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Oakland Athletics @ California Angels

1971-07-04 · Day game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 44631 · 2:25

Oakland Athletics defeated California Angels 2–1. Vida Blue earned the win. Mike Epstein went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vida Blue L: Tom Murphy SV: (none)

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Monday	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Rudi	4	1	1	1	0	1
Reggie Jackson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Epstein	3	1	1	1	1	0
Sal Bando	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Duncan	4	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Brown	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Green	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vida Blue	3	0	0	0	0	3

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	0	2	0	0
Ken Berry	4	0	1	0	0
Tony Conigliaro	4	0	0	0	1
Billy Cowan	4	0	0	0	2
Ken McMullen	4	0	1	0	0
Syd O'Brien	4	0	1	0	1
Jim Spencer	4	1	2	0	1
Jerry Moses	4	0	0	0	2
Tom Murphy	3	0	2	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vida Blue	9.0	9	0	7

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	9.0	5	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rick Monday: 9
Joe Rudi: 63
Reggie Jackson: S4
Mike Epstein: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 8/L
Ken Berry: 9/L
Tony Conigliaro: K

Top 2

Mike Epstein: HR/9
Sal Bando: 53
Dave Duncan: K
Larry Brown: 9

Bot 2

Billy Cowan: K/C
Ken McMullen: 53
Syd O'Brien: 63

Top 3

Dick Green: 53
Vida Blue: K
Rick Monday: W
Joe Rudi: K

Bot 3

Jim Spencer: D8
Jerry Moses: K
Tom Murphy: D9.2-H
Sandy Alomar: S8.2-3
Ken Berry: 9
Tony Conigliaro: 9

Top 4

Reggie Jackson: 8
Mike Epstein: W
Sal Bando: 46(1)/FO
Dave Duncan: SB2
Dave Duncan: K+WP.2-3;B-1
Larry Brown: 4/P

Bot 4

Billy Cowan: 9
Ken McMullen: 8
Syd O'Brien: FLE2#
Syd O'Brien: S4
Jim Spencer: S7.1-2
Jerry Moses: K

Top 5

Dick Green: 63
Vida Blue: K
Rick Monday: S9
Joe Rudi: PO1(E1).1-3
Joe Rudi: 63

Bot 5

Tom Murphy: 9
Sandy Alomar: S5
Ken Berry: S9.1-2
Tony Conigliaro: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Reggie Jackson: 8
Mike Epstein: 7
Sal Bando: 23

Bot 6

Billy Cowan: K23
Ken McMullen: 6/P
Syd O'Brien: 8

Top 7

Dave Duncan: 53
Larry Brown: 7/L
Dick Green: 63

Bot 7

Jim Spencer: 8
Jerry Moses: 5/P
Tom Murphy: S7
Sandy Alomar: 9/L

Top 8

Vida Blue: K23/C
Rick Monday: 43
Joe Rudi: HR/7
Reggie Jackson: S7
Mike Epstein: 7

Bot 8

Ken Berry: 3/FL
Tony Conigliaro: 4/P
Billy Cowan: 7

Top 9

Sal Bando: 63
Dave Duncan: 63
Larry Brown: K

Bot 9

Ken McMullen: S8
Syd O'Brien: K
Jim Spencer: K
Jerry Moses: 4/P