Vida Blue, who had lost five times in the Oakland Coliseum this year, gained his first home victory of the season when the Athletics defeated the Yankees, 4-2. Blue pitched seven innings and Darold Knowles finished. Oakland Athletics 4, New York Yankees 2Game Played on Tuesday, June 12, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumYankees 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 A's 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 7 2 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .275 Campaneris ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .300 White lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .239 North cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293 M. Alou rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286 Bando 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .251 Murcer cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .267 Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .283 Hart dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Johnson dh 3 1 1 0 0 1 .260 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .206 Tenace c 2 1 0 0 1 2 .262 F. Alou 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Rudi lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .228 Munson c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Hegan 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .188 Michael ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Kubiak 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beene p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 6 2 4 7 Totals 27 4 7 4 3 7 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 8,748 Left on Base: Yankees 9, A's 3 DP: Yankees 0, A's 1 Errors: White, Campaneris 2 Doubles: Clarke (8) Caught Stealing: North (8) Sacrifice Flies: Campaneris (2) GIDP: Hart (8) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kline L(4-6) 1.1 4 3 3 3 0 0 9 3.80 Beene 6.2 3 1 0 0 7 0 22 1.74 Totals 8 7 4 3 3 7 0 31 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(5-3) 7 5 2 0 3 7 0 30 4.19 Knowles SV(3) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 2.30 Totals 9 6 2 0 4 7 0 38 Balks: Blue (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney YANKEES 1ST: Clarke struck out; White flied to right; M. Alou struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); North singled to left; North was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bando flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Athletics 0. YANKEES 2ND: Murcer walked; Hart forced Murcer (shortstop to second); Nettles flied to center; F. Alou flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson walked; Johnson singled to center [Jackson out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Tenace walked [Johnson to second]; Rudi singled to left [Johnson scored, Tenace to second]; Hegan singled to right [Tenace scored, Rudi to third]; Kubiak walked [Hegan to second]; BEENE REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rudi scored, Hegan to third]; North lined to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Athletics 3. YANKEES 3RD: Munson reached on an error by Campaneris; Michael walked [Munson to second]; Clarke forced Michael (first to second to shortstop) [Munson to third]; White singled to center [Munson scored (unearned), Clarke to second]; M. Alou walked [Clarke to third, White to second]; Murcer reached on an error by Campaneris [Clarke scored (unearned) (RBI), White to third, M. Alou to second]; Hart grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murcer out at second]; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Bando flied to left; Jackson struck out; Johnson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. YANKEES 4TH: Nettles struck out; F. Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson singled to right; Michael forced Munson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace struck out; Rudi lined to left; Hegan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. YANKEES 5TH: Clarke doubled to left; White popped to second; M. Alou singled to second [Clarke to third]; Murcer struck out; Hart grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Kubiak struck out; Campaneris struck out; North lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles struck out; F. Alou flied to left; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando struck out; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. YANKEES 7TH: Michael grounded out (second to first); Clarke singled to center; Blue balked [Clarke to second]; White struck out; M. Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace struck out; Rudi flied to center; Hegan flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. YANKEES 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Murcer popped to shortstop; Hart lined to left; Nettles singled to left; F. Alou walked [Nettles to second]; Munson forced Nettles (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Kubiak popped to third; Campaneris singled to left; Campaneris was picked off first (pitcher to first); North singled to left [North to second (error by White)]; Bando singled to center [North scored (unearned)]; Jackson lined to third; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 4. YANKEES 9TH: Michael grounded out (third to first); Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Athletics 4. |
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