Milwaukee Brewers vs Oakland Athletics
September 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal rf 3 0 1 1
Auerbach ss 4 0 1 0
May cf 4 1 2 1
Briggs 1b,lf 3 2 2 1
Kosco lf 4 0 0 0
  Heise 3b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Matchick 3b 3 0 0 0
  Pena ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Theobald 2b 3 1 1 0
Pattin p 2 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Anderson ss 3 0 1 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 1 1
  Blefary 2b 0 0 0 0
Rudi lf 5 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0
  Mangual rf 0 0 0 1
Epstein 1b 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 0
Tenace c 4 2 2 1
Monday cf 4 2 2 1
Brown 2b,ss 3 0 1 1
Hunter p 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Milwaukee 010 111 000482
Oakland 001 020 1015101
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin   6.0 7 4 3 0 4
  Sanders  L (7-12) 2.2 3 1 1 4 1
Totals
8.2
10
5
4
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   5.0 6 3 2 1 2
  Fingers   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Knowles  W (7-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
2

  E–Cardenal 2 (3), Tenace (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Milwaukee Briggs (11,off Hunter); Theobald (12,off Hunter), Oakland Tenace (7,off Pattin); Monday (9,off Sanders).  HR–Milwaukee May (16,4th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Briggs (21,6th inning off Fingers 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Monday (18,3rd inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Pattin (11,off Hunter); Hunter (4,off Pattin); Bando (6,off Sanders); Brown (3,off Sanders).  SF–Cardenal (7,off Hunter).  IBB–Garrett (1,by Sanders); Blefary (2,by Sanders).  CS–Anderson (1,2nd base by Pattin/Porter).  IBB–Sanders 2 (10,Garrett,Blefary).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:20.  A–1,535.
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