Vida Blue allowed only four hits, pitching his fourth straight complete game, and Reggie Jackson smashed two homers, driving in four runs, as the Athletics defeated the Red Sox, 6-3. The Red Sox ended a string of 21 scoreless innings with two unearned runs in the eighth and added their other tally on a homer by Carlton Fisk in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Thursday, August    16, 1973 (Day game) at Fenway Park
A's          1  0  0    1  1  0    3  0  0  -   6 11  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   3  4  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   2   0     0   1   .265      Harper lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
North cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Aparicio ss           3   0   0   1     0   2   .262
Bando 3b              4   2   2   0     1   1   .262      Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Jackson rf            4   2   3   4     1   0   .300      Cepeda dh             3   0   2   0     1   0   .302
Johnson dh            4   0   1   1     0   2   .260        Kennedy pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
  Hegan ph,dh,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Cater 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259      Fisk c                4   1   1   1     0   2   .262
  Blue p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Miller cf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .259
Alou lf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .281      Griffin 2b            2   1   0   0     1   0   .256
Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Evans rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Curtis p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Pole p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .225

Totals               38   6  11   5     3   7             Totals               30   3   4   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 20,424
Left on Base: A's 8, Red Sox 4
DP: A's 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: North, Aparicio, Fisk, Curtis
Doubles: Alou (1), Cepeda (22), Miller (14)
Home Runs: Jackson 2 (29), Fisk (22)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (24), Jackson (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Aparicio (7)
GIDP: North (3), Cater (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(13-7)            9     4   3   1   3   8   1  34   3.41
Totals                  9     4   3   1   3   8   1  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis L(11-10)         6.1  11   6   5   1   4   2  31   3.39
Pole                    2.2   0   0   0   2   3   0  10   7.63
Totals                  9    11   6   5   3   7   2  41

Passed Balls: Fosse (6)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - John Rice


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; North grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bando singled to left; Jackson singled to
left [Bando to second]; Johnson singled to center [Bando scored,
Jackson to second]; Tenace flied to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Aparicio was called out on
strikes; Yastrzemski walked; Cepeda flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alou grounded out (third to first); Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater popped to second; Fisk struck out; Miller
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

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

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); Evans
struck out; Harper grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Tenace
flied to right; Alou singled to left; Fosse singled to pitcher
[Alou to third (error by Curtis), Fosse to second]; Green
reached on an error by Aparicio [Alou scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Fosse to third]; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio popped to first; Yastrzemski grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cepeda doubled to left; Cater popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North flied out to right; Bando struck out;
Jackson homered; Johnson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk popped to right; Miller was called out on
strikes; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Alou doubled to
left; Fosse flied to left; Green grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris singled to shortstop; North flied to
right; Campaneris stole second [Campaneris to third (error by
Fisk)]; Bando walked; Jackson homered [Campaneris scored, Bando
scored]; POLE REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Johnson was called out
on strikes; Tenace walked; Alou forced Tenace (second
unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski flied to center; Cepeda walked; Cater
popped to first in foul territory; Fisk was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Fosse grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
MORALES BATTED FOR GREEN; Morales struck out; Campaneris popped
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING 2B); Miller
doubled to right; Griffin walked; Evans popped to catcher in
foul territory; Harper reached on an error by North [Miller to
third, Griffin to second]; Aparicio hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Miller scored (unearned), Griffin to third]; Fosse
allowed a passed ball [Griffin scored (unearned), Harper to
second]; Yastrzemski flied to left; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 6, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: North struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop
to first); Jackson walked; HEGAN BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Jackson
stole second; Hegan lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BLUE REPLACED
TENACE (PITCHING); Cepeda singled to center; KENNEDY RAN FOR
CEPEDA; Cater grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Kennedy out at second]; Fisk homered; Miller struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 3.