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Oakland Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1971-09-15 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 10891 · night · 2:13

Chicago White Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 7–3. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 2nd. Tommy John earned the win. Tom Egan went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy John L: Blue Moon Odom SV: (none)

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Rudi	4	1	2	0	0	0
Angel Mangual	3	0	1	0	1	0
Sal Bando	3	0	0	1	0	0
George Hendrick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Duncan	4	0	2	0	0	2
Rick Monday	3	1	1	2	0	1
Larry Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	0	0	0	1
Curt Blefary	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dwain Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Roland	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Walt Williams	5	0	3	0	0	1
Pat Kelly	5	1	1	0	0	0
Rich McKinney	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Melton	2	1	0	0	1	0
Carlos May	4	2	4	1	0	0
Jay Johnstone	4	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Egan	4	1	2	4	0	1
Luis Alvarado	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy John	4	1	1	0	0	3
Steve Huntz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blue Moon Odom	5.0	8	2	4
Jim Roland	3.0	3	0	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy John	9.0	7	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bert Campaneris: 8
Joe Rudi: S8
Angel Mangual: 54(1)/FO
Sal Bando: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Walt Williams: K
Pat Kelly: 53
Rich McKinney: W
Bill Melton: 4/L

Top 2

George Hendrick: 9
Dave Duncan: K
Rick Monday: K

Bot 2

Carlos May: S8
Jay Johnstone: E3.1-2;B-1
Tom Egan: HR.2-H;1-H(UR)
Luis Alvarado: K
Tommy John: K
Walt Williams: S5
Pat Kelly: CS2(24)

Top 3

Larry Brown: 8
Blue Moon Odom: K
Bert Campaneris: K

Bot 3

Pat Kelly: S8
Rich McKinney: 13.1-2
Bill Melton: 9
Carlos May: D8.2-H
Jay Johnstone: 43

Top 4

Joe Rudi: S7
Angel Mangual: S9.1-3
Sal Bando: 46(1)/FO.3-H
George Hendrick: 8
Dave Duncan: S.1-2#
Rick Monday: 7

Bot 4

Tom Egan: 53
Luis Alvarado: 8
Tommy John: S7
Walt Williams: S5/BG.1-H(E5)(NR)(UR);B-2#
Pat Kelly: E6.2-3;B-1
Rich McKinney: PO3(25)

Top 5

Larry Brown: 9
Blue Moon Odom: 53
Bert Campaneris: K

Bot 5

Rich McKinney: 63
Bill Melton: W
Carlos May: S9.1-3
Jay Johnstone: 5
Tom Egan: K+WP.3-H(NR);1-2;B-1
Luis Alvarado: PO1(E1).2-3;1-2#
Luis Alvarado: 43

Top 6

Joe Rudi: 63
Angel Mangual: 43
Sal Bando: 8

Bot 6

Tommy John: K
Walt Williams: D8
Pat Kelly: 6
Rich McKinney: 13

Top 7

George Hendrick: 43
Dave Duncan: K
Rick Monday: HR
Larry Brown: 7/L

Bot 7

Steve Huntz: 6
Carlos May: S9
Jay Johnstone: WP.1-2
Jay Johnstone: 43.2-3
Tom Egan: S6.3-H
Luis Alvarado: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Curt Blefary: 3/G
Dwain Anderson: HP
Joe Rudi: 9
Angel Mangual: W.1-2
Jim Roland: K

Bot 8

Tommy John: K
Walt Williams: 53
Pat Kelly: 53

Top 9

George Hendrick: S1
Dave Duncan: S8.1-3
Rick Monday: 8/SF.3-H
Larry Brown: 6(1)3/GDP