Ken McMullen homered with a man on base in the second inning and Bill Voss doubled in two more runs in the seventh to give the Angels a 4-2 victory over the Athletics. Reggie Jackson homered for the A's. Andy Messersmith, making his first relief appearance of the season for the Angels, pitched the last 1 1/3 innings and struck out all four batters he faced. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       26, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Angels       0  2  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   4  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Monday cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .278      Fregosi ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .284
Jackson rf            2   1   1   1     1   0   .199      Repoz cf,lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .269      Johnson lf            0   1   0   0     0   0   .359
Alou lf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .355        Johnstone cf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Mincher 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .241      Spencer 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .307
  Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .362      McMullen 3b           2   2   1   2     1   0   .228
  Fernandez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Voss rf               3   0   1   2     0   0   .269
Duncan c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .252      Azcue c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .260
  Francona ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .308      Murphy p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .074
LaRussa 2b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .250        Garrett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tartabull ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Messersmith p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Fingers p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .154
  Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Donaldson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .267

Totals               30   2   5   1     6  10             Totals               28   4   5   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  6,712
Left on Base: A's 8, Angels 2
DP: A's 0, Angels 2
Doubles: Monday (10), LaRussa (1), Azcue (4), Voss (3)
Home Runs: Jackson (7), McMullen (5)
Caught Stealing: Alomar (6)
GIDP: Duncan (3), Bando (3)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson (4,by Murphy), Johnson (4,by Fingers)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fingers L(2-3)          6.1   4   4   4   1   3   1  25   3.40
Grant                   1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.26
Totals                  8     5   4   4   1   4   1  30

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy W(5-4)           7.1   5   2   2   6   6   1  32   3.52
Garrett                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.08
Messersmith SV(1)       1.1   0   0   0   0   4   0   4   2.87
Totals                  9     5   2   2   6  10   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Fingers (1), Murphy (4)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Monday
struck out; Jackson homered; Bando struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar made an out to shortstop; Fregosi struck out;
Repoz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alou grounded out (second to first); Mincher made
an out to shortstop; Duncan singled to center; LaRussa forced
Duncan (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson was hit by a pitch; Spencer flied out to
right; McMullen homered [Johnson scored]; Voss flied out to
center; Azcue made an out to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: JOHNSTONE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING CF); REPOZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Fingers struck out; Campaneris
flied out to left; Monday doubled to right; Jackson walked;
Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Murphy struck out; Alomar popped to third in foul
territory; Fregosi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou walked; Mincher singled to right [Alou to
third]; Duncan grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Alou scored, Mincher out at second]; LaRussa doubled to
center; Fingers grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Repoz made an out to first; Johnstone grounded out
(first unassisted); Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Monday
walked; Jackson was hit by a pitch [Monday to second]; Bando
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: McMullen lined to shortstop; Voss flied out to
center; Azcue doubled to center; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou walked; Mincher was called out on strikes;
Duncan flied out to center; LaRussa was walked intentionally
[Alou to second]; Fingers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar flied out to left; Fregosi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Repoz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Monday
grounded out (second to first); Jackson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Johnstone made an out to second; Spencer singled to
right; McMullen walked [Spencer to second]; Voss doubled to
center [McMullen scored, Spencer scored]; GRANT REPLACED FINGERS
(PITCHING); Azcue reached on a fielder's choice [Voss out at
third (shortstop to third)]; Murphy flied out to right; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando walked; Alou forced Bando (second to
shortstop); RUDI BATTED FOR MINCHER; GARRETT REPLACED MURPHY
(PITCHING); Rudi made an out to first; FRANCONA BATTED FOR
DUNCAN; MESSERSMITH REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Francona struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: FERNANDEZ REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING C ); FRANCONA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Alomar singled to center; Alomar
was caught stealing second (catcher to second to first to
shortstop); Fregosi struck out; Repoz flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: TARTABULL BATTED FOR LARUSSA; Tartabull struck
out; DONALDSON BATTED FOR GRANT; Donaldson struck out;
Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Angels 4.