Round 1: 1910 vs. 1972

[Providence A's]

03. 1910 World Series Champion A's 102-48 (.680)
vs.
14. 1972 World Series Champion A's 93-62 (.600)

[Providence A's]

Game 1
1972
Oakland Athletics
93 - 62 (0.600)
Catfish Hunter (2.04)
@
1910
Philadelphia Athletics
102 - 48 (0.680)
Eddie Plank (2.02)

[Porter]

What a matchup!!!! Im going to go with the upset. 72 A's

[Providence A's]

I think 1972 may pull out a series win in 7

[awefullspellare]

I'll go with 1910.

[Providence A's]

Game 1 lineups:

1972 A's
1 SS Bert Campaneris
2 3B Sal Bando
3 1B Mike Epstein
4 CF Joe Rudi
5 LF Reggie Jackson
6 C Dave Duncan
7 RF Angel Mangual
8 2B Tim Cullen
9 P Catfish Hunter

1910 A's
1 3B Frank Baker
2 LF Bris Lord
3 2B Eddie Collins
4 RF Danny Murphy
5 CF Rube Oldring
6 SS Jack Barry
7 C Jack Lapp
8 1B Harry Davis
9 P Eddie Plank

[Providence A's]

1972 holds off 1910 with a 4 - 3 win. Catfish Hunter was player of the game throwing 7 shutout innings. Plank threw a CG loss while giving up 4 earned runs.

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1972 leads the series 1 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 2 will have Ken Holtzman (2.51) for 1972 and Jack Coombs (1.30) for 1910.

Lineups:

1972 A's
1 SS Bert Campaneris
2 3B Sal Bando
3 1B Mike Epstein
4 CF Joe Rudi
5 LF Reggie Jackson
6 C Dave Duncan
7 RF Angel Mangual
8 2B Tim Cullen
9 P Ken Holtzman

1910 A's
1 3B Frank Baker
2 LF Bris Lord
3 2B Eddie Collins
4 RF Danny Murphy
5 CF Rube Oldring
6 SS Jack Barry
7 C Jack Lapp
8 1B Harry Davis
9 P Jack Coombs

[Providence A's]

1972 wins by a score of 3 - 2. The winning run scored in the top of the 9th. Ken Holtzman was player of the game.

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1972 leads the series 2 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 3 will feature Cy Morgan (1.55) for 1910 vs. Blue Moon Odom (2.50) for 1972.

Lineups:

1910 A's
1 3B Frank Baker
2 LF Topsy Hartsel
3 2B Eddie Collins
4 RF Danny Murphy
5 CF Rube Oldring
6 SS Jack Barry
7 C Jack Lapp
8 1B Harry Davis
9 P Cy Morgan

1972 A's
1 SS Bert Campaneris
2 3B Sal Bando
3 1B Mike Epstein
4 CF Joe Rudi
5 LF Reggie Jackson
6 C Dave Duncan
7 RF Angel Mangual
8 2B Tim Cullen
9 P Blue Moon Odom

[Providence A's]

1910 wins game 3 by a score of 5 - 1 scoring 5 runs in the last 2 innings. Cy Morgan and Jimmy Dygert combining on the 4 hitter giving up 0 earned runs. Rollie Fingers took the loss throwing 2 innings of relief and giving up 5 runs, 4 earned. Cy Morgan was player of the game.

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1972 now leads the series 2 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Game 4 will feature Chief Bender (1.58) for 1910 vs. Vida Blue (2.80) for 1972.

Lineups:

1910 A's
1 3B Frank Baker
2 LF Bris Lord
3 2B Eddie Collins
4 RF Danny Murphy
5 CF Rube Oldring
6 SS Jack Barry
7 C Jack Lapp
8 1B Harry Davis
9 P Chief Bender

1972 A's
1 SS Bert Campaneris
2 3B Sal Bando
3 1B Mike Epstein
4 CF Joe Rudi
5 LF Reggie Jackson
6 C Dave Duncan
7 RF Angel Mangual
8 2B Tim Cullen
9 P Vida Blue

[Providence A's]

1972 takes the win by a score of 2 -0. Chief Bender threw a CG in a losing effort. Vida Blue was player of the game with a CG 6 hit shutout.

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1972 leads 3 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Game 5 will be a rematch of game 1. Eddie Plank (2.02) vs. Catfish Hunter (2.04).

Lineups:

1910 A's
1 3B Frank Baker
2 LF Bris Lord
3 2B Eddie Collins
4 RF Danny Murphy
5 CF Rube Oldring
6 SS Jack Barry
7 C Jack Lapp
8 1B Harry Davis
9 P Eddie Plank

1972 A's
1 SS Bert Campaneris
2 3B Sal Bando
3 1B Mike Epstein
4 CF Joe Rudi
5 LF Reggie Jackson
6 C Dave Duncan
7 RF Angel Mangual
8 2B Tim Cullen
9 P Catfish Hunter

[Providence A's]

1972 takes game 5 with a score of 11 - 7 and wins the series. Both starting pitchers got ruffed up and 1972 was helped by 3 errors by 1910. Joe Rudi was player of the game.

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1972 wins the series 4 - 1.