Making his 19th start, Rollie Fingers turned in his first complete game of the season for the Athletics and also hit his first major league homer in a 4-1 victory over the Brewers. Don Mincher batted in two runs with a single and a homer. Phil Roof rapped a round-tripper for the Brewers' tally. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 16, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

A's 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 10 0 Brewers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 2 1 2 0 0 0 .280 Harper 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .291 Driscoll pr,ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .158 Snyder rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Rudi lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .306 May cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Hovley cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Savage lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Alou rf,lf 5 1 0 0 0 0 .280 Hegan 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Mincher 1b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .256 Pena ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Bando 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .264 Wicker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Jackson cf,rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .244 Gil 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Duncan c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .241 Burda ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Green 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .187 Stanley pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 4 1 1 1 0 2 .103 Roof c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .242 Kubiak 2b,ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Krausse p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Francona ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Gelnar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Totals 34 4 10 4 3 7 Totals 33 1 8 1 1 7 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 6,161 Left on Base: A's 8, Brewers 6 DP: A's 1, Brewers 1 Home Runs: Mincher (27), Fingers (1), Roof (12) Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (39), Jackson (25), Harper (32) Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (5) GIDP: Green (13), Savage (6) Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (4,by Krausse) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fingers W(7-9) 9 8 1 1 1 7 1 34 3.57 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 7 1 34 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Krausse L(13-17) 7 9 3 3 3 6 1 32 4.54 Gelnar 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 4.24 Totals 9 10 4 4 3 7 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Krausse (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jake O'Donnell ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled; Campaneris stole second; Rudi walked; Alou forced Rudi (pitcher to second) [Campaneris to third]; Mincher singled [Alou to second, Campaneris scored]; Bando singled [Mincher to second, Alou scored]; Jackson struck out; Duncan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled; Snyder singled [Harper to second]; May singled [Snyder to second, Harper to third]; Savage grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [May to second, Snyder to third, Harper out at home]; Hegan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Green popped to third in foul territory; Fingers struck out; Campaneris singled; Campaneris stole second; Rudi popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Pena struck out; Roof homered; Kubiak flied out to left; Krausse grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou grounded out (third to first); Mincher made an out to third; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 3RD: Harper struck out; Snyder grounded out (pitcher to first); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson was called out on strikes; Duncan singled; Green grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Duncan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Savage flied out to right; Hegan walked; Pena struck out; Roof grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Fingers flied out to center; Campaneris was hit by a pitch; DRISCOLL RAN FOR CAMPANERIS; Rudi singled to center [Rudi to second (on throw to 3b), Driscoll out at third (center to third)]; Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 5TH: DRISCOLL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Krausse struck out; Harper singled; Harper stole second; Snyder flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Mincher homered; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson singled; Jackson stole second; Duncan struck out; Green was walked intentionally; Fingers struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 6TH: May flied out to left; Savage struck out; Hegan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Driscoll singled; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Driscoll to second]; Alou popped to first in foul territory; Mincher was walked intentionally; Bando popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 7TH: HOVLEY REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING CF); ALOU CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); JACKSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WICKER BATTED FOR PENA; Wicker struck out; Roof singled; Kubiak singled [Roof to second]; FRANCONA BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Roof was picked off second (pitcher to second); Francona made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: GIL REPLACED WICKER (PLAYING 2B); KUBIAK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); GELNAR REPLACED FRANCONA (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 8TH: Harper struck out; Snyder grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Brewers 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Fingers homered; Driscoll made an out to shortstop; Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Brewers 1. BREWERS 9TH: Savage flied out to right; Hegan flied out to center; BURDA BATTED FOR GIL; Burda singled; STANLEY RAN FOR BURDA; Roof grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Brewers 1.

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