The departure of Rich Hand after seven innings of pitching proved to be exactly what the A's needed to defeat the Rangers, 7-2. Hand allowed only three hits and was leading, 2-1, when he was removed for a pinch-hitter. Jim Panther took the mound in the eighth and the A's fell on him, Steve Lawson and Pete Broberg for six runs, all unearned as far as team pitching records were concerned, to break the game wide open. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1972 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  6  0  -   7  7  2
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  6  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   2   1     0   0   .245      Nelson lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .233
Rudi lf               4   1   0   1     0   1   .307      Harrah ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .268
Alou rf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .306      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Jackson cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Billings c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Epstein 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .279      Lovitto cf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .223
  Odom pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .140      Biittner 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .273
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martinez 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Tenace c              2   1   0   0     2   0   .210      Ragland 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Bando 3b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .231        Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Maxvill 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .220        Lawson p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Marquez ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .286        Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .080
  Lewis pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Hand p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .152
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Harris 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .106
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Cullen 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Holtzman p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Mincher ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Hegan ph,1b         1   1   0   0     1   0   .292

Totals               33   7   7   6     4   2             Totals               33   2   6   2     0   7

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  3,565
Left on Base: A's 4, Rangers 4
DP: A's 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Tenace, Bando, Harrah, Harris
Triples: Nelson (3)
Stolen Bases: Lewis (3), Odom (3), Lovitto (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (14)
GIDP: Bando 2 (10), Martinez (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman                5     3   1   1   0   6   0  19   2.62
Fingers W(8-6)          2     2   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.64
Locker SV(9)            2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.11
Totals                  9     6   2   2   0   7   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand                    7     3   1   1   2   0   0  25   3.06
Panther L(5-9)          0.1   2   4   0   0   0   0   5   4.34
Lawson                  0.1   1   1   0   0   1   0   2   1.93
Broberg                 1.1   1   1   0   2   1   0   6   4.45
Totals                  9     7   7   1   4   2   0  38

Wild Pitches: Broberg (13)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi reached on an error by Harrah; Alou flied out to center;
Jackson forced Rudi (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson tripled to right; Harrah singled to right
[Nelson scored]; Ford grounded out (third to first) [Harrah to
second]; Billings was called out on strikes; Lovitto flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein walked; Tenace made an out to first;
Bando grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Epstein out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Martinez
made an out to shortstop; Ragland struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first);
Holtzman grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Hand was called out on strikes; Nelson made an out
to second; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
popped to catcher in foul territory; Jackson grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Ford flied out to left; Billings grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lovitto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Tenace
walked; Bando grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Biittner singled to first; Martinez reached on an
error by Bando [Biittner to second]; Ragland forced Biittner
(third to shortstop) [Martinez to second]; Hand was called out
on strikes; Nelson forced Ragland (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MARQUEZ BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Marquez singled to
left; LEWIS RAN FOR MARQUEZ; MINCHER BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; Lewis
stole second; Mincher grounded out (first unassisted) [Lewis to
third]; Campaneris singled to center [Lewis scored]; Rudi forced
Campaneris (shortstop to second); Alou singled to center [Rudi
to second]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: KUBIAK REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); FINGERS
REPLACED MINCHER (PITCHING); Harrah flied out to left; Ford made
an out to second; Billings flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein popped to catcher in foul territory;
Tenace flied out to left; Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: On a bunt Lovitto singled to pitcher; Lovitto stole
second [Lovitto to third (error by Tenace)]; Biittner singled to
right [Lovitto scored]; Martinez grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Biittner out at second]; Ragland made an out
to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR KUBIAK; PANTHER REPLACED
RAGLAND (PITCHING); HARRIS REPLACED HAND (PLAYING 2B); Mangual
flied out to right; HEGAN BATTED FOR FINGERS; Hegan reached on
an error by Harris; Campaneris singled to center [Hegan to
third]; Rudi reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[Campaneris to second, Hegan scored (unearned)]; Alou singled to
center [Rudi to second, Campaneris scored (unearned)]; LAWSON
REPLACED PANTHER (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; Epstein singled
to right [Alou to third, Rudi scored (unearned)]; ODOM RAN FOR
EPSTEIN; BROBERG REPLACED LAWSON (PITCHING); Odom stole second;
Tenace walked; Broberg threw a wild pitch [Tenace to second,
Odom to third, Alou scored (unearned)]; Bando singled to right
[Tenace scored (unearned), Odom scored (unearned), Bando out at
second (right to shortstop to first)]; 6 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 7, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); CULLEN REPLACED
MANGUAL (PLAYING 2B); HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Harris
grounded out (first to pitcher); Nelson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Harrah made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 7, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Cullen flied out to right; Hegan walked;
Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Ford struck out; Billings grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lovitto singled to right; Biittner flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Rangers 2.