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Oakland Athletics @ Milwaukee Brewers

1971-09-17 · Night game · County Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 11632 · night · 3:20

Oakland Athletics defeated Milwaukee Brewers 6–5. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. Darold Knowles earned the win. Darrell Porter went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6	8
ML4	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7

W: Darold Knowles L: Ken Sanders SV: (none)

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Rudi	5	0	1	1	0	1
Reggie Jackson	5	1	1	1	0	2
Sal Bando	5	1	1	1	0	0
Rick Monday	3	1	0	0	2	1
Curt Blefary	3	1	0	0	2	1
Mike Hegan	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dwain Anderson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Vida Blue	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rollie Fingers	1	0	0	0	0	1
Darold Knowles	2	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Davis	1	0	1	1	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	4	1	0	0	1	0
Rick Auerbach	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Cardenal	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Kosco	3	1	1	1	0	0
Dave May	4	1	1	0	1	1
Roberto Pena	3	1	1	0	1	0
Darrell Porter	5	1	1	3	0	2
Bob Heise	4	0	2	0	1	0
Marty Pattin	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Theobald	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vida Blue	5.0	5	3	3
Rollie Fingers	2.0	1	0	1
Darold Knowles	4.0	1	1	3

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marty Pattin	7.2	7	3	6
Ken Sanders	3.1	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bert Campaneris: K
Joe Rudi: 3
Reggie Jackson: 43

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: W
Rick Auerbach: S.1-3
Jose Cardenal: 6(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)
Andy Kosco: 5/L

Top 2

Sal Bando: 53
Rick Monday: K/C
Curt Blefary: 43

Bot 2

Dave May: W
Roberto Pena: E9/F.1-3;B-1
Darrell Porter: HR.3-H;1-H(UR)
Bob Heise: S
Marty Pattin: K
Tommy Harper: 8
Rick Auerbach: 53

Top 3

Mike Hegan: 31
Dwain Anderson: S
Vida Blue: FC/SH.1-2;B-1
Bert Campaneris: S.2-H;1-2
Joe Rudi: S.2-H;1-2
Reggie Jackson: 13.2-3;1-2
Sal Bando: 13

Bot 3

Jose Cardenal: 8/L
Andy Kosco: 2
Dave May: 4/L

Top 4

Rick Monday: W
Curt Blefary: K
Mike Hegan: 8
Dwain Anderson: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Roberto Pena: S
Darrell Porter: K/C
Bob Heise: W.1-2
Marty Pattin: 43.2-3;1-2
Tommy Harper: 63

Top 5

Dwain Anderson: K
Vida Blue: 6/L
Bert Campaneris: E3.B-1
Joe Rudi: 8

Bot 5

Rick Auerbach: K/C
Jose Cardenal: 6/L
Andy Kosco: HR
Dave May: 9

Top 6

Reggie Jackson: HR
Sal Bando: HR
Rick Monday: 63
Curt Blefary: 13
Mike Hegan: 8

Bot 6

Roberto Pena: 41
Darrell Porter: 9
Bob Heise: S
Marty Pattin: 4(1)/FO

Top 7

Dwain Anderson: S
Rollie Fingers: K
Bert Campaneris: 64(1)/FO
Joe Rudi: 9

Bot 7

Tommy Harper: 43
Rick Auerbach: 13
Jose Cardenal: K

Top 8

Reggie Jackson: K
Sal Bando: 8/L
Rick Monday: W
Curt Blefary: W.1-2
Mike Hegan: S.2-H;1-2
Dwain Anderson: 63

Bot 8

Ron Theobald: 53
Dave May: K
Roberto Pena: W
Darrell Porter: PO1(136)

Top 9

Darold Knowles: 8
Larry Brown: 63
Joe Rudi: K

Bot 9

Darrell Porter: K
Bob Heise: 4
Ken Sanders: K/C

Top 10

Reggie Jackson: K/C
Sal Bando: 53
Rick Monday: 5

Bot 10

Tommy Harper: 53
Rick Auerbach: 63
Jose Cardenal: C/E2.B-1
Ron Theobald: 9/L

Top 11

Curt Blefary: W
Mike Hegan: 23/SH.1-2
Tommy Davis: S.2-H
Darold Knowles: 4/L
Larry Brown: CS2(26)#

Bot 11

Dave May: S
Roberto Pena: 14/SH.1-2
Darrell Porter: 13.2-3
Bob Heise: 9