Wednesday September 30, 1970
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Skip Lockwood and Ken Sanders, both former Oakland property, combined to pitch the Brewers to a 4-1 victory over the Athletics. Five double plays, setting a Milwaukee club record, helped stop the A's, who collected 11 hits. Their only run scored on singles by Sal Bando, Gene Tenace and Bobby Brooks in the seventh when Lockwood needed help from Sanders. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Brewers 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 11 4 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harper 3b 3 3 2 0 0 0 .297 Hovley cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .243 Hegan 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .244 LaRussa 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .196 May cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .236 Rudi 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .307 Savage lf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .278 Bando 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .265 Burda rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .249 Jackson rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Snyder ph,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Tenace c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .294 Pena ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 Brooks lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .286 Roof c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .230 Driscoll ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .188 Kubiak 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Odom p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Lockwood p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .226 Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Sanders p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Duncan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Totals 28 4 9 3 5 3 Totals 32 1 11 1 5 4 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 2,302 Left on Base: Brewers 9, A's 9 DP: Brewers 5, A's 2 Errors: Rudi, Bando, Tenace, Odom Stolen Bases: Burda (1) Caught Stealing: May (6), Savage (6), Jackson (17) Sacrifice Hits: Hegan 2 (8), Savage (4) Sacrifice Flies: Savage (3) GIDP: Kubiak (18), Harper (8), Bando 2 (12), Driscoll (1), Jackson (10), Rudi (11) Hit by Pitch: Harper 2 (4,by Odom,by Locker), May (2,by Odom) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lockwood W(5-12) 6.1 7 1 1 4 1 0 25 4.30 Sanders SV(12) 2.2 4 0 0 1 3 0 12 1.57 Totals 9 11 1 1 5 4 0 37 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Odom L(9-8) 5 7 3 1 4 0 0 26 3.80 Segui 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2.56 Locker 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 8 3.07 Totals 9 9 4 1 5 3 0 40 Hit by Pitch: Odom 2 (8), Locker (6) Wild Pitches: Sanders (2), Odom (14) Umpires: HP - Emmett Ashford, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Ed Runge BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled; Harper was picked off first but was safe on an error by Odom [Harper to third]; Hegan singled [Harper scored (unearned)]; May forced Hegan (second to shortstop); May was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Savage made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Hovley made an out to first; LaRussa walked; Rudi walked [LaRussa to second]; Bando grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. BREWERS 2ND: Burda walked; Burda stole second; Pena singled [Pena to second (on throw to home), Burda out at home (third to catcher)]; Roof reached on a fielder's choice [Pena out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; Kubiak singled [Roof to second]; Lockwood forced Kubiak (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson singled; Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Tenace walked; Brooks walked [Tenace to second]; Driscoll grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brooks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. BREWERS 3RD: Harper singled; Hegan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harper to second]; May singled [Harper to third]; Savage hit a sacrifice fly to right [Harper scored, May to second]; Burda singled [May scored (error by Tenace) (unearned), Burda to third]; Pena flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Odom flied out to center; Hovley grounded out (first to pitcher); LaRussa was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. BREWERS 4TH: Roof walked; Kubiak grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Roof out at second]; Lockwood reached on an error by Bando; Harper was hit by a pitch [Lockwood to second]; Odom threw a wild pitch [Harper to second, Lockwood to third]; Hegan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi made an out to first; Bando singled to right; Jackson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. BREWERS 5TH: May was hit by a pitch; Savage out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [May to second]; Burda flied out to left; Pena walked; Roof walked [May to third, Pena to second]; Kubiak forced Roof (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace flied out to center; Brooks grounded out (third to first); Driscoll singled; DONALDSON BATTED FOR ODOM; Donaldson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. BREWERS 6TH: SEGUI REPLACED DONALDSON (PITCHING); Lockwood walked; Harper grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lockwood out at second]; Hegan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Hovley singled; LaRussa flied out to right; Rudi grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hovley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. BREWERS 7TH: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Savage popped to first in foul territory; Burda flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando singled; Jackson flied out to center; Tenace singled [Bando to second]; Brooks singled [Tenace to second, Bando scored]; SANDERS REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Sanders threw a wild pitch [Brooks to second, Tenace to third]; Driscoll struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR SEGUI; Alou flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 1. BREWERS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Pena grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof singled; Kubiak flied out to center; Sanders struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Hovley singled; LaRussa walked [Hovley to second]; Rudi struck out; Bando grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [LaRussa out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 1. BREWERS 9TH: Harper was hit by a pitch; Hegan out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Harper to third (error by Rudi)]; May struck out; Savage singled [Harper scored (unearned)]; SNYDER BATTED FOR BURDA; Savage was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: SNYDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Jackson struck out; Tenace singled; Brooks forced Tenace (shortstop to second); Driscoll singled [Brooks to second]; DUNCAN BATTED FOR LOCKER; Duncan singled [Driscoll to second, Brooks to third]; Hovley made an out to second; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 4, Athletics 1.

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