Luis Tiant was tagged for two homers by Reggie Jackson, but the veteran Red Sox righthander yielded only two other hits and defeated the Athletics, 4-2. Orlando Cepeda homered for the Red Sox and Danny Cater rapped three singles and a double, driving in two runs. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      17, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  2    0  1  0  -   4 12  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  4  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .284
  Miller lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .303      North cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Aparicio ss           5   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .248
Smith cf              5   1   1   0     0   2   .259      Jackson rf            4   2   2   2     0   1   .294
Fisk c                5   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   3   .256
Cepeda dh             4   2   2   1     0   0   .282      Tenace 1b,c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
  Hunter pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .500      Rudi lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .228
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   2   1     0   0   .235      Fosse c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Cater 1b              4   0   4   2     0   0   .333        Hegan ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .171
Guerrero 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Kubiak 2b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .303
Evans rf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .239      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   4  12   4     1   5             Totals               31   2   4   2     3  10

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 15,172
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, A's 6
DP: Red Sox 0, A's 0
Errors: Aparicio, Campaneris
Doubles: Cater (4)
Triples: Evans (1)
Home Runs: Cepeda (11), Jackson 2 (13)
Caught Stealing: North (9)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (6,by Tiant)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(8-6)            9     4   2   2   3  10   2  35   3.92
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3  10   2  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(11-5)        8    12   4   4   1   3   1  37   1.83
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.65
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   5   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Tiant (4)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio
grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (second to
first); 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
flied to left; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Cepeda homered;
Petrocelli reached on an error by Campaneris; Cater singled to
center [Petrocelli to third, Cater out at second (center to
shortstop)]; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace was hit by a pitch;
Rudi forced Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans flied to right; Harper grounded out (third to
first); Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse flied to right; Kubiak struck out;
Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith was called out on strikes; Fisk flied to
right; Cepeda grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North walked; Bando popped to shortstop; North
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Jackson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli flied to center; Cater singled to
center; Guerrero singled to center [Cater to second]; Evans
struck out; Harper lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Tenace
grounded out (third to first); Rudi walked; Fosse singled to
shortstop [Rudi to second]; Kubiak walked [Rudi to third, Fosse
to second]; Campaneris popped to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
singled to center; Fisk singled to center [Smith to second];
Cepeda forced Fisk (shortstop to second) [Smith to third];
Petrocelli singled to left [Smith scored, Cepeda to second];
Cater doubled to left [Cepeda scored, Petrocelli to third];
Guerrero flied to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North grounded out (second to first); Bando
popped to first in foul territory; Jackson homered; Johnson was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans was called out on strikes; Harper popped to
first in foul territory; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING LF); Tenace
struck out; Rudi flied to right; HEGAN BATTED FOR FOSSE; Hegan
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 8TH: TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HEGAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Cepeda singled to
center; HUNTER RAN FOR CEPEDA; Petrocelli singled to third
[Hunter to second]; Sal Bando fielded Rico Petrocelli's
ground near the line amd thought it was foul; 3B umpire Jim
Evans ruled it fair; Bando argued briefly until Athletics
Manager Dick Williams came onto the field; Williams ejected by
Evans; Cater singled to center [Hunter scored, Petrocelli to
third]; Guerrero forced Cater (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HUNTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kubiak flied
to center; Campaneris struck out; North reached on an error by
Aparicio; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Evans tripled to right; Miller walked; FINGERS
REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Aparicio popped to first in foul
territory; Smith struck out; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson homered; Johnson struck out; Tenace flied
to left; Rudi singled to center; Hegan grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 2.