Saturday October 13, 1973
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Oakland Athletics 2, New York Mets 1

World Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 13, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 A's 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 4 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garrett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campaneris ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Millan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Rudi lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .330 Mays cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .330 Jones lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500 Jackson cf,rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Milner 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500 Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Grote c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alou rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hahn rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Davalillo cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fosse c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Green 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Holtzman p 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Martinez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Boswell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Staub ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 4 5 Totals 27 2 4 1 3 4 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 46,021 Left on Base: Mets 9, A's 5 DP: Mets 0, A's 2 Errors: Millan, Mays Doubles: Jones (1), Holtzman (1) Triples: Millan (1) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (1) Caught Stealing: Green (1) Sacrifice Hits: Matlack (1), Rudi (1) GIDP: Garrett (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(0-1) 6 3 2 0 2 3 0 23 0.00 McGraw 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 0.00 Totals 8 4 2 0 3 4 0 31 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman W(1-0) 5 4 1 1 3 2 0 21 1.80 Fingers 3.1 3 0 0 1 3 0 14 0.00 Knowles SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 5 0 37 Passed Balls: Fosse (1) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Paul Pryor, LF - Russ Goetz, RF - Harry Wendelstedt METS 1ST: Garrett popped to third in foul territory; Millan grounded out (second to first); Mays singled to left; Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris popped to second; Rudi lined to shortstop; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Athletics 0. METS 2ND: Milner flied out to center; Grote grounded out (second to first); Hahn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace struck out; Alou popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Athletics 0. METS 3RD: Harrelson walked; Matlack out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harrelson to second]; Garrett popped to first in foul territory; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse popped to first in foul territory; Green walked; Green was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Holtzman doubled to left; Campaneris reached on an error by Millan [Holtzman scored (unearned) (no RBI), Campaneris to first]; Campaneris stole second; Rudi singled to right [Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Bando singled to center [Rudi to third (error by Mays)]; Jackson popped to shortstop; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Athletics 2. METS 4TH: Mays grounded out (third to first); Jones doubled; Milner singled to center [Jones scored, Milner to second (on throw to home)]; Grote lined to center; Hahn walked; Harrelson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace flied to left; Alou flied to left; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. METS 5TH: Matlack walked; On a bunt Garrett hit into a double play (pitcher to first) [Matlack out at second]; Millan tripled to left; Mays flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Green struck out; MANGUAL BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; Mangual lined to shortstop; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. METS 6TH: FINGERS REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Jones singled to center; Milner grounded out (catcher to first) [Jones to second]; Grote flied to center; Hahn struck out but Jones advanced to third and Hahn advanced to first on a passed ball; Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (catcher unassisted); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson walked; Tenace grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. METS 7TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR MATLACK; Boswell singled to right; Garrett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Boswell out at second]; Millan lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. METS 8TH: JACKSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); DAVALILLO REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING CF); Mays was called out on strikes; Jones grounded out (third to first); Milner singled to right; Grote popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Fingers struck out; On a bunt Campaneris singled; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Campaneris to second]; Bando was walked intentionally; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2. METS 9TH: KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR HAHN; Kranepool lined to shortstop; HODGES BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Hodges walked; MARTINEZ RAN FOR HODGES; STAUB BATTED FOR MCGRAW; KNOWLES REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR STAUB; Beauchamp popped to second; Garrett flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Athletics 2.

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