Making his debut with the Athletics, Deron Johnson stepped into the designated hitter's role and batted in four runs with three singles in an 11-4 victory over the Indians. Gaylord Perry suffered his sixth straight defeat at the hands of the A's since coming over to the Indians from the Giants In 1972. The veteran righthander was lifted in the eighth inning after walking the first two batters and the Athletics went on to pile up seven runs, also chasing Jerry Johnson, before Ed Farmer finally retired the side. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 11, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Friday, May       4, 1973 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          3  0  0    0  0  0    1  7  0  -  11 11  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  2  -   4  8  4


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   1   0   0     0   1   .224      Torres rf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .185
  Maxvill ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Brohamer 2b           2   1   1   0     2   0   .226
Marquez 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .147
  Green 2b            3   1   1   0     0   2   .200      Lolich lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .304
  Hegan ph,1b         1   1   1   0     1   0   .300      Gamble dh             4   1   2   3     0   0   .275
Rudi lf               4   2   1   2     2   1   .240      Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Jackson rf            4   2   1   2     1   0   .253      Hendrick cf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .276
  Johnstone rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .176
Johnson dh            5   1   3   4     0   1   .220      Cardenas ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .157
Bando 3b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .268        Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
  McKinney 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Duffy ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tenace 1b             2   0   0   0     2   1   .244      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Odom pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               4   1   1   1     1   3   .280        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
North cf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .211
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  11  11   9     8  10             Totals               34   4   8   4     2   8

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 11,624
Left on Base: A's 11, Indians 5
DP: A's 0, Indians 1
Errors: Lolich, Duncan 2, Bell
Doubles: Green (2), Hegan (1), Brohamer (3), Gamble (2)
Home Runs: Gamble (3), Hendrick (3)
Stolen Bases: North (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (1)
GIDP: Jackson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (1,by Perry)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(2-1)           9     8   4   4   2   8   2  36   4.10
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   8   2  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(3-4)            7     6   6   3   5   8   0  35   2.64
Johnson                 0.1   2   4   3   2   1   0   5   6.75
Farmer                  0.2   2   1   0   0   1   0   5  13.50
Hilgendorf              1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.29
Totals                  9    11  11   6   8  10   0  49

Passed Balls: Duncan (5)
Hit by Pitch: Perry (2)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was hit by a pitch; Marquez reached on
an error by Duncan [Campaneris to second]; Rudi forced Marquez
(third to second) [Campaneris to third]; Jackson reached on an
error by Lolich on a sacrifice fly [Campaneris scored
(unearned), Rudi to third, Jackson to second]; Johnson singled
to center [Rudi scored (unearned), Jackson scored (unearned)];
Bando singled [Johnson to second]; Tenace walked [Johnson to
third, Bando to second]; Fosse struck out; North lined to left;
3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: GREEN REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING 2B); Torres
singled; Brohamer flied to center; Chambliss was called out on
strikes; Lolich struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Green
struck out; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Gamble flied to center; Duncan flied to center;
Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Jackson walked; Johnson forced Jackson (third to
second); Bando singled to center [Johnson to second]; Tenace
struck out; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell flied to right; Cardenas singled to center;
Torres struck out; Brohamer walked [Cardenas to second];
Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North singled; North stole second [North to third
(error by Duncan)]; Campaneris flied to center; Green was called
out on strikes; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Lolich popped to catcher in foul territory; Gamble
lined to right; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Johnson
struck out; Bando flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Hendrick flied to center; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenas popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse
was called out on strikes; North grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Torres singled to center; Brohamer doubled to right
[Torres to third]; Chambliss struck out; Lolich struck out;
Gamble doubled to center [Torres scored, Brohamer scored];
Gamble was picked off second (pitcher to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Green doubled to right; Rudi walked; Jackson forced Rudi (first
to shortstop) [Green to third]; Johnson singled to center [Green
scored, Jackson to second]; Bando flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
struck out; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace walked; ODOM RAN FOR TENACE; Fosse walked
[Odom to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); North
walked [Odom to third, Fosse to second]; Duncan allowed a passed
ball [Odom scored, Fosse to third, North to second]; Campaneris
struck out; HEGAN BATTED FOR GREEN; Hegan was walked
intentionally; Rudi singled to center [Fosse scored, North
scored, Hegan to second]; Jackson singled to right [Hegan
scored, Rudi to third]; FARMER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Johnson singled to center [Rudi scored, Jackson to second];
Bando reached on an error by Bell [Jackson scored (unearned),
Johnson to third, Bando to first]; KUBIAK BATTED FOR ODOM;
Kubiak popped to third in foul territory; Fosse singled to
center [Johnson scored (unearned), Bando to second]; North was
called out on strikes; 7 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
11, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: MAXVILL REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); HEGAN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KUBIAK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Williams struck out; Torres flied
to right; Brohamer walked; Chambliss popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 11, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DUFFY REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING SS); HILGENDORF
REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Maxvill flied to center; Hegan
doubled to center; Rudi walked; Jackson grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 11, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); MCKINNEY
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); Lolich flied to right; Gamble
homered; Duncan flied to left; Hendrick homered; Bell singled to
left; Duffy popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
11, Indians 4.