After being held to two hits in the first six innings, the Angels scored two runs off Vida Blue after two were out in the seventh and defeated the Athletics, 3-1. Bob Oliver singled with one away and, after Ken McMullen was retired, Leroy Stanton, Leo Cardenas and Jeff Torborg rapped three successive singles to put the Angels ahead, 2-1.

Their other run counted off Rollie Fingers on a walk, single by Vada Pinson and sacrifice fly by Oliver in the eighth. The A's, who were limited to five hits by Clyde Wright, scored their run on a homer by Jackson in the third. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 3, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      24, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   3  7  0
A's          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .287      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     1   0   .220
  O'Brien 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Rudi lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .330
Berry cf              3   1   0   0     1   2   .298      Jackson cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .273
Motton lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .154      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .242
  Pinson ph,lf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .270
Oliver 1b             3   1   1   1     0   1   .297      Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
McMullen 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Mangual rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Stanton rf            3   1   1   0     1   2   .241      Cullen 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .193        Hendrick ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Torborg c             4   0   1   1     0   1   .220        Martinez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Wright p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .194        O. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .198
                                                          Blue p                1   0   0   0     1   1   .100
                                                            Tenace ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .185
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   7   3     3  10             Totals               31   1   5   1     4   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  8,511
Left on Base: Angels 5, A's 7
DP: Angels 1, A's 2
Doubles: Campaneris (8)
Home Runs: Jackson (15)
Stolen Bases: Pinson (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (1)
GIDP: Alomar (4), Cardenas (6), Bando (5)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(8-3)           9     5   1   1   4   5   1  35   2.14
Totals                  9     5   1   1   4   5   1  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(1-4)             7     6   2   2   2   7   0  27   2.41
Fingers                 2     1   1   1   1   3   0   8   2.38
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3  10   0  35

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Dave Phillips


ANGELS 1ST: Angels Manager Del Rice ejected by unknown
umpire; Alomar struck out; Berry was called out on strikes;
Motton singled to third; Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris doubled to center; Rudi made an out to
second; Jackson grounded out (pitcher to second to first)
[Campaneris to third]; Bando walked; Epstein walked [Bando to
second]; Duncan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen grounded out (second to first); Stanton
struck out; Cardenas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Mangual made an out to first; Cullen made an out
to second; Blue struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Torborg grounded out (second to first); Wright
singled to center; Alomar grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Wright out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Rudi
was called out on strikes; Jackson homered; Bando flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Motton
popped to third in foul territory; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein flied out to right; Duncan flied out to
right; Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 5TH: McMullen flied out to right; Stanton walked;
Cardenas grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Stanton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Cullen flied out to right; Blue walked;
Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi singled to center [Blue to
second]; Jackson forced Rudi (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Torborg flied out to right; Wright struck out;
Alomar walked; Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: O'BRIEN REPLACED ALOMAR (PLAYING 2B); Bando
struck out; Sandy Alomar left the game with an unknown
injury; Epstein was called out on strikes; Duncan grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Motton grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
singled to center; McMullen flied out to right; Stanton singled
to center [Oliver to third]; Cardenas singled to center [Oliver
scored, Stanton to third]; Torborg singled to center [Stanton
scored, Cardenas to third]; Wright struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Mangual made an out to first; HENDRICK BATTED FOR
CULLEN; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); TENACE
BATTED FOR BLUE; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 2, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING 2B); FINGERS
REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); O'Brien flied out to left; Berry
walked; PINSON BATTED FOR MOTTON; Pinson singled to center
[Berry to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Berry
scored]; Pinson stole second; McMullen was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Campaneris
walked; Rudi singled to left [Campaneris to second]; Jackson
forced Rudi (first to shortstop) [Campaneris to third]; Bando
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Stanton struck out; Cardenas flied out to left;
Torborg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Duncan
made an out to second; Mangual singled to center; O. BROWN
BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; O. Brown forced Mangual (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.