Although Nolan Ryan's shutout streak was broken, the fireballing righthander pitched the Angels to a 2-1 victory to split a doubleheader with the Athletics, who smashed three homers among their 12 hits to win the first game, 10-5. Matty Alou and Gene Tenace each homered with a man on base in the second inning of the lidlifter and Blue Moon Odom added a circuit clout in the fifth. Alou's homer was his first in the A. L. since coming to the A's from the Cardinals.

Ryan's streak of 34 scoreless innings was snapped at the outset of the nightcap when Bert Campaneris beat out a bunt, took second on a sacrifice, stole third and counted on a sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson. The Angels tied the score with an unearned run in the fifth and put over the winning run in the sixth on a triple by Vada Pinson and single by Ken McMullen. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, California Angels 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  0  -   5 12  0
A's          4  4  0    1  1  0    0  0  x  -  10 12  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   1   3   0     0   0   .258      Campaneris ss         3   1   2   0     1   0   .241
Berry cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .296        Kubiak 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Pinson lf,rf,1b       5   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Alou rf               3   2   1   2     0   0   .305
Oliver 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .274        Mangual rf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .245
  Motton pr,lf        2   1   1   1     0   1   .159      Rudi lf               3   2   1   0     1   0   .315
McMullen 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Lewis lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jackson cf            2   2   1   1     1   0   .256
  Coletta ph,rf       1   1   1   1     0   0   .261        Hendrick cf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .170
Cardenas ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Tenace c              5   2   3   3     0   0   .216
  Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Epstein 1b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .272
  Llenas ph,3b        2   0   0   0     0   2   .271        Mincher 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Stanton rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Bando 3b              1   0   0   1     0   0   .231
  Foster p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cullen 3b           1   0   1   1     1   0   .254
  Parker ss           3   1   1   1     0   0   .147      Maxvill 2b,ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Stephenson c          4   0   1   1     0   0   .267      Odom p                4   1   1   1     0   2   .143
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Spencer lf,1b       4   0   1   0     0   1   .225
  Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               37   5  12   4     1   4             Totals               36  10  12  10     4   4

Time of Game: 2:22
Left on Base: Angels 8, A's 7
DP: Angels 0, A's 1
Errors: Lewis
Doubles: Motton (1), Parker (1), Epstein (13)
Home Runs: Alou (1), Tenace (4), Odom (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Berry (11)
GIDP: Stephenson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Stanton (3,by Odom), Bando (8,by Foster)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(14-9)          1.1   6   7   7   2   1   1  12   3.34
Foster                  2.1   4   2   2   1   1   1  13   6.52
Dukes                   1.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   6   2.00
Sells                   2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.86
Barber                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.00
Totals                  8    12  10  10   4   4   3  41

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(13-4)            9    12   5   5   1   4   0  40   2.30
Totals                  9    12   5   5   1   4   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Foster (2), Odom (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to center; Berry out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Alomar to second]; Pinson flied out
to left; Oliver lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris walked; Alou forced Campaneris (third
to second); Rudi walked [Alou to second]; Jackson singled to
center [Rudi to third, Alou scored]; Tenace singled to left
[Jackson to second, Rudi scored]; Epstein singled to right
[Tenace to third, Jackson scored]; Bando forced Epstein (pitcher
to second) [Tenace scored]; Maxvill grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 4.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen made an out to third; Cardenas singled to
left; Stanton was hit by a pitch [Cardenas to second];
Stephenson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Stanton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Odom struck out; Campaneris singled to center;
Alou homered [Campaneris scored]; Rudi singled to left; FOSTER
REPLACED STANTON (PITCHING); SPENCER REPLACED WRIGHT (PLAYING
LF); PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Jackson flied out to
right; Tenace homered [Rudi scored]; Epstein doubled to center;
Bando was hit by a pitch; Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to
first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 8.

ANGELS 3RD: Spencer lined to shortstop; Alomar flied out to
center; Berry walked; Pinson flied to left in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Odom struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 8.

ANGELS 4TH: CULLEN REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); Oliver grounded
out (third to first); McMullen flied out to center; Cardenas
made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics
8.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson
walked; Tenace singled to right [Jackson to second]; Epstein
flied out to left; Cullen singled to center [Tenace to third,
Jackson scored]; DUKES REPLACED CARDENAS (PITCHING); PARKER
REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING SS); Maxvill flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 9.

ANGELS 5TH: HENDRICK REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING CF); MANGUAL
REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING RF); MINCHER REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING
1B); Parker made an out to third; Stephenson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Spencer singled to right; Alomar singled to
left [Spencer to second]; Berry popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Odom homered; Campaneris singled to right;
Mangual forced Campaneris (second to shortstop); Rudi flied out
to left; Hendrick popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 10.

ANGELS 6TH: KUBIAK REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING 2B); LEWIS
REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); MAXVILL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); Pinson flied out to right; Oliver singled to center; MOTTON
RAN FOR OLIVER; McMullen forced Motton (third to second); LLENAS
BATTED FOR DUKES; Llenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 10.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MOTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LLENAS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SELLS REPLACED MCMULLEN (PITCHING);
SPENCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Tenace flied out to
left; Mincher grounded out (second to first); Cullen walked;
Maxvill grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 10.

ANGELS 7TH: Parker made an out to third; Stephenson grounded out
(first to pitcher); Spencer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 10.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Odom grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak
grounded out (first to pitcher); Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 10.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar singled to third; Berry singled to center
[Alomar to second]; Pinson flied out to left [Berry to second,
Alomar to third]; Motton doubled to center [Berry to third,
Alomar scored]; COLETTA BATTED FOR SELLS; Coletta singled to
left [Motton to third, Berry scored]; Llenas struck out; Parker
doubled to left [Coletta scored (error by Lewis) (no RBI),
Motton scored]; Stephenson singled to center [Parker scored];
Spencer grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 5, Athletics 10.

ATHLETICS 8TH: COLETTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BARBER REPLACED SPENCER
(PITCHING); Lewis grounded out (second to first); Hendrick
struck out; Tenace made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 5, Athletics 10.

ANGELS 9TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Berry
grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson singled to center;
Motton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
5, Athletics 10.