Dick Green's grand-slam homer with two out in the eighth inning gave Oakland a 6-2 decision over California and moved the A's into first place, .002 ahead of Kansas City, which lost to Minnesota. Reggie Jackson opened the eighth with a single and when Deron Johnson walked, Angel starter Rudy May was relieved by Aurelio Monteagudo. Gene Tenace sacrificed, Jesus Alou was purposely passed and Steve Barber, relieving May, fanned pinch-hitter Billy Conigliaro. Green then blasted a pitch over the left field wall, breaking a 2-2 deadlock.

The A's scored a run in the third when Bill North's double drove in Bert Campaneris, and the Angels tied it in the fourth when Darold Knowles threw the ball past third baseman Sal Bando, allowing Richie Scheinblum to dash home. Tenace hit his 19th homer in sixth, but the Angels tied the score again in the seventh on a walk to pinch-hitter Billy Grabarkewitz, Sandy Alomar's double and Bob Oliver's infield out, setting the stage for Green's heroics an inning later. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, California Angels 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    5, 1973 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  0  1    0  4  0  -   6  8  1
Angels       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  5  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   1   1   0     1   1   .266      Alomar ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .215
North cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .282        McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Bando 3b              3   0   1   0     2   1   .262      Gallagher 3b          2   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Jackson rf            5   1   1   0     0   3   .282        Meoli 3b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .214
Johnson dh            3   1   0   0     1   1   .256        Llenas ph,3b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .318
Tenace 1b,c           3   1   1   1     0   1   .258      Robinson dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .251
Alou lf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .222      Oliver 1b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .252
Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Scheinblum rf         3   1   1   0     1   0   .253
  Davalillo ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .170      Berry cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .290
  Conigliaro ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Parker 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Stanton lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Andrews 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .206      Stephenson c          1   0   0   0     1   0   .276
  Green 2b            1   1   1   4     0   0   .256        Grabarkewitz ph     0   1   0   0     1   0   .163
Knowles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stelmaszek c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Monteagudo p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     5   9             Totals               32   2   5   1     5   4

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 13,158
Left on Base: A's 7, Angels 9
DP: A's 0, Angels 0
Errors: Knowles, Alomar, May
Doubles: Bando (18), North (9), Andrews (10), Scheinblum (3), Alomar (3)
Home Runs: Tenace (19), Green (2)
Caught Stealing: Campaneris (9)
Sacrifice Hits: North (4), Tenace (5), Parker (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knowles                 6     5   2   1   4   3   0  28   2.25
Fingers W(4-6)          3     0   0   0   1   1   0  10   1.46
Totals                  9     5   2   1   5   4   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(7-10)             7     7   4   4   4   6   1  32   3.63
Monteagudo              0.1   0   1   1   1   0   0   2   4.73
Barber                  1.2   1   1   1   0   3   1   6   3.86
Totals                  9     8   6   6   5   9   2  40

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was called out on strikes; North
popped to second; Bando doubled to left; Jackson was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Gallagher
singled to right; Robinson flied out to center; Oliver struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace
reached on an error by Alomar; Tenace was picked off first but
was safe on an error by May [Tenace to third]; Alou popped to
second; Fosse flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Scheinblum doubled to left; Berry grounded out
(third to first) [Scheinblum to third]; Parker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stanton grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Andrews singled to left; Campaneris forced
Andrews (third to second); North doubled to center [Campaneris
scored]; Bando walked; Jackson popped to first; Johnson struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Stephenson walked; Alomar forced Stephenson (third
to second); Gallagher singled to left [Alomar to second];
Robinson forced Gallagher (shortstop to second) [Alomar to
third]; Oliver lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace struck out; Alou flied to right; Fosse
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Scheinblum walked; Berry walked [Scheinblum to
second]; Parker reached on an error by Knowles on a sacrifice
bunt [Scheinblum scored (unearned) (no RBI), Berry to third,
Parker to second]; Stanton struck out; Stephenson grounded out
(first unassisted); Alomar flied to center; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: MEOLI REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); Andrews
doubled to left; Campaneris walked; North out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Andrews to third, Campaneris to
second]; Bando was walked intentionally; Jackson was called out
on strikes; Johnson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Meoli singled to left; Robinson forced Meoli
(shortstop to second); Oliver flied out to right; Scheinblum
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace homered; Alou flied to right; Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: GREEN REPLACED ANDREWS (PLAYING 2B); Berry flied to
center; Parker struck out; Stanton flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris singled to right; Campaneris was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); North struck out;
Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR STEPHENSON; Grabarkewitz
walked; Alomar doubled to left [Grabarkewitz to third]; FINGERS
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); LLENAS BATTED FOR MEOLI; Llenas
grounded out (third to first); Robinson was walked
intentionally; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Grabarkewitz scored, Alomar to third, Robinson to second];
Scheinblum popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); STELMASZEK
REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PLAYING C ); Jackson singled to right;
Johnson walked [Jackson to second]; MONTEAGUDO REPLACED MAY
(PITCHING); Tenace out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Jackson to third, Johnson to second]; Alou was walked
intentionally; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR FOSSE; BARBER REPLACED
MONTEAGUDO (PITCHING); CONIGLIARO BATTED FOR DAVALILLO;
Conigliaro struck out; Green homered [Jackson scored, Johnson
scored, Alou scored]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HEGAN
REPLACED CONIGLIARO (PLAYING 1B); Berry lined to first; Parker
grounded out (second to first); Stanton grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: North grounded out (second to first); Bando
struck out; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
6, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Stelmaszek flied to left; MCCRAW BATTED FOR ALOMAR;
McCraw struck out; Llenas flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Angels 2.