Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 2, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf,lf 5 1 2 3
Uhlaender lf 6 0 1 1
  Bradford cf 0 0 0 0
Pinson cf,rf 5 0 2 0
Fosse 1b,c 5 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 2 3 1
Lowenstein 2b 5 0 0 0
  Leon 2b 0 0 0 0
Suarez c 2 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 1 1 1
  McDowell p 2 0 1 0
Heidemann ss 4 0 1 0
  Hodge ph 0 1 0 0
  Camilli ss 0 0 0 0
Lamb p 1 0 0 0
  Hinton ph,1b 3 2 2 1
Totals 43 7 14 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 2 0
Rudi lf 5 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 1 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 1 2 1
Bando 3b 4 1 1 1
Monday cf 2 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 1 1
Green 2b 4 0 0 0
Dobson p 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Cleveland 000 000 210 47140
Oakland 000 002 010 0371
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lamb   6.0 5 2 2 5 3
  McDowell  W (1-4) 4.0 2 1 1 4 4
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
9
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   4.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Lindblad   2.1 5 2 2 0 0
  Locker   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Gardner   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Klimkowski  L (2-1) 2.0 3 4 4 2 2
Totals
10.0
14
7
7
3
4

  E–Mincher (1).  DP–Cleveland 4.  2B–Cleveland Hinton (1,off Klimkowski), Oakland Mincher (6,off Lamb); Bando (8,off Lamb).  HR–Cleveland R Foster (2,7th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 0 out); Nettles (4,8th inning off Gardner 0 on, 0 out); Ford (2,10th inning off Klimkowski 2 on, 2 out), Oakland Mincher (2,8th inning off McDowell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Lamb (1,off Lindblad); Campaneris (2,off McDowell); Monday (1,off McDowell).  IBB–Hodge (1,by Klimkowski); Mincher (3,by Lamb).  SB–Pinson 2 (9,2nd base off Dobson/Tenace,2nd base off Klimkowski/Tenace); Campaneris (5,2nd base off Lamb/Suarez); Rudi (1,2nd base off Lamb/Suarez); Jackson (3,2nd base off Lamb/Suarez).  CS–Mangual (2,3rd base by McDowell/Fosse).  WP–Lamb (2).  IBB–Lamb (1,Mincher); Klimkowski (4,Hodge).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–3:15.  A–10,383.
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