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Oakland Athletics @ California Angels

1971-07-02 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 8488 · night · 2:16

California Angels defeated Oakland Athletics 1–0. Rickey Clark earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rickey Clark L: Blue Moon Odom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Marty Springstead · 1B: Jim Honochick · 2B: Larry McCoy · 3B: Jim Odom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Rick Monday	3	1	1	0
Joe Rudi	3	0	1	0
Reggie Jackson	4	0	0	1
Mike Epstein	4	0	0	1
Sal Bando	4	0	0	1
Curt Blefary	2	0	1	0
Larry Brown	3	1	0	2
Dick Green	3	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	3	0	0	3

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Rivers	2	1	0	0	2	1
Tony Gonzalez	3	0	1	0	0	0
John Stephenson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Spencer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ken McMullen	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Conigliaro	2	0	1	0	1	0
Syd O'Brien	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rickey Clark	2	0	0	0	0	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blue Moon Odom	8.1	5	4	3

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rickey Clark	9.0	2	3	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rick Monday: 7
Joe Rudi: W
Reggie Jackson: K
Mike Epstein: K/C

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 13
Mickey Rivers: K23
Tony Gonzalez: 63

Top 2

Sal Bando: K
Curt Blefary: 53
Larry Brown: K/C

Bot 2

John Stephenson: 9
Jim Spencer: 63
Ken McMullen: 63

Top 3

Dick Green: 63
Blue Moon Odom: K
Rick Monday: 4/L

Bot 3

Tony Conigliaro: W
Syd O'Brien: 3/FL
Rickey Clark: 14/SH.1-2
Sandy Alomar: 63

Top 4

Joe Rudi: 43
Reggie Jackson: 8
Mike Epstein: 43

Bot 4

Mickey Rivers: 3/G
Tony Gonzalez: S6
John Stephenson: 46(1)/FO
Jim Spencer: D7.1-3
Ken McMullen: 43

Top 5

Sal Bando: 53
Curt Blefary: 9
Larry Brown: K

Bot 5

Tony Conigliaro: S7
Syd O'Brien: WP.1-2#
Syd O'Brien: 4/P
Rickey Clark: K/C
Sandy Alomar: FC5.2X3(5)

Top 6

Dick Green: 6/P
Blue Moon Odom: K/C
Rick Monday: W
Joe Rudi: FC.1-2;B-1
Reggie Jackson: 43

Bot 6

Mickey Rivers: W
Tony Gonzalez: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
John Stephenson: 41

Top 7

Mike Epstein: 7
Sal Bando: 63
Curt Blefary: W
Larry Brown: S9.1-2
Dick Green: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Jim Spencer: 3/G
Ken McMullen: 5/P
Tony Conigliaro: 5/FL

Top 8

Blue Moon Odom: K/C
Rick Monday: S3
Joe Rudi: WP.1-2#
Joe Rudi: PO2(26)#
Joe Rudi: 9

Bot 8

Syd O'Brien: 53
Rickey Clark: K
Sandy Alomar: S8
Mickey Rivers: CS2(26)

Top 9

Reggie Jackson: 7
Mike Epstein: 9
Sal Bando: 53

Bot 9

Mickey Rivers: W
Tony Gonzalez: E1/SH.1-2;B-1
John Stephenson: 9.2-3
Jim Spencer: IW.1-2
Ken McMullen: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2