Ken Holtzman yielded only one hit before being knocked out of the box by a line drive in the eighth inning and gained his 10th victory when the Athletics defeated the Yankees, 6-0. Matty Alou singled for the Yankees' hit with two out in the seventh. Jim Ray Hart, leading off the eighth, smashed a drive that hit Holtzman on the back of his left knee and bounced over to first baseman Deron Johnson for the putout.

Rollie Fingers relieved and held the Yankees hitless the rest of the way to complete the shutout and end the A's five-game losing streak. Reggie Jackson batted in three runs with a triple and homer, while Sal Bando accounted for two RBIs with a homer. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Thursday, May       31, 1973 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          3  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .295      Clarke 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Kubiak ss             4   2   2   0     0   0   .273      White lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Bando 3b              3   2   3   2     1   0   .250      M. Alou rf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Jackson rf            4   2   2   3     0   0   .286      Murcer cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .243      Hart dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Tenace dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .255      Nettles 3b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .221
Mangual lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .159      Munson c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .264      F. Alou 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .233        Blomberg ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stottlemyre p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     2   6             Totals               28   0   1   0     1   3

Time of Game: 1:42   Attendance: 14,237
Left on Base: A's 2, Yankees 2
DP: A's 0, Yankees 2
Doubles: Kubiak (3)
Triples: Jackson (2)
Home Runs: Bando (9), Jackson (7)
Caught Stealing: Tenace (1)
GIDP: Jackson (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(10-2)        7.1   1   0   0   0   1   0  23   1.56
Fingers SV(4)           1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   1.51
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1   3   0  29

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre L(7-5)      9     8   6   6   2   6   2  35   3.05
Totals                  9     8   6   6   2   6   2  35

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - John Rice


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak
singled to left; Bando singled to right [Kubiak to third];
Jackson tripled [Kubiak scored, Bando scored]; Johnson singled
to center [Jackson scored]; Tenace flied to center; Mangual
popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied to center; White grounded out (first
unassisted); M. Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Fosse lined to center; Green struck out; North
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer was called out on strikes; Hart flied to
center; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Kubiak flied to center; Bando walked; Jackson
forced Bando (shortstop to second); Johnson forced Jackson
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson flied to right; F. Alou grounded out
(shortstop to first); Michael grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace struck out; Mangual lined to left; Fosse
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Clarke flied to center; White flied to right; M.
Alou flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green popped to first in foul territory; North
grounded out (second to first); Kubiak doubled to right; Bando
homered [Kubiak scored]; Jackson homered; Johnson flied to left;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Murcer flied to right; Hart flied to center;
Nettles popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace flied to left; Mangual grounded out (third
to first); Fosse was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied to center; F. Alou lined to center;
Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 6, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Green popped to third; North flied to center;
Kubiak grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (shortstop to first); M. Alou singled to center;
Murcer flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando singled to left; Jackson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bando out at
second]; Johnson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Hart grounded out (pitcher to first); FINGERS
REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Nettles walked; Munson forced
Nettles (third to second); BLOMBERG BATTED FOR F. ALOU; Blomberg
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Yankees
0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BLOMBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Tenace
walked; Mangual struck out; Fosse struck out while Tenace was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Michael lined to right; Clarke was called out on
strikes; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Yankees 0.