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.

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