A crowd of 36,107 fans turned out to welcome the debut of the new Brewers, but the Angels dampened their enthusiasm by rolling to a 12-0 victory. Andy Messersmith held the Brewers to four hits, three of them by Steve Hovley. The Angels collected 14 hits, including triples by Alex Johnson, Bill Voss and Roger Repoz and doubles by Repoz, Joe Azcue and Jim Fregosi. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 12, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     7, 1970 (Day game) at County Stadium
Angels       0  1  3    4  0  0    3  1  0  -  12 14  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .400      Harper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Fregosi ss            4   2   2   1     1   0   .500      Snyder cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Voss rf               3   2   1   2     2   0   .333      Hegan 1b              3   0   0   0     1   3   .000
Johnson lf            2   1   1   0     0   1   .500      Walton lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Johnstone ph,cf     2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Hovley rf             3   0   3   0     1   0  1.000
Spencer 1b            3   2   1   2     1   1   .333      McNertney c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Repoz cf,lf           5   2   2   2     0   2   .400      Alvis 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .000
Azcue c               5   1   1   1     0   1   .200      Kubiak ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   3   2     0   0   .600      Krausse p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Messersmith p         3   0   1   0     0   1   .333        Rollins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Gelnar p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lauzerique p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Savage ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Meyer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Valdespino ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37  12  14  10     4   8             Totals               31   0   4   0     4  11

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 36,107
Left on Base: Angels 5, Brewers 8
DP: Angels 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Fregosi, Snyder, Hovley
Doubles: Repoz (1), Azcue (1), Fregosi (1), Hovley (1)
Triples: Johnson (1), Voss (1), Repoz (1)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Messersmith (1), Johnstone (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (1)
GIDP: Azcue (1), Johnstone (1), Kubiak (1)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(1-0)      9     4   0   0   4  11   0  35   0.00
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4  11   0  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(0-1)          3     3   4   4   1   1   0  13  12.00
Gelnar                  0     3   4   3   0   0   0   4   0.00
Lauzerique              2     2   0   0   1   3   0   8   0.00
Meyer                   2     5   3   3   1   2   0  12  13.50
Morris                  2     1   1   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9    14  12  10   4   8   0  44

Wild Pitches: Krausse (1), Morris (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Runge, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Fregosi flied
out to left; Voss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper grounded out (third to first); Snyder flied
out to left; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Brewers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson tripled to center; Spencer hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Johnson scored]; Repoz grounded out (second to
first); Azcue grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Walton flied out to center; Hovley singled to
second; McNertney flied out to center; Alvis struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Messersmith made an out to shortstop; Alomar singled to pitcher;
Alomar stole second; Fregosi walked; Voss tripled to left
[Fregosi scored, Alomar scored]; Krausse threw a wild pitch
[Voss scored]; Johnson struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Kubiak walked; ROLLINS BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Rollins
struck out; Harper reached on an error by Fregosi [Kubiak to
second]; Snyder was called out on strikes; Hegan walked [Kubiak
to third, Harper to second]; Walton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 4, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 4TH: GELNAR REPLACED ROLLINS (PITCHING); Spencer reached
on an error by Snyder [Spencer to second]; Repoz doubled to left
[Spencer scored (unearned)]; Azcue doubled to left [Repoz
scored]; Rodriguez singled to right [Azcue scored]; LAUZERIQUE
REPLACED GELNAR (PITCHING); Messersmith was called out on
strikes; Alomar singled to center [Rodriguez to second]; Fregosi
singled to left [Alomar to second, Rodriguez scored]; Voss
forced Fregosi (pitcher to shortstop) [Alomar to third];
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Johnstone struck out; 4 R (3 ER),
5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); REPOZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hovley walked; McNertney made an
out to third; Alvis struck out; Kubiak was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 8, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Spencer walked; Repoz was called out on strikes;
Azcue grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 8,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: SAVAGE BATTED FOR LAUZERIQUE; Savage made an out to
third; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Snyder struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 8, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 6TH: MEYER REPLACED SAVAGE (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled
to center; Messersmith out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Rodriguez to second]; Alomar grounded out (pitcher to second to
first) [Rodriguez to third]; Fregosi popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Hegan struck out; Walton struck out; Hovley doubled
to left; McNertney flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 8, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Voss walked; Johnstone out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Voss to second]; Spencer singled to right
[Voss scored]; Repoz tripled to center [Spencer scored]; Azcue
struck out; Rodriguez singled to second [Repoz scored];
Messersmith singled to center [Rodriguez to second]; Alomar
struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 11, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Alvis walked; Kubiak grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Alvis out at second];
VALDESPINO BATTED FOR MEYER; Valdespino made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 11, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 8TH: MORRIS REPLACED VALDESPINO (PITCHING); Fregosi
doubled to right [Fregosi to third (error by Hovley)]; Morris
threw a wild pitch [Fregosi scored (unearned)]; Voss walked;
Johnstone grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Voss out at second]; Spencer struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 12, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Harper singled to shortstop; Snyder forced Harper
(shortstop to second); Hegan was called out on strikes; Walton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 12, Brewers 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Repoz struck out; Azcue made an out to second;
Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 12,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Hovley singled to right; McNertney flied out to
left; Alvis made an out to third; Kubiak made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 12, Brewers 0.