California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
September 6, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The California Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

California Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 3 0
Rivers cf,lf 2 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 3 0 0 1
McMullen 3b 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 1
  Berry cf 0 0 0 0
Repoz rf 4 1 1 1
Torborg c 3 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson c 1 0 1 0
Messersmith p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
  Brown ss 1 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 1 3 0
Jackson rf 4 0 2 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 0 1
Bando 3b 3 1 2 1
Mangual cf 4 0 0 0
Blefary c 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
Dobson p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
California 010 001 002490
Oakland 000 002 000280
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  W (15-13) 9.0 8 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (15-4) 9.0 9 4 4 1 6
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–California 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Blefary (4).  2B–California McMullen (19,off Dobson); Torborg (5,off Dobson), Oakland Rudi (22,off Messersmith); Jackson (27,off Messersmith).  HR–California Spencer (18,2nd inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (3,9th inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out); Repoz (12,9th inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Bando (20,6th inning off Messersmith 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Rivers (8,off Dobson).  SF–Fregosi (3,off Dobson).  SB–Alomar (34,3rd base off Dobson/Blefary).  CS–Alomar (10,2nd base by Dobson/Blefary).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:21.  A–6,392.
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