Winning for the ninth straight time, Catfish Hunter pitched the Athletics to a 9-3 victory over the Indians. Hunter gave up homers by Jack Brohamer and George Hendrick, accounting for the Indians' runs, but allowed only two other hits. Sal Bando hit a round-tripper for the A's and Bill North joined in the attack with three singles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      11, 1973 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          1  0  1    3  1  0    1  2  0  -   9 13  0
Indians      0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  4  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         3   2   1   0     1   1   .284      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
  Kubiak ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Gamble rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .263
North cf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .282      Hendrick cf           4   1   1   2     0   1   .256
Bando 3b              4   1   1   1     1   2   .265      Ellis c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .272
Jackson rf            3   2   1   1     2   1   .291      Spikes lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Johnson dh            4   0   2   1     1   1   .258      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   3   .212
Rudi lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .255      Williams dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .223
Tenace 1b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .257      Brohamer 2b           3   1   1   1     0   0   .204
Fosse c               5   0   0   1     0   2   .255      Cardenas ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Green 2b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .275        Lowenstein ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .305
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Duffy ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .173
                                                          Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  13   7     6   9             Totals               31   3   4   3     1   8

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  8,627
Left on Base: A's 10, Indians 2
DP: A's 0, Indians 1
Errors: Brohamer
Doubles: Green (10), Lowenstein (11)
Home Runs: Bando (17), Brohamer (3), Hendrick (16)
Stolen Bases: North 2 (27), Jackson (14)
GIDP: Rudi (7)
Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (3,by Perry)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(14-3)          9     4   3   3   1   8   2  32   3.18
Totals                  9     4   3   3   1   8   2  32

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(8-13)           7    12   9   8   6   9   1  39   3.41
Hilgendorf              2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.32
Totals                  9    13   9   8   6   9   1  46

Passed Balls: Ellis 2 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Perry (4)
Wild Pitches: Perry 2 (12)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was hit by a pitch; North singled to
left [Campaneris to second]; Bando struck out; Jackson singled
to left [Campaneris scored, North to second]; Ellis allowed a
passed ball [North to third, Jackson to second]; Johnson walked;
Rudi grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Johnson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (third to first); Gamble grounded
out (first unassisted); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace struck out; Fosse popped to second; Green
singled; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis lined to third; Spikes popped to first;
Chambliss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando
homered; Jackson struck out; Johnson grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Williams grounded out (third to first); Brohamer
homered; Cardenas flied to center; Bell flied to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi singled to center; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Rudi to second]; Tenace singled to left [Rudi to third]; Fosse
grounded out (second to first) [Rudi scored, Tenace to second];
Green doubled to right [Tenace scored]; Campaneris was called
out on strikes; North singled to center [Green scored]; North
stole second; Bando grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Gamble walked; Hendrick homered [Gamble scored];
Ellis struck out; Spikes popped to first; Chambliss struck out;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson walked; Jackson stole second; Johnson was
called out on strikes; Rudi singled to second [Jackson scored
(error by Brohamer) (unearned), Rudi to second]; Tenace popped
to first in foul territory; Fosse struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Williams flied to center; Brohamer flied to center;
Cardenas flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Green grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
singled to left; North grounded out (third to first) [Campaneris
to second]; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell flied to left; Gamble flied out to right;
Hendrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jackson walked; Johnson singled to left [Jackson
to third]; Rudi forced Johnson (shortstop to second) [Jackson
scored]; Ellis allowed a passed ball [Rudi to second]; Tenace
walked; Fosse was called out on strikes; Green struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Ellis flied to right; Spikes flied to left;
Chambliss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 7, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris walked; North singled to right
[Campaneris to third]; Perry threw a wild pitch [Campaneris
scored]; North stole second; Bando walked; HILGENDORF REPLACED
PERRY (PITCHING); Jackson forced Bando (first to shortstop)
[North to third]; Johnson singled to left [North scored, Jackson
to second]; Rudi flied to right; Tenace flied to center; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 9, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Williams
singled to left; Brohamer flied to center; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR
CARDENAS; Lowenstein doubled to right [Williams to third]; Bell
struck out; Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 9, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DUFFY REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING SS); Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kubiak flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 9, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick struck out; Ellis struck out; Spikes
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Indians 3.