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Oakland Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1971-09-15 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · night · 2:14

Oakland Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 3–2. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. Mudcat Grant earned the win. Sal Bando went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	11
CHA	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

W: Mudcat Grant L: Wilbur Wood SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Art Frantz · 2B: Bill Deegan · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Rudi	5	0	1	1	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Sal Bando	2	1	2	2	2	0
Gene Tenace	4	0	0	0	0	2
Angel Mangual	4	0	2	0	0	0
George Hendrick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Brown	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chuck Dobson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mudcat Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Kelly	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rich McKinney	3	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos May	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Melton	4	1	2	1	0	1
Rick Reichardt	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jay Johnstone	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ed Herrmann	3	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Alvarado	2	0	0	0	1	0
Wilbur Wood	3	0	0	0	0	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chuck Dobson	6.0	2	1	5
Mudcat Grant	3.0	2	1	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Wood	9.0	11	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bert Campaneris: HP
Joe Rudi: SB2
Joe Rudi: S8.2-H
Reggie Jackson: K
Sal Bando: S8.1-2
Gene Tenace: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Pat Kelly: K
Rich McKinney: W
Carlos May: 8
Bill Melton: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Angel Mangual: S8
George Hendrick: 14(1)3/GDP
Larry Brown: S8
Chuck Dobson: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Rick Reichardt: K/C
Jay Johnstone: HR
Ed Herrmann: K/C
Luis Alvarado: 63

Top 3

Bert Campaneris: 9
Joe Rudi: 7
Reggie Jackson: S8
Sal Bando: SB2
Sal Bando: W
Gene Tenace: K

Bot 3

Wilbur Wood: K
Pat Kelly: 7/L
Rich McKinney: 8

Top 4

Angel Mangual: 23
George Hendrick: 13
Larry Brown: 13

Bot 4

Carlos May: 4/L
Bill Melton: HR
Rick Reichardt: 63
Jay Johnstone: 43

Top 5

Chuck Dobson: 6
Bert Campaneris: S9
Joe Rudi: SB2#
Joe Rudi: 9
Reggie Jackson: OA.2X3(25)

Bot 5

Ed Herrmann: 43
Luis Alvarado: 9
Wilbur Wood: K

Top 6

Reggie Jackson: 3/G
Sal Bando: W
Gene Tenace: 2/FL
Angel Mangual: 8/L

Bot 6

Pat Kelly: 8
Rich McKinney: 8/8D
Carlos May: 63

Top 7

George Hendrick: D9
Larry Brown: 13.2-3
Tommy Davis: 8
Bert Campaneris: 63

Bot 7

Bill Melton: S7
Rick Reichardt: 3/FL/BP
Jay Johnstone: 8
Ed Herrmann: S9.1-3#
Luis Alvarado: W.1-2
Wilbur Wood: 6(1)/FO

Top 8

Joe Rudi: 53
Reggie Jackson: D7
Sal Bando: SB3
Sal Bando: HR.3-H
Gene Tenace: K
Angel Mangual: S9
George Hendrick: 9/L

Bot 8

Pat Kelly: 63
Rich McKinney: 63
Carlos May: 8

Top 9

Larry Brown: S8
Mudcat Grant: 14/SH.1-2
Bert Campaneris: K
Joe Rudi: 3

Bot 9

Bill Melton: K/C
Rick Reichardt: 43
Jay Johnstone: 8