Catfish Hunter picked up his 12th victory of the season and seventh in succession and Blue Moon Odom gained his first victory since May 12 as the Athletics defeated the White Sox in a doubleheader, 6-4 and 3-0. However, both winners needed help. Darold Knowles pitched the last 1 2/3 innings in relief of Hunter and Rollie Fingers worked the last 2 1/3 innings to assist Odom. In the opener, the A's scored four runs in the third, two crossing the plate on an error by Jorge Orta with the bases loaded and two more counting on a single by Deron Johnson. Bill North singled in the fifth, stole second and scored on a single by Johnson before the A's added their last run in the sixth on an error and singles by Dick Green and North. Tony Muser homered for the White Sox.

The A's started the nightcap with a run in the first inning on singles by Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson and Johnson. Their other pair scored in the fourth on a single by Bert Campaneris with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      1, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  2    0  1  0  -   4  7  2
A's          0  0  4    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   6  8  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .311      Campaneris ss         3   1   0   0     1   1   .286
Muser 1b              4   2   1   1     0   0   .304      North cf              4   2   2   2     0   0   .276
May lf                4   0   1   1     0   1   .252      Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     2   2   .272
Melton 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .282      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .297
  Alvarado pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Johnson dh            3   0   2   3     0   0   .257
Henderson dh          4   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Lewis pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Herrmann c            4   1   1   0     0   1   .215        Hegan ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Tenace 1b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .271
  Andrews ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .239
Leon ss               4   0   1   1     0   2   .276      Fosse c               4   2   1   0     0   0   .261
Sharp cf              2   0   0   0     1   1   .203      Green 2b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .279
Fisher p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   7   4     1   6             Totals               31   6   8   5     5   7

Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: White Sox 4, A's 6
DP: White Sox 3, A's 1
Errors: Orta, Leon, Jackson
Doubles: Kelly (14)
Triples: Leon (1)
Home Runs: Muser (1)
Stolen Bases: North (22), Lewis (1)
Caught Stealing: Sharp (1), Green (1)
GIDP: Henderson (6), Tenace (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fisher L(6-7)           2.1   3   4   3   3   3   0  14   5.50
Gossage                 3     4   2   1   1   2   0  14   9.29
Acosta                  2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.37
Totals                  8     8   6   4   5   7   0  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(12-3)          7.1   7   4   3   1   5   1  31   3.08
Knowles SV(5)           1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.39
Totals                  9     7   4   3   1   6   1  35

Wild Pitches: Hunter (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly struck out; Muser grounded out (first to
pitcher); May flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied to right; North grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bando walked; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton flied to center; Henderson grounded out
(first to pitcher); Herrmann struck out but advanced to first on
a wild pitch; Orta lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson flied to left; Tenace was called out on
strikes; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Leon was called out on strikes; Sharp walked;
Sharp was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Kelly
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse singled to left; On a bunt Green singled
[Fosse to second]; Campaneris walked [Fosse to third, Green to
second]; North reached on an error by Orta [Fosse scored (RBI),
Green scored, Campaneris to third, North to second]; Bando
struck out; Jackson was walked intentionally; Johnson singled to
left [Campaneris scored, North scored (unearned), Jackson to
second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED FISHER (PITCHING); Tenace grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Johnson out at
second]; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Muser grounded out (second to first); May struck
out; Melton flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi flied to left; Fosse popped to second; Green
singled to right; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Henderson flied to left; Herrmann singled to
right; Orta flied to left; Leon tripled to center [Herrmann
scored]; Sharp was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North singled to left; North stole second; Bando
walked; Jackson flied to center; Johnson singled to right [North
scored, Bando to third]; LEWIS RAN FOR JOHNSON; Lewis stole
second; Tenace struck out; Rudi popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: LEWIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kelly doubled
to center; Muser reached on an error by Jackson [Kelly to
third]; May singled to right [Kelly scored, Muser to second];
Melton singled to left [Muser scored (unearned), May to third];
Henderson flied to center; Herrmann popped to second; Orta
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Fosse reached on an error by Leon; On a bunt
Green singled [Fosse to second]; Campaneris popped to first in
foul territory; ACOSTA REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); North
singled to left [Fosse scored (unearned), Green to second];
Bando struck out while Green was caught stealing third (catcher
to third); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics
6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Leon grounded out (third to first); Sharp flied
to left; Kelly lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); HEGAN
BATTED FOR LEWIS; Hegan flied to center; Tenace struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Muser homered;
May flied to left; Melton singled to right; ALVARADO RAN FOR
MELTON; KNOWLES REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Henderson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Alvarado out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ALVARADO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Rudi
walked; Fosse lined into a double play (center to pitcher to
shortstop) [Rudi out at second]; Green grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Herrmann lined to second; ANDREWS BATTED FOR
ORTA; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Leon struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 6.