A homer by Reggie Jackson in the 10th inning gave the Athletics a 5-4 victory over the White Sox, who absorbed their seventh straight defeat. The A's, who won their fifth game in a row, also had a two-run homer by Joe Rudi in the first inning and a solo swat by Rick Monday that tied the score at 4-4 in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Game Played on Friday, April 16, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 8 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 7 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 1 0 0 0 0 .160 Richard ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rudi lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .286 Andrews 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Jackson rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .191 May 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .229 Mincher 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .237 Melton 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .194 McKinney rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .538 Monday cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .343 Reichardt lf 3 1 0 1 1 0 .167 Duncan c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Egan c 4 1 1 2 0 2 .316 Green 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Johnstone cf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .270 Gardner p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Wood p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Williams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stroud ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Eddy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 5 8 5 2 2 Totals 35 4 7 4 4 4 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 15,808 Left on Base: A's 5, White Sox 7 DP: A's 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Andrews, Melton 2 Doubles: Egan (4), Johnstone (2) Home Runs: Rudi (2), Monday (3), Jackson (3) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (2), Mincher (1) Caught Stealing: Monday (1) Sacrifice Hits: Wood (1) Hit by Pitch: May (2,by Lindblad) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gardner 5 2 1 1 3 3 0 20 1.80 Lindblad W(1-0) 4.1 5 3 3 1 1 0 19 2.31 Locker SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.00 Totals 10 7 4 4 4 4 0 41 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood 7 5 3 1 2 1 1 28 1.84 Romo 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 8 3.52 Eddy L(0-1) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 3.60 Totals 10 8 5 3 2 2 3 40 Passed Balls: Egan (1) Hit by Pitch: Lindblad (1) Wild Pitches: Wood 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Larry Napp ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris reached on an error by Melton [Campaneris to second (error by Melton)]; Campaneris stole third; Rudi homered [Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Jackson flied out to right; Mincher singled to right; Wood threw a wild pitch [Mincher to second]; Mincher stole third; Bando walked; Monday reached on a fielder's choice [Mincher out at home (third to catcher), Bando to second]; Egan allowed a passed ball [Monday to second, Bando to third]; Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard lined to pitcher; Andrews singled to left; May walked [Andrews to second]; Melton was called out on strikes; McKinney flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Green flied out to right; Gardner grounded out (third to first); Campaneris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt grounded out (shortstop to first); Egan struck out; Johnstone made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (second to first); Jackson struck out; Mincher walked; Bando forced Mincher (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Wood grounded out (third to first); Richard flied out to center; Andrews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Monday flied out to left; Duncan flied out to center; Green popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: May walked; Melton walked [May to second]; McKinney flied out to center [May to third]; Reichardt forced Melton (shortstop to second) [May scored]; Egan struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gardner singled to right; On a bunt Campaneris popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi lined into a double play (second to first) [Gardner out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnstone singled to right; Wood out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Johnstone to second]; Richard popped to first in foul territory; Andrews flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Mincher reached on an error by Andrews; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mincher to second]; Wood threw a wild pitch [Mincher to third]; Monday singled to center [Mincher scored (unearned)]; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); May was hit by a pitch; Melton flied out to left; McKinney flied out to left; Reichardt flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan flied out to right; Green grounded out (third to first); Lindblad singled to right; Campaneris flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Egan grounded out (third to first); Johnstone singled to right; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR WOOD; Williams singled to left [Johnstone to second]; Richard forced Williams (shortstop to second) [Johnstone to third]; Andrews flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Rudi flied out to right; Jackson flied out to center; Mincher singled to center; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: May flied out to left; Melton flied out to left; McKinney singled to left; Reichardt walked [McKinney to second]; Egan doubled to center [Reichardt scored, McKinney scored]; Johnstone doubled to right [Egan scored, Johnstone out at third (right to third)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Monday homered; Duncan flied out to center; Green was called out on strikes; Lindblad made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: STROUD BATTED FOR ROMO; Stroud struck out; Richard grounded out (second to first); Andrews grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 10TH: EDDY REPLACED STROUD (PITCHING); Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson homered; Mincher flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 10TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); LOCKER REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Melton flied out to center; McKinney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 4.

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