After the Athletics failed to hold a 3-0 lead, Deron Johnson drove in a run with a single in the seventh inning for his second RBI of the game to beat the Red Sox, 4-3. Bill North singled and stole his 10th base of the season to set the stage for Johnson's decisive hit. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      16, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   3  8  1
A's          0  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  x  -   4 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .228      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   1     0   1   .290
Aparicio ss           2   1   0   0     1   0   .289      North cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .284
  Oglivie ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Bando 3b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .252
  Kennedy 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Jackson rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .291
Smith cf              2   0   0   1     1   1   .261      Johnson 1b            3   0   2   2     1   0   .262
Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .262
Cepeda dh             4   0   3   1     0   0   .278      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .226
  Hunter pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      McKinney dh           4   1   2   0     0   1   .238
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .229      Kubiak 2b             2   0   2   0     0   0   .308
Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guerrero 2b,ss        4   1   3   0     0   0   .261        Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Evans rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .238        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     4   2             Totals               31   4  10   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  8,935
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, A's 7
DP: Red Sox 1, A's 2
Errors: Lee
Doubles: Campaneris (4), Kubiak (6)
Stolen Bases: North (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Kubiak (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Smith (1)
GIDP: Cater (1)
Hit by Pitch: Oglivie (1,by Pina), Tenace (5,by Lee)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee                     4.2   7   3   2   2   2   0  23   2.01
Bolin L(1-2)            3.1   3   1   1   0   5   0  12   3.18
Totals                  8    10   4   3   2   7   0  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    6.1   6   3   3   3   2   0  27   4.20
Pina                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.79
Knowles W(2-3)          2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   9   2.10
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   2   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Lee (3), Pina (5)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
flied to center; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: On a bunt Campaneris made an out to first; North
struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk flied to center; Cepeda singled to right;
Petrocelli flied to center; Cater was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Guerrero singled to right; Evans walked [Guerrero
to second]; Harper lined into a double play (third to second)
[Guerrero out at second]; Aparicio forced Evans (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (second to first); McKinney
singled to right; Kubiak singled to center [McKinney to second];
Campaneris hit into a double play (shortstop to second)
[McKinney out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk flied
to right; Cepeda flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North grounded out (third to first); Bando struck
out; Jackson walked; Jackson was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Lee [Jackson to third]; Johnson singled [Jackson
scored (unearned)]; Tenace was hit by a pitch [Johnson to
second]; Rudi grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli lined to left; Cater flied to center;
Guerrero singled to left; Evans flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McKinney singled to left; Kubiak out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [McKinney to second];
Campaneris doubled to right [McKinney scored]; North grounded
out (third to first); Bando singled to right [Campaneris
scored]; Jackson singled to left [Bando to second]; Johnson
walked [Bando to third, Jackson to second]; BOLIN REPLACED LEE
(PITCHING); Tenace struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper flied to right; Aparicio walked; Smith
walked [Aparicio to second]; Fisk popped to first in foul
territory; Cepeda singled to right [Aparicio scored, Smith to
third]; Petrocelli popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi struck out; McKinney was called out on
strikes; Kubiak doubled to left; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
singled to right; Evans singled [Guerrero to second]; PINA
REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Harper singled to right [Guerrero
scored, Evans to second]; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR APARICIO; Oglivie
was hit by a pitch [Evans to third, Harper to second]; KNOWLES
REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Smith hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Evans scored, Harper to third]; Fisk flied to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KENNEDY REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 2B); GUERRERO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); North singled to center; Bando
struck out; North stole second; Jackson flied to right; Johnson
singled to left [North scored, Johnson out at second (left to
third to second to first)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Athletics 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Cepeda singled to right; HUNTER RAN FOR CEPEDA;
Petrocelli walked [Hunter to second]; Cater grounded into a
double play (third to second) [Hunter out at third, Petrocelli
out at second]; Guerrero flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HUNTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Tenace flied
to left in foul territory; Rudi popped to first in foul
territory; McKinney flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Athletics 4.

RED SOX 9TH: Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper
flied to left; Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 4.