Sunday August 6, 1972
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California Angels 3, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 6, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 7 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .257 Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .210 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Kosco lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .235 Otis cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .306 Pinson ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Scheinblum rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .315 Oliver 1b 4 1 2 2 0 2 .277 Piniella lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Hiatt c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Mayberry 1b 1 1 1 1 3 0 .279 McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .279 May c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .206 Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Floyd ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .183 Berry cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Wright p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Patek ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Splittorff p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Totals 35 3 9 3 1 8 Totals 30 2 7 2 5 2 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 12,447 Left on Base: Angels 7, Royals 7 DP: Angels 2, Royals 0 Errors: Cardenas, Schaal 2 Doubles: Kosco (4), Berry (11), Wright (5), Otis (18) Home Runs: Oliver (14), Mayberry (10) Caught Stealing: Stanton (1) Sacrifice Hits: Wright (3), Piniella (2) GIDP: May (4), Scheinblum (10) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright W(12-6) 9 7 2 2 5 2 1 36 3.33 Totals 9 7 2 2 5 2 1 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff L(9-8) 7 7 2 2 0 7 0 28 3.29 Fitzmorris 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 9 3.40 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 8 1 37 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to right; Cardenas struck out; Kosco grounded out (pitcher to first) [Alomar to second]; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Schaal walked; Rojas flied out to center; Otis doubled to center [Schaal out at home (center to second to catcher)]; Scheinblum walked; Piniella forced Scheinblum (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ANGELS 2ND: Hiatt was called out on strikes; McMullen singled to center; Stanton flied out to center; Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; May forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); Floyd forced May (shortstop to second); Splittorff grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ANGELS 3RD: Wright was called out on strikes; Alomar flied out to right; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Schaal popped to catcher in foul territory; Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ANGELS 4TH: Kosco doubled to left; Oliver singled to right [Kosco scored]; Hiatt grounded out (pitcher to first) [Oliver to second]; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Stanton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum singled to center; Piniella out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Scheinblum to second]; Mayberry walked; May grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Royals 0. ANGELS 5TH: Berry doubled to right; Wright out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Berry to third]; Alomar singled to left [Berry scored]; Cardenas reached on an error by Schaal [Alomar to third, Cardenas out at second (left to second)]; Kosco flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Floyd was called out on strikes; Splittorff grounded out (second to first); Schaal singled to left; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ANGELS 6TH: Oliver was called out on strikes; Hiatt made an out to second; McMullen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Scheinblum singled to shortstop [Scheinblum to second (error by Cardenas)]; Piniella flied out to right [Scheinblum to third]; Mayberry walked; May singled to center [Mayberry to second, Scheinblum scored]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR FLOYD; Taylor lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 1. ANGELS 7TH: PATEK REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING SS); Stanton reached on an error by Schaal; Stanton was caught stealing second (catcher to third); Berry grounded out (third to first); Wright doubled to right; Alomar flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR SPLITTORFF; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Schaal flied out to left; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 1. ANGELS 8TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); Cardenas flied out to center; PINSON BATTED FOR KOSCO; Pinson struck out; Oliver homered; Hiatt singled to right; McMullen walked [Hiatt to second]; Stanton grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 8TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Otis singled to right; Scheinblum grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Otis out at second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 1. ANGELS 9TH: Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Wright grounded out (second to first); Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry homered; May flied out to center; Patek flied out to right; HOPKINS BATTED FOR FITZMORRIS; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 2.

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