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Wednesday May 24, 1972
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Vida Blue, making his first appearance with the Athletics since ending his celebrated holdout, pitched one inning in relief, gave up two runs and was charged with a 6-5 loss to the Angels. Don Rose, who made his first start and gained his first major league victory, entered the record books as only the seventh player in history and second pitcher to homer on the first pitch in his first time at bat.

After two-run homers by Joe Rudi and Mike Epstein in the fifth inning gave the A's a 4-4 tie, Blue took the mound in the sixth and walked Art Kusnyer on four pitches to start off. After a wild pitch, Rose fouled out, but Sandy Alomar walked. Ken Berry and Vada Pinson followed with singles, each driving in a run to put the Angels ahead. 6-4. Dave Duncan homered in the A's half of the sixth, but Steve Barber took over for Rose in the seventh and preserved the rookie's victory. [The Sporting News]


California Angels 6, Oakland Athletics 5

Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels       0  0  3    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   6 12  1
A's          0  0  0    0  4  1    0  0  0  -   5  9  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   2   2   0     1   0   .271      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .210
Berry cf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .339      Rudi lf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .313
Pinson lf             4   2   2   1     1   0   .330      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .248
Oliver 1b             5   0   2   1     0   1   .260      Bando 3b              3   1   0   0     2   1   .240
McMullen 3b           4   0   3   1     1   0   .273      Epstein 1b            5   1   2   2     0   0   .255
Stanton rf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .190      O. Brown cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .169
Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .198        Blue p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kusnyer c             3   1   0   0     1   1   .196        Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rose p                3   1   1   1     0   0   .333        Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .255
  Barber p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Duncan c              3   1   2   1     1   1   .250
                                                            Odom pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Tenace c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                          L. Brown 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .153
                                                            Alyea ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
                                                            Clark 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                          Segui p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
                                                            Horlen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hendrick ph,cf      3   1   2   0     0   0   .429

Totals               38   6  12   5     4   5             Totals               36   5   9   5     4   8

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  3,042
Left on Base: Angels 9, A's 9
DP: Angels 0, A's 1
Errors: Cardenas, Campaneris, Duncan
Home Runs: Rose (1), Rudi (2), Epstein (4), Duncan (8)
Stolen Bases: Alomar 2 (6), Pinson 2 (8)
Caught Stealing: Alomar (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (7)
GIDP: Oliver (6)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rose W(1-0)             6     7   5   5   2   7   3  28   4.50
Barber SV(1)            3     2   0   0   2   1   0  13   4.91
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   8   3  41

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui                   2.2   5   3   3   1   2   1  13   3.92
Horlen                  2.1   4   1   1   0   2   0  12   4.22
Blue L(0-1)             1     2   2   2   2   0   0   6  18.00
Locker                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.68
Knowles                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   1.50
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   5   1  42

Wild Pitches: Blue (1)
Balks: Segui (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Ron Luciano


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to center; Berry made an out to
second; Alomar was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to third; On a bunt Rudi
singled to pitcher [Campaneris to second]; Jackson struck out;
Bando struck out; Epstein flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver flied out to center; McMullen singled to
right; Stanton flied out to center; Segui balked [McMullen to
second]; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: O. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first);
Duncan walked; L. Brown reached on a fielder's choice [Duncan to
second (error by Cardenas; assist by Alomar)]; Segui struck out;
Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Kusnyer struck out; Rose homered; Alomar singled to
left; Berry flied out to left; Alomar stole second; Pinson was
walked intentionally; Alomar stole third and Pinson stole second
[Alomar scored (error by Duncan), Pinson to third]; Oliver
singled to right [Pinson scored]; HORLEN REPLACED SEGUI
(PITCHING); McMullen singled to center [Oliver to third];
Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
popped to first in foul territory; Bando grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusnyer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose reached on an error by
Campaneris; Alomar forced Rose (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein singled to right; O. Brown struck out;
Duncan was called out on strikes; L. Brown was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
singled to second; Pinson stole second; Oliver singled to right
[Pinson to third]; McMullen singled to right [Pinson scored,
Oliver to third]; Stanton struck out; Cardenas struck out; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: HENDRICK BATTED FOR HORLEN; Hendrick singled to
center; Campaneris struck out; Rudi homered [Hendrick scored];
Jackson flied out to center; Bando walked; Epstein homered
[Bando scored]; O. Brown flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 4.

ANGELS 6TH: HENDRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BLUE REPLACED
O. BROWN (PITCHING); Kusnyer walked; On a bunt Rose popped to
catcher in foul territory; Blue threw a wild pitch [Kusnyer to
second]; Alomar walked; Berry singled to center [Kusnyer scored,
Alomar to third]; Pinson singled to left [Alomar scored, Berry
to second]; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Pinson out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan homered; L. Brown flied out to right;
Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Campaneris
made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics
5.

ANGELS 7TH: LOCKER REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); McMullen grounded
out (shortstop to first); Stanton grounded out (third to first);
Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: BARBER REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); Rudi grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jackson made an out to second; Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
6, Athletics 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Kusnyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Barber
singled to right; Alomar grounded out (first to second) [Barber
to second]; Berry reached on a fielder's choice [Barber out at
third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Epstein made an out to shortstop; MANGUAL BATTED
FOR LOCKER; Mangual struck out; Duncan singled to center; ODOM
RAN FOR DUNCAN; ALYEA BATTED FOR L. BROWN; Alyea grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics
5.

ANGELS 9TH: KNOWLES REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); TENACE REPLACED
ODOM (PLAYING C ); CLARK REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING 2B); Pinson
popped to third in foul territory; Oliver struck out; McMullen
walked; Stanton forced McMullen (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Hendrick singled to center; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Hendrick to second]; Rudi
grounded out (second to first) [Hendrick to third]; Jackson
walked; Bando walked [Jackson to second]; Epstein flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 6, Athletics 5.



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