The Athletics shut out the Tigers for the second straight game, posting a 5-0 victory behind the three-hit pitching of Catfish Hunter. The A's knocked out Joe Coleman in the fifth inning during the course of collecting a total of 11 hits. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      10, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
A's          1  1  1    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   5 11  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   1     1   0   .299
G. Brown dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .233      North cf              4   1   3   0     1   0   .288
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .358      Bando 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .251
N. Cash 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .207      Jackson rf            3   2   1   1     0   0   .287
Sims c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Mangual rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Johnson dh            3   1   2   1     1   0   .259
Northrup rf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .245      Rudi lf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .227
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .197      Hegan 1b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .172
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .287        Tenace ph,1b        1   0   0   1     0   0   .265
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kubiak 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
  Slayback p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   3   0     1   4             Totals               33   5  11   5     4   2

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 11,782
Left on Base: Tigers 4, A's 11
DP: Tigers 1, A's 1
Errors: Stanley, Mangual
Doubles: Johnson (6)
Stolen Bases: North (18), Jackson (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Tenace (2)
GIDP: Brinkman (7), Hegan (1)
Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (2,by Coleman), Jackson (3,by Slayback)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(10-5)         4.1   8   4   3   3   0   0  24   3.06
Hiller                  1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.74
Slayback                1     1   1   1   0   0   0   5   9.00
LaGrow                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.18
Totals                  8    11   5   4   4   2   0  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(8-3)           9     3   0   0   1   4   0  31   2.87
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   4   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Coleman (5), Slayback (1)
Wild Pitches: Slayback (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Jim Honochick


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (second to first); G. Brown
lined to center; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was hit by a pitch; Campaneris was
picked off first (pitcher to first); North walked; North stole
second; Bando singled [North to third]; Jackson grounded out
(second to first) [North scored, Bando to second]; Johnson
walked; Rudi flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 1.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash struck out; Sims lined to center; McAuliffe
singled; Northrup walked [McAuliffe to second]; Rodriguez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Hegan singled; Fosse singled [Hegan to second];
Kubiak forced Fosse (third to second) [Hegan to third];
Campaneris forced Kubiak (shortstop unassisted) [Hegan scored];
North singled [Campaneris to second]; Bando forced Campaneris
(third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled; Stanley forced Brinkman (third to
second); G. Brown forced Stanley (third to second); Horton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Jackson popped to third in foul territory;
Johnson reached on an error by Stanley [Johnson to second]; Rudi
singled [Johnson scored (unearned)]; Hegan grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second];
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 4TH: N. Cash struck out; Sims lined to center; McAuliffe
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Fosse popped to catcher in foul territory; Kubiak
grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris singled; North
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
singled; Brinkman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Jackson
singled; Johnson doubled [Jackson to third]; Rudi was walked
intentionally; HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); TENACE BATTED
FOR HEGAN; Tenace hit a sacrifice fly to center [Jackson
scored]; Fosse struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 4.

TIGERS 6TH: TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Stanley flied to
right; G. Brown grounded out (third to first); Horton flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Kubiak flied to left; Campaneris grounded out
(second to first); North singled; Bando popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 7TH: N. Cash flied to left; Sims popped to third in foul
territory; McAuliffe flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: SLAYBACK REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Jackson was
hit by a pitch; Jackson stole second; Slayback threw a wild
pitch [Jackson to third]; Johnson singled [Jackson scored]; Rudi
flied to center; Tenace lined to left; Fosse forced Johnson
(third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 5.

TIGERS 8TH: MANGUAL REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Northrup
grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez flied to center;
Brinkman reached on an error by Mangual [Brinkman to second];
Stanley flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LAGROW REPLACED SLAYBACK (PITCHING); Kubiak was
called out on strikes; Campaneris walked; North singled
[Campaneris to second]; Bando grounded out (first unassisted)
[Campaneris to third, North to second]; Mangual grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics
5.

TIGERS 9TH: G. Brown flied to left; Horton lined to left; N.
Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 5.