Vida Blue of the Oakland A’s wins his 20th game of the season

Pitching Feats

On August 7, 1971, just a week into August, Vida Blue of the Oakland A’s wins his 20th game of the season. The hard-throwing left-hander shuts out the Chicago White Sox, 1-0. The only run of the game scores on a balk committed by Joe Horlen in the sixth inning of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum contest.. Blue will finish the season with 24 wins and will capture both the American League’s MVP and Cy Young awards.

Blue said, “I was shaking in the 9th I wanted to win so bad.” after he closed out the White Sox on 4 hits he said,”I was just glad to win.”
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