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.