Victimized by two unearned runs, Wilbur Wood was turned back in a bid for his 25th victory and suffered his 14th defeat instead when the White Sox lost to the Angels, 3-1. In the second inning, Bob Oliver struck out but reached first safely on a passed ball. Doug Howard forced Oliver and then scored when Leroy Stanton singled and Luis Alvarado booted the ball chasing it in short left field. In the third, Andy Messersmith beat out a bunt, stole second, advanced to third on Alvarado's error in failing to cover the base and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Sandy Alomar. [The Sporting News] |
California Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 17, 1972 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 Angels 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 x - 3 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Alomar 2b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .252 Johnstone cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .184 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 D. Allen 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .312 Pinson cf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .290 May lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .296 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 H. Allen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howard lf 3 2 1 0 0 0 .348 Andrews 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .225 Berry cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Spiezio 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236 McMullen 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .273 Herrmann c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Stanton rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Alvarado ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Torborg c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .193 Lyttle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Messersmith p 1 1 1 0 1 0 .205 Morales ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Wood p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .136 Totals 31 1 4 1 3 11 Totals 30 3 7 2 2 8 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 6,262 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Angels 7 DP: White Sox 0, Angels 0 Errors: Alvarado 2 Doubles: McMullen (18) Stolen Bases: D. Allen (19), Messersmith (1) Caught Stealing: Pinson (6) Sacrifice Hits: Messersmith (2) Sacrifice Flies: Alomar (3) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood L(24-14) 8 7 3 1 2 8 0 34 2.34 Totals 8 7 3 1 2 8 0 34 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Messersmith W(7-9) 9 4 1 1 3 11 0 34 2.98 Totals 9 4 1 1 3 11 0 34 Passed Balls: Herrmann 2 (15) Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to center; Johnstone grounded out (second to first); D. Allen walked; May walked [D. Allen to second]; Andrews grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Spiezio singled to center; Herrmann made an out to second; Alvarado flied out to left; Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Oliver struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Howard forced Oliver (third to second); McMullen flied out to right; Stanton singled to center [Howard scored (error by Alvarado) (unearned) (no RBI), Stanton to second]; Torborg grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Johnstone struck out; D. Allen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 3RD: Messersmith singled to third; Messersmith stole second [Messersmith to third (error by Alvarado)]; Alomar hit a sacrifice fly to center [Messersmith scored (unearned)]; Cardenas made an out to second; Pinson struck out (catcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews singled to center; Spiezio flied out to right; Herrmann made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); McMullen singled to second; Stanton lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Alvarado struck out; Wood was called out on strikes; Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Torborg singled to left; Messersmith out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Torborg to second]; Alomar struck out; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnstone struck out; D. Allen walked; D. Allen stole second; May struck out; Andrews singled to left [D. Allen scored]; Spiezio flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Pinson struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Pinson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Oliver struck out; Howard singled to left; McMullen doubled to left [Howard scored]; Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: BERRY REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING CF); PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Herrmann flied out to right; LYTTLE BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Lyttle grounded out (first unassisted); Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED LYTTLE (PLAYING SS); Torborg flied out to right; Messersmith walked; Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first) [Messersmith to second]; Cardenas grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly struck out; Johnstone flied out to left; D. Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 8TH: Pinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry walked; McMullen singled to left [Berry to third]; Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: May singled to second; H. ALLEN RAN FOR MAY; Andrews was called out on strikes; Spiezio struck out; Herrmann flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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