Oakland Athletics 7, Texas Rangers 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Monday, May 29, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 7 12 3 Rangers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .214 Maddox cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Martinez ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 Burroughs ph,rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .157 Rudi lf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .331 Lovitto rf,cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .171 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .265 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Clark 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 Billings 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Bando 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .227 Ford lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Mangual cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Harrah ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .237 O. Brown cf,rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .181 Randle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .203 Tenace c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .195 Suarez c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .143 Epstein 1b 3 1 1 3 0 1 .241 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 L. Brown 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .170 Shellenback p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Hamilton p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Nelson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Panther p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .029 Paul p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 King ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Totals 37 7 12 6 4 7 Totals 31 1 4 1 5 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 16,207 Left on Base: A's 8, Rangers 9 DP: A's 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Campaneris, Tenace, L. Brown, Lovitto, Billings, Randle Doubles: Campaneris (4), Rudi (9), Harrah (5) Home Runs: Epstein (5), Jackson (9) Caught Stealing: O. Brown (1), Rudi (2) Sacrifice Flies: Suarez (2) GIDP: Jackson (1), Lovitto (2) Hit by Pitch: Epstein (3,by Panther) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hamilton W(1-0) 6.1 4 1 1 5 2 0 29 1.42 Fingers SV(5) 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 2.73 Totals 9 4 1 1 5 5 0 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Shellenback L(1-2) 5 8 6 5 1 3 1 22 2.97 Panther 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 5.33 Paul 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 10 2.57 Totals 9 12 7 6 4 7 2 42 Hit by Pitch: Panther (2) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris doubled to right [Campaneris scored (error by Lovitto) (error by Randle)]; Debut game for Dave Hamilton; Rudi popped to center; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando walked; O. Brown singled to left [Bando to second]; Tenace singled to center [Bando scored, O. Brown to third]; Epstein homered [O. Brown scored, Tenace scored]; L. Brown flied out to right; 5 R, 4 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Maddox walked; Lovitto grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; Howard reached on an error by Campaneris; Billings singled to center [Howard to second]; Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Hamilton was called out on strikes; Campaneris singled to left; Rudi singled to center [Campaneris to third]; Jackson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah doubled; Randle grounded out (third to first) [Harrah to third]; Suarez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harrah scored]; Shellenback walked; BURROUGHS BATTED FOR MADDOX; Burroughs flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: BURROUGHS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LOVITTO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); O. Brown singled to center; Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; O. Brown was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard grounded out (second to first); Billings flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein was called out on strikes; L. Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; Hamilton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Ford flied out to right; Harrah walked; Randle grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harrah to second]; Suarez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris reached on an error by Billings [Campaneris to second]; Rudi singled to left [Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Rudi was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Jackson struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: NELSON BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; Nelson popped to third; Burroughs walked; Lovitto reached on an error by L. Brown [Burroughs to third]; Howard struck out; Billings was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: PANTHER REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); O. Brown grounded out (third to first); Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein was hit by a pitch; L. Brown walked [Epstein to second]; Hamilton walked [Epstein to third, L. Brown to second]; Campaneris made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Ford grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Randle singled to left; Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (second to first); Jackson homered; Bando grounded out (third to first); O. Brown struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: CLARK REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING 3B); MANGUAL REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING CF); O. BROWN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); KUBIAK BATTED FOR PANTHER; Tenace dropped a foul fly hit by Kubiak for an error; Kubiak grounded out (third to first); Burroughs walked; Lovitto singled to right [Burroughs to second]; FINGERS REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Howard was called out on strikes; Billings forced Lovitto (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: PAUL REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); Tenace singled to left; Epstein grounded out (second to first) [Tenace to second]; L. Brown flied out to center; Fingers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Ford flied to right in foul territory; Harrah struck out; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Martinez walked; Rudi doubled to left [Martinez to third]; Clark singled to third [Martinez stayed at third, Rudi stayed at second]; Mangual was called out on strikes; O. Brown struck out; Tenace lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: BIITTNER BATTED FOR SUAREZ; Biittner flied out to center; KING BATTED FOR PAUL; King flied out to right; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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