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Saturday April 22, 1972
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Pete Broberg, who beat the Angels, 5-1, in his first start of the season April 16, turned the trick again, pitching the Rangers to a 5-0 victory over the the California club. Lenny Randle, who drove in four runs in the Rangers' previous night's 7-6 triumph over the Angels, continued his hot hitting with two doubles. The young second baseman batted in one run and scored two. [The Sporting News]


Texas Rangers 5, California Angels 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1972 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium

Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Rangers      0  0  2    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   5  8  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .409      Randle 2b             5   2   2   1     0   2   .320
Rivers cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .136      Nelson 3b             2   1   0   0     3   0   .304
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Mincher 1b            3   1   1   2     2   1   .111
Pinson lf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .421      King c                2   0   0   0     1   1   .143
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .217        Billings ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Stanton rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .190      Howard lf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .227
McMullen 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .130        Maddox pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Kusnyer c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .500      Biittner rf,lf        3   0   1   0     1   1   .167
Clark p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .056
  Queen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrah ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .316
  Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Broberg p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Doyle p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   4   0     5   2             Totals               30   5   8   4     8   7

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  5,517
Left on Base: Angels 7, Rangers 10
DP: Angels 0, Rangers 2
Errors: Clark
Doubles: Randle 2 (4), Mincher (1), Howard 2 (2)
Triples: Harrah (1)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (3)
Caught Stealing: Biittner (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Broberg (2)
GIDP: Spencer (3), Llenas (1)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clark L(0-1)            4.1   5   5   4   4   1   0  21   8.31
Queen                   1.2   1   0   0   3   2   0   9   2.70
Doyle                   2     2   0   0   1   4   0   9   0.00
Totals                  8     8   5   4   8   7   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg W(2-0)          9     4   0   0   5   2   0  34   0.53
Totals                  9     4   0   0   5   2   0  34

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (third to first); Rivers
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenas flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle flied out to center; Nelson grounded out
(third to first); Mincher walked; King grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Pinson flied out to center; Spencer singled to left;
Stanton flied out to right; McMullen made an out to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howard made an out to second; Biittner grounded out
(first unassisted); Lovitto grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Kusnyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Clark
struck out; Alomar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah tripled to right; Broberg popped to third in
foul territory; Randle doubled to right [Harrah scored]; Nelson
grounded out (third to first) [Randle to third]; Mincher walked;
King walked [Mincher to second]; King was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Clark [Randle scored (unearned), Mincher
to third, King to second]; Howard struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers walked; Cardenas flied out to left; Pinson
singled to left [Rivers to second]; Spencer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Pinson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Biittner singled to right; Biittner was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Lovitto grounded out
(second to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Stanton walked; McMullen forced Stanton (third to
second); Kusnyer singled to right [McMullen to second]; Clark
forced Kusnyer (shortstop to second) [McMullen to third]; Alomar
forced Clark (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Broberg grounded out (third to first); Randle
doubled to right; Nelson walked; Mincher doubled to right
[Randle scored, Nelson scored]; QUEEN REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING);
King was called out on strikes; Howard doubled to right [Mincher
scored]; Biittner walked; Lovitto walked [Howard to third,
Biittner to second]; Harrah made an out to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Cardenas
walked; Pinson singled to center [Cardenas to second]; Spencer
grounded out (second to first) [Cardenas to third, Pinson to
second]; Stanton lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
0, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Broberg flied out to right; Randle was called out
on strikes; Nelson walked; Nelson stole second; Mincher grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers
5.

ANGELS 7TH: McMullen made an out to second; Kusnyer walked;
LLENAS BATTED FOR QUEEN; Llenas grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kusnyer out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: DOYLE REPLACED LLENAS (PITCHING); BILLINGS BATTED
FOR KING; Billings was called out on strikes; Howard doubled to
center; MADDOX RAN FOR HOWARD; Biittner struck out; Lovitto
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

ANGELS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BIITTNER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BILLINGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers grounded out
(second to first); Cardenas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah singled to center; Broberg out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrah to second]; Randle
struck out; Nelson walked; Mincher was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

ANGELS 9TH: Pinson walked; Spencer made an out to first; Stanton
flied out to center; McMullen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 5.



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