OAKLAND- Vida Blue pitched seven scoreless innings, Reggie Jackson and Mike Epstein hit home runs and the 1972 Oakland A’s topped the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, 4-1, in Game 1 of the @Jack Sacco6 @sacco_john “Best Teams of the 1970s” STRAT-O-MATIC World Series Sunday.
The A’s took the lead in the third inning when Matty Alou singled and Jackson belted a two-out, two-run HR off starter and loser Gary Nolan.
Oakland scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings as light-hitting Dal Maxvill drove in Gene Tenace in the seventh and Epstein hit a two-out, solo homer in the eighth off reliever Will McEnaney.
Alou went three-for-four for the A’s.
Three Oakland relievers: Dave Hamilton, Bob Locker and Darold Knowles covered the final two innings. Knowles earned the save, getting the final out.
Despite getting 11 hits, Cincinnati was four-for-17 with men on base.
Pinch-hitter Merv Rettenmund hit a lead-off double in the eighth but was left stranded. Pinch-hitter Bill Plummer drove in the Reds’ only run in the ninth when their first three batters reached base.
Pete Rose, hitless in five at bats, popped out to end the game.
Both teams were without their starting second basemen, Joe Morgan of the Reds and Oakland’s Dick Green, because of injuries. Both are expected to return for Game 2 in Oakland.
The A’s took the lead in the third inning when Matty Alou singled and Jackson belted a two-out, two-run HR off starter and loser Gary Nolan.
Oakland scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings as light-hitting Dal Maxvill drove in Gene Tenace in the seventh and Epstein hit a two-out, solo homer in the eighth off reliever Will McEnaney.
Alou went three-for-four for the A’s.
Three Oakland relievers: Dave Hamilton, Bob Locker and Darold Knowles covered the final two innings. Knowles earned the save, getting the final out.
Despite getting 11 hits, Cincinnati was four-for-17 with men on base.
Pinch-hitter Merv Rettenmund hit a lead-off double in the eighth but was left stranded. Pinch-hitter Bill Plummer drove in the Reds’ only run in the ninth when their first three batters reached base.
Pete Rose, hitless in five at bats, popped out to end the game.
Both teams were without their starting second basemen, Joe Morgan of the Reds and Oakland’s Dick Green, because of injuries. Both are expected to return for Game 2 in Oakland.
Teams of the 1970s World Series
Oakland Coliseum
Oakland, Calif.
Game 1
1975 Reds 000 000 001-1 11 0
1972 A’s 002 000 11x-4 10 0
WP-Vida Blue (1-0)
LP-Gary Nolan (0-1)
Sv-Darold Knowles (1)
HRs-Oakland: Reggie Jackson (1), Mike Epstein (1)
2Bs-Cincinnati: Merv Rettenmund (1)
RBI-Oakland: Jackson 2, Dal Maxvill 1, Espstein 1 – 4
Cincinnati: Bill Plummer 1 - 1
SB-Cincinnati: Cesar Geronimo 1
SAC-Cincinnati: Nolan 1, John Vukovich 1.
PH-Cincinnati: Rettenmund and Plummer
Multi-hit-Oakland: Alou (3), Epstein (2)
Cincinnati: Ken Griffey, Sr. (3), Geronimo (2)
Pitching
Name, IP, H, SO, BB, R, ER
Oakland
Blue (7 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 R, 0 ER)
Hamilton (1-1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 R, 1ER)
Locker (1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 R, 0 ER)
Knowles (1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 R, 0 ER)
Cincinnati
Nolan (7 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 R, 3 ER)
McEnaney (1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 R, 1 ER)
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My blog will appear on a regular basis and will focus on sports, opinions, notes, features, fiction and some trivia for good measure.
John Sacco
sacman18@comcast.net
@sacco_john
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