Coming out of the bullpen for his first start since 1967, Darold Knowles combined with Rollie Fingers to pitch the Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Twins. Knowles allowed four hits before being lifted after Bobby Darwin singled in the sixth inning. Fingers gave up one hit the rest of the way.

Gene Tenace hit a homer for the A's and Bert Campaneris broke out of an 0-for-19 slump with two doubles, scoring one run and driving in another. Ted Kubiak singled in the fifth inning for his first hit in 35 official trips since June 19. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    1, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1
A's          0  1  1    0  2  0    0  2  x  -   6  7  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              2   1   1   1     2   1   .262      Campaneris ss         5   1   2   1     0   1   .266
Adams dh              3   0   1   1     0   1   .200      North cf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .291
  Oliva ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Bando 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .263
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .346      Jackson rf            2   1   0   0     2   1   .287
Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     1   2   .252      Tenace 1b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .259
Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Odom pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lis 1b                1   0   0   0     1   0   .229        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .161
  Holt ph,1b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Conigliaro lf         4   0   1   2     0   1   .257
Brye cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Fosse c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .256
Terrell 3b            2   1   0   0     1   1   .275      Kubiak 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .227
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Knowles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   5   2     6   6             Totals               30   6   7   5     6   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  5,702
Left on Base: Twins 7, A's 7
DP: Twins 0, A's 1
Errors: Mitterwald, Knowles
Doubles: Carew (17), Hisle (17), Adams (1), Campaneris 2 (11)
Home Runs: Tenace (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Johnson (3)
GIDP: Thompson (8)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(13-10)       7     6   6   5   4   4   1  31   2.70
Corbin                  1     1   0   0   2   1   0   6   2.84
Totals                  8     7   6   5   6   5   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knowles W(4-4)          5     4   2   2   5   2   0  22   2.33
Fingers SV(11)          4     1   0   0   1   4   0  14   1.54
Totals                  9     5   2   2   6   6   0  36

Wild Pitches: Knowles (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Dave Phillips


TWINS 1ST: Hisle struck out; Adams grounded out (shortstop to
first); Carew doubled to left; Darwin grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied to center; North grounded out
(third to first); Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald flied to center; Thompson flied out to
left; Lis walked; Brye forced Lis (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Johnson
flied out to center; Tenace homered; Conigliaro struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 1.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell walked; Terrell was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Knowles [Terrell to third]; Hisle doubled to
left [Terrell scored]; Knowles threw a wild pitch [Hisle to
third]; Adams was called out on strikes; Carew popped to
shortstop; Darwin grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse flied to center; Kubiak flied to right;
Campaneris doubled; North singled to right [Campaneris scored];
Bando popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 4TH: Mitterwald walked; Thompson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Mitterwald out at second];
Lis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; Johnson was called out on
strikes; Tenace grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 5TH: Brye walked; Brye was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); Hisle walked;
Adams doubled [Hisle scored]; Carew flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Conigliaro flied to right; Fosse walked; Kubiak
singled to right [Fosse to third]; Campaneris doubled to left
[Fosse scored, Kubiak to third]; North walked; Bando flied to
center; North was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Mitterwald [Kubiak scored (unearned), Campaneris to third, North
to second]; Jackson was walked intentionally; Johnson forced
Jackson (second to shortstop); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 2, Athletics 4.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin singled to left; FINGERS REPLACED KNOWLES
(PITCHING); Mitterwald struck out; Thompson popped to third in
foul territory; HOLT BATTED FOR LIS; Holt grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Tenace popped
to catcher in foul territory; Conigliaro grounded out (second to
first); Fosse popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 4.

TWINS 7TH: Brye flied out to center; Terrell struck out; Hisle
walked; OLIVA BATTED FOR ADAMS; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: OLIVA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kubiak
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Campaneris grounded
out (shortstop to first); North grounded out (catcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 4.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Darwin grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando singled; Jackson walked [Bando to second];
CORBIN REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Johnson out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Bando to third, Jackson to second];
Tenace was walked intentionally; ODOM RAN FOR TENACE; Conigliaro
singled [Bando scored, Jackson scored, Odom to third]; Fosse
popped to second; Kubiak walked [Conigliaro to second];
Campaneris struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics
6.

TWINS 9TH: HEGAN REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING 1B); Thompson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Holt singled to center; Brye popped to
second; BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; Braun grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 6.