1973 American League Championship Series
1973 American League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 6–11 | |||||||||
Umpires | Nestor Chylak (crew chief) Bill Haller George Maloney Jim Odom Merle Anthony Larry McCoy | |||||||||
Broadcast | ||||||||||
Television | NBC KTVU (Athletics' broadcast) WJZ-TV (Orioles' broadcast) | |||||||||
TV announcers | NBC: Jim Simpson and Maury Wills (Game 1) Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (in Oakland) (NBC did not televise Game 2 due to conflicts with its NFL coverage.) KTVU: Monte Moore and Jim Woods WJZ-TV: Chuck Thompson and Bill O'Donnell | |||||||||
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The 1973
Summary
Oakland Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles
Oakland won the series, 3–2.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 6 | Oakland A's – 0, Baltimore Orioles – 6 | Memorial Stadium |
2:51 | 41,279[1] |
2 | October 7 | Oakland A's – 6, Baltimore Orioles – 3 | Memorial Stadium | 2:42 | 48,425[2] |
3 | October 9 | Baltimore Orioles – 1, Oakland A's – 2 (11 innings) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
2:23 | 34,367[3] |
4 | October 10 | Baltimore Orioles – 5, Oakland A's – 4 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 2:31 | 27,497[4] |
5 | October 11 | Baltimore Orioles – 0, Oakland A's – 3 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 2:11 | 24,265[5] |
Game summaries
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jim Palmer (1–0) LP: Vida Blue (0–1) |
In Game 1, Jim Palmer spent 16 minutes retiring the side in the top of the first inning. He walked the first two batters and struck out the next three. The Orioles went to work against lefty Vida Blue and his successor, Horacio Piña in the bottom half. Merv Rettenmund singled and Paul Blair walked before Tommy Davis's RBI double put the Orioles up 1–0. Don Baylor then walked and one out later, Earl Williams's two-run single knocked Pina out of the game. Andy Etchebarren was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Mark Belanger's RBI single made it 4–0 Orioles. They added to their lead on Etchebarren's RBI single in the seventh and Baylor's RBI single in the eighth, both with two on off of Blue Moon Odom. It was more than they needed as Palmer pitched a five-hit shutout, striking out 12 A's along the way.
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Catfish Hunter (1–0) LP: Dave McNally (0–1) Sv: Rollie Fingers (1) Home runs: OAK: Bert Campaneris (1), Joe Rudi (1), Sal Bando 2 (2) BAL: None |
The Orioles' ALCS winning streak was snapped at 10 in Game 2.
Game 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ken Holtzman (1–0) LP: Mike Cuellar (0–1) Home runs: BAL: Earl Williams (1) OAK: Bert Campaneris (2) |
The third game, postponed a day by inclement weather—the postponement trigged a rhubarb between A.L. President Joe Cronin and A's President Charlie Finley—was played at Oakland and produced a brilliant pitching battle between a pair of southpaws, Mike Cuellar of Baltimore and Ken Holtzman. Up to that point, Cuellar had allowed only three hits. he had a one-hit shutout for the first seven innings as he carefully nursed a 1–0 lead given him by Earl Williams' homer in the second inning. But in the eighth, pinch-hitter Jesús Alou singled and pinch-runner Allan Lewis was sacrificed to second by Mike Andrews. The play was controversial in that Cuellar appeared to have a force out at second base, but he ignored catcher Etchebarren's yells and took the safe out at first. This proved costly as, one out later, Joe Rudi singled home Lewis to tie the score. Bert Campaneris, first man up in the 11th, snapped a 1–1 tie by hitting Cuellar's second pitch over the left-field fence for a home run.
Game 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Grant Jackson (1–0) LP: Rollie Fingers (0–1) Home runs: BAL: Andy Etchebarren (1), Bobby Grich (1) OAK: None |
In Game 4, The A's knocked out Jim Palmer with a three-run outburst in the second inning. After a leadoff double and subsequent single, Ray Fosse's double scored two and Dick Green's double scored another. The A's made it 4–0 in the sixth on Fosse's bases-loaded sacrifice fly off of Bob Reynolds. Vida Blue pitched six shutout innings before falling apart in the seventh. Earl Williams drew a base on balls with one out and Don Baylor followed with a single. Brooks Robinson came through with a run-producing single and Andy Etchebarren hit the next pitch for a home run, making the score 4–4. The next inning, Bobby Grich hit a home run off Rollie Fingers and that, coupled with Grant Jackson's stout relief pitching, gave the game to the Orioles.
Game 5
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Catfish Hunter (2–0) LP: Doyle Alexander (0–1) |
A surprisingly small crowd of 24,265 showed up for the final game and they saw
Pitching dominated the 5-game set, the victorious A's batting only .200 while the O's hit just .211.
Composite box
1973 ALCS (3–2):
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland A's |
1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore Orioles | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 175,833 Average attendance: 35,167 |
References
- ^ "1973 ALCS Game 1 – Oakland A's vs. Baltimore Orioles". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1973 ALCS Game 2 – Oakland A's vs. Baltimore Orioles". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1973 ALCS Game 3 – Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland A's". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1973 ALCS Game 4 – Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland A's". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1973 ALCS Game 5 – Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland A's". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.