1973 American League Championship Series

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The 1973 American League Championship Series took place between October 6 and October 11, 1973. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 2. Games 1 and 2 were played in Memorial Stadium in Baltimore; Games 3-5 were played at the Oakland Coliseum.

Umpires: Nestor Chylak, Bill Haller, George Maloney, Jim Odom, Merlyn Anthony, Larry McCoy

Television: NBC (Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek announcing)

1 Game 1
2 Game 2
3 Game 3
4 Game 4
5 Game 5
6 External link

[edit] Game 1

October 6, 1973 at Memorial Stadium

In Game 1, the Orioles jumped on Oakland starter Vida Blue and reliever Horacio Pina for four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Jim Palmer pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Orioles won, 6-0.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Baltimore	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	6	12	0
W: Jim Palmer (1-0) L: Vida Blue (0-1)
HR: None

[edit] Game 2

October 7, 1973 at Memorial Stadium

In Game 2, the Athletics hit three home runs off Baltimore starter Dave McNally, and won 6-3 behind Catfish Hunter.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	6	9	0
Baltimore	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	8	0
W: Catfish Hunter (1-0) L: Dave McNally (0-1) S: Rollie Fingers (1)
HR: OAK – Bert Campaneris (1), Joe Rudi (1), Sal Bando 2 (2)

[edit] Game 3

October 9, 1973 at Oakland Coliseum

In Game 3, the Athletics won 2-1 when shortstop Bert Campaneris homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	3
W: Ken Holtzman (1-0) L: Mike Cuellar (0-1)
HR: OAK – Bert Campaneris (2) BAL – Earl Williams (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 10, 1973 at Oakland Coliseum

In Game 4, the Athletics held a 4-0 lead after six innings, but the Orioles scored four in the seventh off Blue to tie the game; the key blow was a three-run home run by catcher Andy Etchebarren. Baltimore second baseman Bobby Grich broke the tie with a solo home run in the 8th inning, and the Orioles went on to win, 5-4.