Although Ken Holtzman was stopped on a string of five straight complete games, the lefthander gained his 11th victory when the Athletics defeated the Rangers, 3-0. Holtzman was lifted after 8 1/3 innings and Darold Knowles completed the shutout.

Before leaving, Holtzman drove in the A's first run with a double in the seventh inning, scoring Tim Cullen, who had singled. The A's added a pair in the eighth on five singles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3 10  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   2   0     1   0   .221      Nelson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Mangual rf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .251
  Hendrick rf,lf      3   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Ford rf               4   0   1   0     0   3   .248
Jackson cf            3   0   0   0     2   1   .261      Billings c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Epstein 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .270      Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .248
Voss lf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .119      Grieve lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  O. Brown ph,rf      2   0   1   0     0   1   .203        Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Bando 3b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .258        Randle ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Biittner cf,lf        3   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Cullen 2b             4   1   3   1     0   1   .235      Kubiak 2b             1   0   0   0     2   0   .122
Holtzman p            4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     1   1   .188
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Lovitto cf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .178

Totals               34   3  10   3     5   7             Totals               29   0   4   0     4   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 14,243
Left on Base: A's 9, Rangers 6
DP: A's 2, Rangers 2
Doubles: Holtzman (2), Biittner (5)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (19)
Caught Stealing: Cullen (1)
GIDP: Duncan (7), Kubiak (1), Billings (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(11-5)        7.1   3   0   0   3   3   0  26   2.13
Knowles SV(6)           1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   1.25
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   5   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski              5.2   2   0   0   4   4   0  21   5.46
Lindblad L(3-3)         1.2   5   2   2   1   2   0  11   1.38
Pina                    1.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   7   2.83
Totals                  9    10   3   3   5   7   0  39

Passed Balls: Billings (5)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Mangual grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jackson walked; Epstein grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson flied out to center; Harrah flied out to
right; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Voss flied out to center; Bando walked; Duncan
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bando out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Billings grounded out (second to first); Howard
lined to right; Grieve flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Cullen singled to center; Holtzman struck out;
Campaneris singled to shortstop [Cullen to second]; Mangual
struck out while Cullen was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Biittner singled to right; Kubiak grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Biittner out at second];
Gogolewski walked; Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson lined to right; Epstein flied out to
left; Voss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: HENDRICK REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING RF); Harrah
popped to first in foul territory; Ford singled to center;
Billings grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Ford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando grounded out (second to first); Duncan
struck out; Cullen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
made an out to second; Biittner doubled to right; Kubiak was
walked intentionally; Gogolewski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Holtzman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole second; Hendrick made an out
to second; Jackson walked; LINDBLAD REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI
(PITCHING); Billings allowed a passed ball [Jackson to second,
Campaneris to third]; Epstein walked; O. BROWN BATTED FOR VOSS;
O. Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 6TH: O. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HENDRICK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Nelson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Harrah popped to shortstop; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando lined to third; Duncan grounded out (third
to first); Cullen singled to left; Holtzman doubled to left
[Cullen scored]; Campaneris singled to third [Holtzman to
third]; Hendrick struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Epstein singled to right; O. Brown singled to pitcher [Epstein
to second]; PINA REPLACED GRIEVE (PITCHING); LOVITTO REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PLAYING CF); BIITTNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Bando singled to center [O. Brown to second, Epstein scored];
Duncan singled to center [Bando to second, O. Brown out at home
(center to catcher)]; Cullen singled to left [Duncan to second,
Bando scored]; Holtzman flied out to right; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Biittner flied out to center; Kubiak walked;
KNOWLES REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Lovitto struck out; Nelson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah singled to center; Ford struck out; Billings
forced Harrah (second to shortstop); Howard walked [Billings to
second]; RANDLE BATTED FOR PINA; Randle made an out to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.