The Yankees, who were shut out in the first game, 1-0, came slugging back with three homers and beat the Angels in the second game of a doubleheader, 7-1. Sparky Lyle, who relieved Steve Kline at the start of the eighth inning, was the loser of the lidlifter. Leo Cardenas greeted Lyle with a single and Vada Pinson doubled. After an intentional pass to Bob Oliver, Ken McMullen forced Cardenas at the plate, but Andy Kosco batted for Jim Spencer and hit a sacrifice fly to produce the Angels' first run off Yankee pitching in 38 innings.

In the nightcap, the Yankees jumped on Nolan Ryan for three runs in the first inning on a walk to Horace Clarke and homers by Bobby Murcer and Ron Blomberg. Roy White added two runs with a circuit clout in the third. Rob Gardner, who had the Angels shut out until Oliver homered in the ninth, turned in his first complete game in the major leagues since pitching for the Mets in 1966. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 1, New York Yankees 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, July 22, 1972 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  8  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Clarke 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .242
Cardenas ss           4   0   2   0     1   1   .221      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Pinson cf,lf          5   1   1   0     0   0   .264      White lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .272
Oliver 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .286      Alou 1b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .267
McMullen 3b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .276      Murcer cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Spencer lf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .235      Swoboda rf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
  Kosco ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .226      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .211
  Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Lanier 3b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .157
Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .232        Sanchez ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Torborg c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .218        Callison pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Barber p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Allen 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Berry cf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Kline p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .093
                                                            Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .211
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               34   1   8   1     4   4             Totals               29   0   5   0     3   8

Time of Game: 2:28
Left on Base: Angels 11, Yankees 6
DP: Angels 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Michael
Doubles: Pinson (12), Swoboda (7), Murcer (15)
Stolen Bases: Clarke (8)
Caught Stealing: Murcer (7), White (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Swoboda (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kosco (2)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barber W(3-1)           7     4   0   0   3   7   0  27   2.86
Fisher SV(3)            2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.96
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   8   0  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kline                   7     5   0   0   2   3   0  28   2.00
Lyle L(2-2)             2     3   1   1   2   1   0  11   1.13
Totals                  9     8   1   1   4   4   0  39

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Don Denkinger


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Cardenas
struck out; Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke walked; Clarke stole second; Munson struck
out; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver popped to second; McMullen grounded out
(third to first); Spencer singled to left; Stanton forced
Spencer (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer flied out to left; Swoboda doubled; Michael
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Swoboda to third]; Lanier flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Torborg lined to right; Barber grounded out (second
to first); Alomar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Kline grounded out (second to first); Clarke made
an out to second; Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Cardenas flied out to left; Pinson flied out to
center; Oliver singled to left; McMullen walked [Oliver to
second]; Spencer walked [Oliver to third, McMullen to second];
Stanton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White walked; Alou flied out to center; Murcer
forced White (first to shortstop); Murcer was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Torborg grounded out (third to first); Barber flied
out to right; Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Swoboda grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
flied out to right; Lanier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Cardenas singled to right; Pinson flied to right;
Oliver forced Cardenas (shortstop to second); McMullen singled
to center [Oliver to second]; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Kline singled to center; Clarke singled to center
[Kline to second]; Munson struck out; White struck out; Alou
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Stanton singled to left; Torborg grounded out (third
to first) [Stanton to second]; Barber struck out; Alomar lined
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer doubled; Swoboda out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Murcer to third]; Michael struck out;
SANCHEZ BATTED FOR LANIER; Sanchez was walked intentionally;
CALLISON RAN FOR SANCHEZ; TORRES BATTED FOR KLINE; Torres struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

ANGELS 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED CALLISON (PLAYING 3B); LYLE REPLACED
TORRES (PITCHING); Cardenas singled to left; Pinson doubled to
left [Cardenas to third]; Oliver was walked intentionally;
McMullen forced Cardenas (shortstop to catcher) [Pinson to
third, Oliver to second]; KOSCO BATTED FOR SPENCER; Kosco hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Pinson scored, Oliver to third, McMullen
to second]; Stanton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: FISHER REPLACED KOSCO (PITCHING); BERRY REPLACED
BARBER (PLAYING CF); PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Clarke flied out to center; Munson popped to catcher in foul
territory; White singled to left; White was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Yankees 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Torborg grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry
singled to shortstop [Berry to second (error by Michael)];
Alomar struck out; Cardenas walked; Pinson grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Alou was called out on strikes; Murcer flied out to
right; Swoboda grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 1, Yankees 0.

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