After the Athletics strung together singles by Ray Fosse, Dick Green, Bill North and Bert Campaneris for two runs in the third inning, Deron Johnson smashed a homer in the fourth to beat the Brewers, 3-2. George Scott rapped a round-tripper for the losers. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Friday, August    17, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   2  6  0
A's          0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  9  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Briggs lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .251      North cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .276
Mitchell rf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .333      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   1     0   2   .265
May cf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .321      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Scott 1b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .305      Jackson rf            3   0   2   0     0   0   .302
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Johnson dh            3   1   1   1     0   1   .261
Brown dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Lahoud ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .172        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Davalillo lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Garcia 2b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .252      Fosse c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Johnson ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Green 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .248
  Coluccio ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .225      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heise ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   4             Totals               30   3   9   3     0   3

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance:  8,248
Left on Base: Brewers 4, A's 3
DP: Brewers 2, A's 2
Errors: Davalillo
Home Runs: Scott (18), Johnson (17)
GIDP: Brown (7), Money (11), Tenace (9)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(15-8)         8     9   3   3   0   3   1  30   2.96
Totals                  8     9   3   3   0   3   1  30

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(18-10)       8     6   2   2   2   3   1  30   2.56
Fingers SV(15)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.40
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   4   1  33

Wild Pitches: Colborn (4)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Nestor Chylak


BREWERS 1ST: Briggs flied to center; Mitchell lined to pitcher;
May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied to left; Campaneris struck out; Bando
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott walked; Money flied out to left; Brown
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Scott out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson singled; Johnson struck out; Tenace
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Jackson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Porter flied to right; Garcia grounded out (second
to first); Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fosse singled; Green singled [Fosse to second]; North singled
[Fosse scored, Green to second]; Campaneris singled to center
[Green scored, North out at third (center to third), Campaneris
to second (on throw to 3b)]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); Mitchell
flied to right; May popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Johnson
homered; Tenace popped to first; Davalillo popped to second; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Scott homered; Money flied to left; Brown flied to
right; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Fosse grounded out (second to first); Green
popped to third in foul territory; North grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Davalillo
dropped a foul fly hit by Johnson for an error; Johnson struck
out; Briggs singled; Mitchell singled [Briggs to third]; May
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Bando
singled; Jackson singled [Bando to third]; Johnson lined into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Jackson out at first]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Scott singled; Money grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Scott out at second]; Brown struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first);
Davalillo grounded out (catcher unassisted); Fosse lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING 1B); Porter grounded
out (first unassisted); Garcia singled; COLUCCIO BATTED FOR
JOHNSON; Coluccio walked [Garcia to second]; Briggs struck out;
Mitchell singled [Garcia scored, Coluccio to second]; May flied
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HEISE REPLACED COLUCCIO (PLAYING SS); Green
singled; Colborn threw a wild pitch [Green to second]; North
popped to third in foul territory; Campaneris struck out; Bando
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 2, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Scott flied
to right; Money struck out; LAHOUD BATTED FOR BROWN; Lahoud
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics
3.