A streak of wildness by Nolan Ryan, who walked three straight batters in the sixth inning, enabled the Twins to defeat the Angels, 4-3. The Twins scored a run in the first inning on a pass to Rod Carew, his theft of second and a single by Steve Braun.

After loading the bases on walks in the sixth, Ryan gave up a run-scoring single by Danny Thompson before departing. Rickey Clark relieved and struck out Bobby Darwin, but Glenn Borgmann doubled to drive in two runs. The Angels rallied in their half of the sixth but fell short with only three runs on a single by Sandy Alomar, double by Leo Cardenas, infield out by Vada Pinson and homer by Ken McMullen. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    13, 1972 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  7  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            5   0   0   0     0   3   .221      Alomar 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .262
Carew 2b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .305      Cardenas ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .234
Braun 3b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .301      Pinson lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .270
Killebrew 1b          2   1   0   0     2   1   .241      Stephenson c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  Brye lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .217      McMullen 3b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .285
Reese lf,1b           2   1   0   0     2   0   .252        Parker pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Thompson ss           4   0   1   1     0   2   .289      Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .260        Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Borgmann c            4   0   2   2     0   1   .211        Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Woodson p             4   0   1   0     0   1   .089      Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
                                                          Stanton rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .228
                                                          Ryan p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .127
                                                            Clark p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Oliver 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .278

Totals               33   4   7   4     6  10             Totals               34   3   7   3     0   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 12,338
Left on Base: Twins 8, Angels 4
DP: Twins 0, Angels 1
Errors: Barber
Doubles: Borgmann (3), Pinson (14), Cardenas (10)
Home Runs: McMullen (9)
Stolen Bases: Carew 2 (5), Braun (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson W(10-10)        9     7   3   3   0   3   1  34   2.57
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   3   1  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(12-11)           5     5   4   4   4   9   0  24   2.88
Clark                   1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.59
Barber                  3     1   0   0   2   0   0  12   2.59
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6  10   0  39

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


TWINS 1ST: Nettles was called out on strikes; Carew walked;
Carew stole second; Braun singled to right [Carew scored]; Braun
stole second; Killebrew popped to shortstop; Reese grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenas
grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson doubled to right;
Stephenson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson was called out on strikes; Darwin grounded
out (third to first); Borgmann singled to center; Woodson
singled to center [Borgmann to second]; Nettles was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen flied out to right; Spencer flied out to
right; Berry singled to right; Stanton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew singled to left; Carew stole second; Braun
flied out to right [Carew to third]; Killebrew was called out on
strikes; Reese flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Ryan grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar was
called out on strikes; Cardenas singled to center; Pinson popped
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 4TH: Thompson struck out; Darwin struck out; Borgmann
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Stephenson flied out to right; McMullen flied out to
right; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 5TH: Woodson was called out on strikes; Nettles struck
out; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Berry flied out to center; Stanton popped to second;
Ryan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 6TH: Braun walked; Killebrew walked [Braun to second];
Reese walked [Braun to third, Killebrew to second]; Thompson
singled to right [Braun scored, Killebrew to third, Reese to
second]; CLARK REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Darwin struck out;
Borgmann doubled to left [Killebrew scored, Reese scored,
Thompson to third]; Woodson hit into a double play to left
[Thompson out at home (left to catcher)]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar singled to center; Cardenas doubled to left
[Alomar to third]; Pinson grounded out (second to first) [Alomar
scored]; Stephenson grounded out (first unassisted); McMullen
homered [Cardenas scored]; Spencer popped to first in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 7TH: BARBER REPLACED SPENCER (PITCHING); OLIVER REPLACED
CLARK (PLAYING 1B); Nettles flied out to center; Carew singled
to pitcher; Carew was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Barber [Carew to second]; Braun grounded out (second to
first) [Carew to third]; Killebrew was walked intentionally;
Reese walked [Killebrew to second]; Thompson popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Berry grounded out (first unassisted); Stanton
struck out; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 8TH: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Borgmann
grounded out (shortstop to first); Woodson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar flied out to center; Cardenas grounded out
(pitcher to first); Pinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 9TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Carew flied
out to left; Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: BRYE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING LF); REESE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Stephenson grounded out (first to
pitcher); McMullen singled to right; PARKER RAN FOR MCMULLEN;
LLENAS BATTED FOR BARBER; Llenas grounded out (second to first)
[Parker to second]; Berry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.