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Oakland Athletics @ Washington Senators

1971-08-17 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 8847 · night · 2:13

Washington Senators defeated Oakland Athletics 8–1. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Gogolewski earned the win. Don Mincher went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8
WS2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2		8	10

W: Bill Gogolewski L: Blue Moon Odom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jake O'Donnell · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Lou DiMuro · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Rudi	4	0	1	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Mike Epstein	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sal Bando	4	0	1	0	0	0
Angel Mangual	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Duncan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Green	3	1	1	0	0	1
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	1	0	0	1
Curt Blefary	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hegan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	3	1	2	0	1	0
Dave Nelson	5	2	2	2	0	0
Don Mincher	3	2	2	4	2	0
Frank Howard	3	1	1	2	2	0
Jeff Burroughs	3	0	0	0	1	2
Bernie Allen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Casanova	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Cullen	4	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Gogolewski	4	1	3	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blue Moon Odom	5.2	7	5	2
Jim Roland	0.1	1	0	0
Ron Klimkowski	1.1	2	1	0
Bob Locker	0.2	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Gogolewski	9.0	8	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bert Campaneris: 4/L
Joe Rudi: 13
Reggie Jackson: S7
Mike Epstein: W.1-2
Sal Bando: 8

Bot 1

Del Unser: W
Dave Nelson: 54(1)/FO
Don Mincher: WP.1-2
Don Mincher: HR/9.2-H
Frank Howard: W
Jeff Burroughs: K/C
Bernie Allen: 8

Top 2

Angel Mangual: 4/L
Dave Duncan: 9
Dick Green: 63

Bot 2

Paul Casanova: 9
Tim Cullen: 6/P
Bill Gogolewski: 7

Top 3

Blue Moon Odom: S1/BG
Bert Campaneris: 7
Joe Rudi: 8/8D
Reggie Jackson: K/C

Bot 3

Del Unser: S8
Dave Nelson: 64(1)/FO
Don Mincher: 7
Frank Howard: SB2
Frank Howard: W
Jeff Burroughs: W.2-3;1-2
Bernie Allen: 2/FL

Top 4

Mike Epstein: 8
Sal Bando: D9
Angel Mangual: 53
Dave Duncan: 13

Bot 4

Paul Casanova: 4/L
Tim Cullen: 7
Bill Gogolewski: S8
Del Unser: S9.1-2
Dave Nelson: 5/P

Top 5

Dick Green: D9
Blue Moon Odom: K/BF
Bert Campaneris: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Joe Rudi: 9.2-3
Reggie Jackson: 53

Bot 5

Don Mincher: W
Frank Howard: HR/7.1-H
Jeff Burroughs: K
Bernie Allen: 43
Paul Casanova: 7/L

Top 6

Mike Epstein: 5/FL
Sal Bando: 63
Angel Mangual: 63

Bot 6

Tim Cullen: 7
Bill Gogolewski: S7
Del Unser: 64(1)/FO
Dave Nelson: S8.1-2
Don Mincher: WP.2-3;1-2
Don Mincher: S9/3.3-H;2-H
Frank Howard: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Dave Duncan: 7
Dick Green: K
Curt Blefary: 8

Bot 7

Jeff Burroughs: 9
Bernie Allen: 9
Paul Casanova: 8/L

Top 8

Bert Campaneris: S4/BG
Joe Rudi: S9.1-2
Reggie Jackson: K
Mike Epstein: 8.2-3
Sal Bando: 8

Bot 8

Tim Cullen: E4/L.B-1
Bill Gogolewski: S9.1-2
Del Unser: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Dave Nelson: D7.3-H(UR);2-H
Don Mincher: IW
Frank Howard: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Angel Mangual: 63
Dave Duncan: S7
Larry Brown: 7
Mike Hegan: 43