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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 3Game Played on Thursday, August 16, 1973 (Day game) at Fenway ParkA'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. |
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