‘73 A’s play spoiler by taking 2 of 3 from ‘20 Tribe

9/17-9/18 - Oakland Coliseum
GAME 1 - Indians 5, A's 4
Jim Bagby (5-2, 2.57) had a neat little 5-0 shutout going until the A's made it real interesting with 4 runs in the home half of the inning.  After Tris Speaker hit a 2 run triple to post 3 runs in the top of the inning the A's were given up for dead.  Then in the bottom of the frame Joe Rudi singled home Ray Fosse and Reggie Jackson hit a mammoth 3 run homer, which would be Bagby's wakeup call to start concentrating again.  "Bags" was able to get the next 5 batter in a row to complete the game and hold on for a 1 run victory.

GAME 2 - A's 7, Indians 3
With no score in the game Derron Johnson hit a grand slam off of Caldwell (3-3, 3.98) to give the A's a nice lead.  Unfortunately for Oakland Catfish Hunter (4-4, 3.26) was in a generous mood and gave up 3 runs to the Indians in the 7th.  The A's answered back with 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the inning as Campy Campaneris bunted his way on and proceeded to steal both 2nd and 3rd, then scored on a Reggie Jackson double.  Sal Bando singled Reggie home to make it 6-3 and Campy doubled Ray Fosse home in the following inning to make it 7-3.

9/19- Legue Park
GAME 3 - A's 3, Indians 1
Kenny Holtzman (6-2, 2.76) continued with his magical spell over AL hitters.  O'Neill led off the 3rd with a line shot homer to break the ice and put the Tribe up 1-0.  Stan Coveleski (3-4, 2.30) continued to be a hard luck pitcher as that one run would be all his offense would afford him.  Holtzman would fare better when his team spotted him 3 runs in the top of the 4th when Dick Green, who came off the bench to fill in for the injured Ted Kubiak, hit a 2 run shot after Reggie scored on a error by Bill Wambsganss.  Holtzman played tricks on the heavily lefty Cleveland lineup and went the distance to notch his 6th win.