Washington Senators vs Oakland Athletics
June 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 1, Oakland Athletics 5

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 1 3 0
Nelson 3b 3 0 0 0
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
Billings rf 4 0 2 1
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Randle 2b 4 0 1 0
Cullen ss 3 0 0 0
McLain p 1 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 2 2 2
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 2 2 2
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 1 2 1
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Washington 100 000 000160
Oakland 212 000 00x560
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (4-12) 3.0 5 5 5 0 5
  Grzenda   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lindblad   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Cox   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Riddleberger   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
1
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (14-2) 9.0 6 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  HR–Oakland Rudi 2 (9,1st inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out); Epstein 2 (8,1st inning off McLain 0 on, 2 out,3rd inning off McLain 0 on, 2 out); Duncan (9,2nd inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Blue (9,off Cox).  HBP–Epstein (5,by Riddleberger).  HBP–Riddleberger (1,Epstein).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:05.  A–19,893.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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