Oct 18, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1973 Oakland 4-0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 10 1 1973 Los Angeles 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 Oakland AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Los Angeles AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Tenace 1B 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .063 Lopes 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Jackson, R RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .263 Paciorek LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .286 Green, D 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235 Crawford RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 Bando 3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .267 Ferguson, J C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 Rudi LF 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .375 Cey 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Fosse C 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Davis, W CF 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Campaneris SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .188 Buckner 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 Conigliaro CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Russell, B SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .313 Blue P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Messersmith P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 34 4 10 4 2 7 1 0 2 14 .268 Shanahan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Joshua PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 33 1 5 1 2 5 1 0 0 13 .194 Oakland IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Blue W(1-0) 5.2 3 0 0 0 1 2 77 50 27 0.00 21 120(122) 64 Fingers S(1) 3.1 2 1 0 0 1 3 64 42 22 0.00 14 80(75) 9.0 5 1 0 0 2 5 141 92 49 1.42 35 Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Messersmith L(0-2) 6.0 9 3 3 1 2 3 108 80 28 5.25 29 125(126) 43 Shanahan 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 2 31 23 8 9.00 7 50(51) Zahn 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 10 6 0.00 3 75(75) + 9.0 10 4 4 2 2 7 155 113 42 5.11 39 LA: McMullen hit for Messersmith in the 6th Joshua hit for Shanahan in the 8th E-Tenace(1) 2B-Conigliaro(1), Davis, W(1) HR-Oak Rudi(1) off Messersmith(2) in the 5th with bases empty, 346 feet Oak Bando(1) off Shanahan(1) in the 7th with bases empty, 341 feet SB- LA Davis(1) off Blue(1) + Fosse(1), 2nd RBI-Oak - Bando(2), Conigliaro(1), Rudi(3), Tenace(1) LA - Crawford(1) SF-Tenace(1) SH-Blue 2(2) WP-Blue(1) Great-Fosse(1), Davis, W(1) LOB-Oakland 8 Los Angeles 7 GWRBI-Conigliaro Game MVP:Vida Blue Dodger Stadium Time 2:54, 78ø, Wind: 6 MPH Right to Left Night Game Oct 18, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1973 Oakland 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 10 1 1973 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1973 Oakland Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Tenace 1B 1>S L5 W,23,12 Fd8,3H/SF 9>Fd8 2 Jackson, R RF F9 3>P3 K G3u K 3 Green, D 2B Fd8 G13 5>G63 7>L6 K 4 Bando 3B L9 W F8 HR 5 Rudi LF 2>S G54/fo HR K 6 Fosse C S,12 4>S S G13 7 Campaneris SS G64/fo,23,B1 K G43 8>L3 8 Conigliaro CF S,3H,12 K 6>D Fd7 9 Blue P B14,23,12 S,12 B24,23 Fingers P K 1973 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Lopes 2B 1>Fs9 Fd8 S E3,B2 2 Paciorek LF S L8 W,12 K 3 Crawford RF K 4>G53 L5 S,2H 4 Ferguson, J C WP,12 L7 F7 Fd8 K 5 Cey 3B 2>P2 G63 7>F9 9>G53 6 Davis, W CF S 5>F8 D W 7 Buckner 1B P6 G63 G5454u,B1 K 8 Russell, B SS SB2 K L3 G64/fo G43 9 Messersmith P 3>G13 McMullen PH 6>F9 Shanahan P Joshua PH 8>G13 Zahn P Oakland IN OUT Blue AB1-1 AB3-3 Fingers AB3-4 End Los Angeles IN OUT Messersmith AB1-1 AB4-2 Shanahan AB4-3 AB4-9 Zahn AB5-1 End Oct 18, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1973 Oakland 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 10 1 1973 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 Inn Out B-S On Oak-LA Result 1-Oakland 1 0 1-1 - 0-0 Tenace lined a single to left center 1 0 1-2 1 0-0 Jackson flied down the right field line, 1 out 1 1 3-2 1 0-0 Green flied to deep right center, 2 out 1 2 2-2 1 0-0 Bando lined to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Los Angeles 1 0 0-2 - 0-0 Lopes flied to shallow right, 1 out 1 1 1-1 - 0-0 Paciorek singled to right 1 1 3-2 1 0-0 Crawford struck out, 2 out 1 2 2-1 1 0-0 Wild pitch, Paciorek to 2nd 1 2 3-1 2 0-0 Ferguson lined to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Oakland 2 0 0-2 - 0-0 Rudi lined a single up the middle 2 0 2-2 1 0-0 Fosse grounded a single between third and short, Rudi to 2nd 2 0 1-2 12 0-0 Campaneris grounded to short, forcing Fosse at second, Rudi to 3rd, 1 out 2 1 0-0 13 0-0 Conigliaro lined a single to right, Rudi scored, Campaneris to 2nd, Oakland 1 Los Angeles 0 2 1 0-0 12 1-0 Blue bunted to the pitcher, Campaneris