul territory; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer singled; Chambliss reached on an error by
Bando [Brohamer to second]; Nettles grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Brohamer to third, Chambliss out
at second]; McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou flied
out to right; Jackson walked; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Unser grounded out (third to first); Fosse tripled;
Duffy was called out on strikes; Tidrow struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando flied out to right; Kubiak flied out to
center; Tenace singled to right; Hunter singled [Tenace to
third]; Campaneris singled [Hunter to second, Tenace scored];
Rudi singled to center [Hunter out at home (center to catcher),
Campaneris to second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left; Brohamer out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Bell to second]; Chambliss reached on
a fielder's choice [Bell out at third (shortstop to third)];
Chambliss stole second; Nettles made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MOSES REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); Alou grounded
out (second to first); Ray Fosse left injured; Jackson
singled to third; Epstein forced Jackson (third to second);
Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 7TH: MANGUAL REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING RF); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); McCraw grounded out (shortstop to
first); Unser grounded out (second to first); Moses struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Tenace
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunter flied to right in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 8TH: FOSTER BATTED FOR DUFFY; Foster flied out to left;
LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR TIDROW; Lowenstein struck out; Bell made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED BELL (PITCHING); LEON REPLACED
FOSTER (PLAYING SS); LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
UNSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); On a bunt Campaneris
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mangual flied out to left; Alou
singled; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 9TH: HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); Brohamer
grounded out (second to first); Chambliss doubled; KNOWLES
REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Nettles flied out to right; McCraw
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Athletics 1.