1971 AL Replay-July 16 Det. vs. Oak

July 16, 1971

A game that started out as a pitching duel between Detroit's Les Cain and Oakland's Vida Blue turned into a blow-out win for Oakland 12-4. The game entered the 8th inning with Oakland leading 3-2 . Detroit scored 2 runs in the top of the 8th taking a 4-3 lead but the Tigers bullpen couldn't close the door in the bottom of the 8th on the A's who got a pinch hit grandslam home run from Mike Epstein and a 3 run homer from Reggie Jackson . Rollie Fingers got the win after blowing a save oppotunity and Bill Denehey took the loss.

(Mike Epstein)

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1971 Detroit Tigers At 1971 Oakland A's                   7/16/1971







 







  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG







  T.Taylor 2B         4  0  0  0 .302     L.Brown SS          5  1  2  0 .282  







  M.Stanley CF        4  1  1  0 .265     J.Rudi LF           5  1  2  0 .222  







  A.Kaline RF         3  1  2  0 .270     R.Jackson RF        4  1  1  3 .287  







  W.Horton LF         3  1  2  1 .270     T.Davis 1B          2  0  0  0 .308  







  N.Cash 1B           3  1  1  2 .314   A-R.Monday PR         0  1  0  0 .282  







  B.Freehan C         4  0  0  0 .282     B.Locker P          0  0  0  0 .000  







  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  0  0  0 .231     S.Bando 3B          5  1  0  0 .280  







  E.Brinkman SS       4  0  0  0 .203     G.Hendrick CF       4  2  1  0 .167  







  L.Cain P            3  0  0  0 .250     D.Duncan C          3  1  0  1 .260  







  B.Denehy P          0  0  0  0 ----     D.Green 2B          2  3  2  4 .240  







  F.Scherman P        0  0  0  0 .000     V.Blue P            2  0  0  0 .130  







  M.Kilkenny P        0  0  0  0 .000     R.Fingers P         0  0  0  0 .150  







                                        B-M.Epstein PH,1B     1  1  1  4 .243  







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         Totals      32  4  6  3                 Totals      33 12  9 12







 







A-Pinch Ran For Davis In 8th Inning







B-Pinch Hit For Fingers In 8th Inning







 







Tigers.......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  6  1







A's............. 0 1 0  0 0 0  2 9    - 12  9  2







 







Tigers (57-32)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA







L.Cain                    7 1/3   5   4   3   3   5   2 119   2.01







B.Denehy L(1-1) BS(1st)   0 1/3   0   4   0   3   0   0  27   0.58







F.Scherman                0       4   4   4   0   0   2  14   5.02







M.Kilkenny                0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   8   5.48







Totals                    8       9  12   3   7   6   4







 







A's (57-32)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA







V.Blue                    7 1/3   6   4   3   2   8   1 113   2.46







R.Fingers W(6-2) BS(3rd)  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.43







B.Locker                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.45







Totals                    9       6   4   3   2   9   1







 







ATTENDANCE- 18,304 DATE- Friday, July 16th 1971 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average







UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Lou Dimuro, Bill Kunkel, Ron Luciano







T- 2:24







LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4  A's: 5







DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  A's: 1







ERRORS- E.Brinkman, L.Brown, R.Jackson







DOUBLES- L.Brown(8th)







HOME RUNS- N.Cash(20th), R.Jackson(26th), D.Green-2(9th), M.Epstein(18th)







STOLEN BASES- R.Jackson(13th)







SACRIFICE HITS- V.Blue







SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Horton







WALKS- A.Kaline, N.Cash, R.Jackson, T.Davis-2, R.Monday, D.Duncan, D.Green-2







STRIKE OUTS- T.Taylor, M.Stanley-2, N.Cash, B.Freehan, A.Rodriguez, E.Brinkman,







             L.Cain-2, J.Rudi, R.Jackson-2, S.Bando, G.Hendrick, V.Blue







GIDP- B.Freehan







WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Ed Brinkman robbed Vida Blue of a base hit.







 







Dick Green slammed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Oakland Coliseum where the







Oakland A's beat the Detroit Tigers by the score of 12 to 4.







 







Green provided much of the offense.  He delivered a solo blast in the 2nd







inning and bombed a two-run dinger (his 9th of the season) in the 7th inning.







It was roller coaster of a game as the lead change hands 5 times.  







 







Rollie Fingers(6-2) went 2/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the win. Bill







Denehy(1-1) suffered the loss in relief.  He surrendered no hits and 3 walks







in 1/3 of an inning.

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