to 3rd, Conigliaro to 2nd, sacrifice, 2 out 2 2 1-2 23 1-0 Tenace lined to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Los Angeles 2 0 2-2 - 1-0 Cey popped to the catcher, 1 out 2 1 2-2 - 1-0 Davis lined a single to right 2 1 1-2 1 1-0 Buckner popped to short, 2 out 2 2 0-0 1 1-0 Davis stole 2nd 2 2 1-0 2 1-0 Russell struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Oakland 3 0 1-2 - 1-0 Jackson popped to first, 1 out 3 1 0-1 - 1-0 Green grounded to the pitcher, 2 out 3 2 3-1 - 1-0 Bando walked 3 2 1-2 1 1-0 Rudi grounded to third, forcing Bando at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Los Angeles 3 0 3-1 - 1-0 Messersmith grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 3 1 0-0 - 1-0 Lopes flied to deep center, 2 out 3 2 2-0 - 1-0 Paciorek lined to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Oakland 4 0 0-2 - 1-0 Fosse singled on the infield 4 0 0-2 1 1-0 Campaneris struck out, 1 out 4 1 1-2 1 1-0 Conigliaro struck out, 2 out 4 2 1-2 1 1-0 Blue lined a single to right center, Fosse to 2nd 4 2 3-1 12 1-0 Tenace walked, Fosse to 3rd, Blue to 2nd 4 2 0-2 123 1-0 Jackson struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Los Angeles 4 0 0-2 - 1-0 Crawford grounded to third, 1 out 4 1 2-1 - 1-0 Ferguson flied down the left field line, 2 out 4 2 0-1 - 1-0 Cey grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Oakland 5 0 0-1 - 1-0 Green grounded to short, 1 out 5 1 1-1 - 1-0 Bando flied to center, 2 out 5 2 1-1 - 1-0 Rudi hit a solo homer to right, 346 feet, Oakland 2 Los Angeles 0 5 2 0-2 - 2-0 Fosse lined a single over short 5 2 1-1 1 2-0 Campaneris grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Los Angeles 5 0 1-0 - 2-0 Davis flied to left center, 1 out 5 1 1-2 - 2-0 Buckner grounded to short, 2 out 5 2 0-2 - 2-0 Russell lined to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Oakland 6 0 1-0 - 2-0 Conigliaro doubled to right center 6 0 0-1 2 2-0 Blue bunted out to the catcher, Conigliaro to 3rd, sacrifice, 1 out 6 1 1-1 3 2-0 Tenace flied to deep right center, sacrifice, Conigliaro scored, 2 out, Oakland 3 Los Angeles 0 6 2 0-2 - 3-0 Jackson grounded to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Los Angeles 6 0 1-1 - 3-0 McMullen flied to right, 1 out 6 1 0-0 - 3-0 Lopes lined a single to left center 6 1 3-0 1 3-0 Paciorek walked, Lopes to 2nd 6 1 0-1 12 3-0 Crawford lined to third, 2 out >Fingers pitching 6 2 2-0 12 3-0 Ferguson flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Oakland >Shanahan pitching 7 0 1-2 - 3-0 Green lined to short, 1 out 7 1 2-1 - 3-0 Bando hit a solo homer to left, 341 feet, Oakland 4 Los Angeles 0 7 1 0-2 - 4-0 Rudi struck out, 2 out 7 2 1-2 - 4-0 Fosse grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Los Angeles 7 0 0-1 - 4-0 Cey flied down the right field line, 1 out 7 1 1-1 - 4-0 Davis doubled off the wall in right center 7 1 2-1 2 4-0 Buckner grounded to third, Davis out in rundown, 2 out 7 2 2-1 1 4-0 Russell grounded to short, forcing Buckner at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Oakland 8 0 1-2 - 4-0 Campaneris lined to first, 1 out 8 1 0-2 - 4-0 Conigliaro flied to deep left, 2 out 8 2 3-2 - 4-0 Fingers struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Los Angeles 8 0 1-1 - 4-0 Joshua grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 8 1 3-2 - 4-0 Lopes grounded to first, safe on an error, Lopes to 2nd 8 1 0-2 2 4-0 Paciorek struck out, 2 out 8 2 2-2 2 4-0 Crawford lined a single to right center, Lopes scored, Oakland 4 Los Angeles 1 8 2 3-2 1 4-1 Ferguson struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Oakland >Zahn pitching 9 0 2-2 - 4-1 Tenace flied to deep right center, 1 out 9 1 1-2 - 4-1 Jackson struck out, 2 out 9 2 3-2 - 4-1 Green struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Los Angeles 9 0 1-2 - 4-1 Cey grounded to third, 1 out 9 1 3-2 - 4-1 Davis walked 9 1 0-2 1 4-1 Buckner struck out, 2 out 9 2 1-1 1 4-1 Russell grounded to second Recap Oak 2nd: Scored 1 run on 3 hits. Oak Billy Conigliaro singled scoring Rudi to take the lead. Oak 1 LA 0. Oak 4th: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk. Oak 5th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits. Oak Joe Rudi hit a solo HR(1). Oak 2 LA 0. Oak 6th: Scored 1 run on a hit. Oak Gene Tenace hit a fly ball scoring 1. Oak 3 LA 0. Oak 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit. Oak Sal Bando hit a solo HR(1). Oak 4 LA 0. LA 8th: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error. LA Willie Crawford singled scoring Lopes. Oak 4 LA 1. Oak Ray Fosse: 3 for 4. Oak Joe Rudi: 2 for 4, HR, 2 runs. Oak Vida Blue pitched 5.2 innings and picked up the win: 5.2 IP, 3 hits, 1 BB, 2 K. He's 1-0 on the season. Oak Rollie Fingers pitched a shutout the final 3.1 innings earning his 1st save. LA Andy Messersmith pitched 6 innings and took the loss: 6 IP, 3 earned runs, 9 hits, 2 BB, 3 K. He drops to 0-2 on the year.