Saturday April 22, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
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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