Dave Goltz, the Twins' 23-year-old rookie righthander, beat the Angels, 4-1, for his third straight victory without a defeat. Goltz lost a bid for his first major league shutout when John Stephenson homered for the Angels' run with one out in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    12, 1972 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        2  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  8  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            5   2   2   0     0   3   .231      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .262
Carew 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .303      Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Braun 3b              0   1   0   1     3   0   .302      Pinson cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Killebrew 1b          4   0   1   1     0   2   .243      Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Brye lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Kosco lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .239
Reese lf,1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .256      McMullen 3b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
Thompson ss           4   0   2   1     0   1   .290      Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .230
Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Torborg c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Borgmann c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .194        Stephenson ph,c     2   1   1   1     0   0   .301
Goltz p               2   0   1   0     2   1   .250      Messersmith p         2   0   1   0     0   1   .240
                                                            Motton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231

Totals               31   4   8   4     5   9             Totals               35   1   7   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  8,935
Left on Base: Twins 6, Angels 9
DP: Twins 0, Angels 2
Errors: Thompson
Doubles: Messersmith (2)
Triples: Carew (3)
Home Runs: Stephenson (2)
Stolen Bases: Nettles (2), Alomar (17)
Sacrifice Flies: Braun (3)
GIDP: Darwin 2 (16)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(3-0)            9     7   1   1   2   3   1  37   1.26
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   3   1  37

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(2-7)      7     8   4   4   3   6   0  29   3.47
Allen                   2     0   0   0   2   3   0   8   3.30
Totals                  9     8   4   4   5   9   0  37

Wild Pitches: Messersmith (2)

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


TWINS 1ST: Angels manager Del Rice ejected by HP umpire Larry
Napp sometime in game; Nettles singled to left; Carew
tripled to center [Nettles scored]; Braun hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Carew scored]; Killebrew struck out; Reese grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar walked; Alomar stole second; Cardenas flied
out to center; Pinson made an out to second; Oliver flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Darwin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Kosco grounded out (pitcher to first); McMullen
grounded out (third to first); Stanton singled to center;
Torborg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Goltz was called out on strikes; Nettles singled to
right; Nettles stole second; Carew flied out to center; Braun
walked; Killebrew singled to left [Nettles scored, Braun out at
home (left to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels
0.

ANGELS 3RD: Messersmith doubled to center; Alomar grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cardenas grounded out (third to first);
Pinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels
0.

TWINS 4TH: Reese struck out; Thompson singled to pitcher; Darwin
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels
0.

ANGELS 4TH: Oliver flied out to center; Kosco singled to left;
McMullen singled to center [Kosco to second]; Stanton flied out
to right; Torborg reached on an error by Thompson [McMullen to
second, Kosco to third]; Messersmith struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 5TH: Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Goltz singled
to left; Nettles struck out; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenas
flied out to left; Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 6TH: Braun walked; Killebrew flied out to right; Reese
singled to right [Braun to third]; Thompson singled to center
[Reese to second, Braun scored]; Darwin grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Kosco
struck out (catcher to first); McMullen walked; Stanton struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

TWINS 7TH: Borgmann flied out to left; Goltz walked; Messersmith
threw a wild pitch [Goltz to second]; Nettles was called out on
strikes; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: STEPHENSON BATTED FOR TORBORG; Stephenson grounded
out (first to pitcher); MOTTON BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Motton
singled to center; Alomar singled to third [Motton to second];
Cardenas flied out to center; Pinson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

TWINS 8TH: STEPHENSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ALLEN
REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Braun walked; Killebrew struck out;
Reese made an out to second; Thompson was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: BRYE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING LF); REESE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Oliver flied out to center; Kosco made
an out to shortstop; McMullen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

TWINS 9TH: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Borgmann made
an out to second; Goltz walked; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Stanton flied out to right; Stephenson homered;
SPENCER BATTED FOR ALLEN; Spencer popped to third in foul
territory; Alomar grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 1.