Washington Senators vs Oakland Athletics
August 29, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 0, Oakland Athletics 9

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 0 0
Nelson 3b 4 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 0 2 0
McCraw rf 4 0 1 0
Billings c 4 0 0 0
Allen 2b 3 0 0 0
Cullen ss 3 0 1 0
McLain p 1 0 1 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mangual rf 5 2 3 3
Rudi lf 5 0 2 1
Tenace c 5 1 1 1
Epstein 1b 5 0 1 1
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 1 2 1
Green 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 3 2 1
Hunter p 4 2 3 0
Totals 38 9 14 8
Washington 000 000 000072
Oakland 000 023 04x9140
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (9-17) 5.0 6 2 2 1 0
  Lindblad   2.0 4 3 3 0 2
  Pina   0.0 3 4 4 0 0
  Riddleberger   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
3
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (17-11) 9.0 7 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
6

  E–Nelson 2 (14).  DP–Washington 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Billings (10).  2B–Washington Burroughs (8,off Hunter), Oakland Rudi 2 (21,off Lindblad,off Pina).  3B–Oakland Mangual (1,off Lindblad).  SH–Green (4,off Lindblad).  HBP–Brown (2,by Pina).  IBB–Bando (8,by Riddleberger).  SB–Nelson (9,2nd base off Hunter/Tenace); Monday (6,2nd base off McLain/Billings); Bando (3,2nd base off Lindblad/Billings).  WP–Pina (3).  HBP–Pina (3,Brown).  IBB–Riddleberger (4,Bando).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:08.  A–24,977.
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