Nolan Ryan, who struck out a total of 16, set an A. L. record by fanning eight batters in succession while pitching the Angels to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox. Ryan walked Tommy Harper to open the game, whiffed Doug Griffin and then yielded a single to Carl Yastrzemski for the only hit off his deliveries before striking out the next eight straight men.

In the second inning, the hard-throwing righthander fanned Carlton Fisk, Bob Burda and Juan Beniquez on nine pitches to tie the major league record for the second time in his career. After Yastrzemski's hit, Ryan retired the last 26 consecutive batters. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 3, Boston Red Sox 0
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1972 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  2
Angels       0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  8  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .276      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .249      Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .297
Yastrzemski lf        3   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Pinson rf,lf          3   1   1   0     0   0   .283
Smith rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Oliver 1b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .288
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Stephenson c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .351
Fisk c                3   0   0   0     0   3   .297      McMullen 3b           3   1   1   1     0   0   .268
Burda 1b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .185      Cardenas ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .190
Beniquez ss           3   0   0   0     0   2   .226      Motton lf             3   0   1   0     0   2   .160
Siebert p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .238        Stanton rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Ryan p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .156

Totals               28   0   1   0     1  16             Totals               30   3   8   2     0   8

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 11,898
Left on Base: Red Sox 2, Angels 5
DP: Red Sox 1, Angels 0
Errors: Fisk, Beniquez
Sacrifice Hits: Pinson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Oliver (3,by Siebert)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(7-5)          8     8   3   2   0   8   0  32   3.21
Totals                  8     8   3   2   0   8   0  32

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(11-5)            9     1   0   0   1  16   0  29   2.30
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1  16   0  29

Hit by Pitch: Siebert (5)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Russ Goetz


RED SOX 1ST: Harper walked; Griffin struck out; Yastrzemski
singled to right [Harper to third]; Smith struck out; Petrocelli
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Berry popped to catcher in foul
territory; Pinson popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk struck out; Burda was called out on strikes;
Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver struck out; Stephenson flied out to center;
McMullen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Siebert was called out on strikes; Harper struck
out; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Motton
singled to center; Ryan struck out; Alomar singled to shortstop
[Motton to third (error by Beniquez), Alomar to second]; Berry
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Angels 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Smith popped to
first; Petrocelli popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Pinson singled to center; Oliver singled to right
[Pinson to third]; Stephenson popped to shortstop; McMullen
singled to shortstop [Pinson scored, Oliver to second]; Cardenas
singled to right [Oliver scored, McMullen scored (error by Fisk)
(unearned) (no RBI), Cardenas to second]; Motton was called out
on strikes; Ryan struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Angels 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk struck out; Burda grounded out (shortstop to
first); Beniquez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Alomar popped to shortstop; Berry struck out; Pinson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Angels 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Siebert was called out on strikes; Harper flied out
to left; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Oliver was hit by a pitch; Stephenson singled to
left [Oliver to second]; McMullen hit into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Oliver out at third]; Cardenas forced
Stephenson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Angels 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Smith popped to shortstop; Petrocelli popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Motton struck out; Ryan grounded out (second to
first); Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

RED SOX 8TH: PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); STANTON
REPLACED MOTTON (PLAYING RF); Fisk was called out on strikes;
Burda struck out; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Berry singled to right; Pinson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Berry to second]; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stephenson popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

RED SOX 9TH: OGLIVIE BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Oglivie struck out;
Harper was called out on strikes; Griffin grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.