Nolan Ryan, winning his second straight complete game, allowed only five hits and struck out 11 while pitching the Angels to a 4-1 victory over the Twins. Vada Pinson homered in the first inning and drove in another run with a single in the third before the Angels wrapped things up for Ryan with two tallies in the fifth on a single by Ken Berry, double by Jim Spencer and single by Bobby Valentine. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     11, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  1
Angels       1  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle cf              5   0   1   1     0   3   .318      Alomar 2b             3   1   0   0     0   0   .176
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Valentine ss          4   0   2   1     0   0   .476
Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .211      Pinson rf             4   1   2   2     0   1   .333
Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      McCraw lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Lis 1b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .167      Oliver dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Braun 3b              2   0   1   0     2   1   .222      Stephenson c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .188
Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .100      Berry cf              3   1   2   0     0   1   .353
Roof c                2   0   0   0     0   2   .222      Spencer 1b            3   1   2   1     0   0   .143
  Brye ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Meoli 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .500
  Mitterwald c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holt lf               3   1   1   0     1   2   .385
Hands p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Decker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     5  11             Totals               31   4   9   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  6,946
Left on Base: Twins 9, Angels 5
DP: Twins 0, Angels 1
Errors: Hisle, Alomar
Doubles: Hisle (2), Spencer (1)
Triples: Holt (1)
Home Runs: Pinson (1)
Caught Stealing: Pinson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Alomar (1)
GIDP: Oliva (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands L(1-1)            5     7   4   4   0   3   1  21   4.15
Decker                  3     2   0   0   1   1   0  12   0.00
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   4   1  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(2-0)             9     5   1   1   5  11   0  37   1.50
Totals                  9     5   1   1   5  11   0  37

Passed Balls: Stephenson (4)
Wild Pitches: Decker (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips


TWINS 1ST: Hisle struck out; Carew flied out to center; Darwin
singled to right; Oliva lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Valentine
popped to shortstop; Pinson homered; McCraw was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 1.

TWINS 2ND: Lis grounded out (pitcher to first); Braun walked;
Stephenson allowed a passed ball [Braun to second]; Thompson
popped to first in foul territory; Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver struck out; Stephenson grounded out (pitcher
to first); Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Angels 1.

TWINS 3RD: Holt walked; Hisle was called out on strikes; Carew
singled to left [Holt to third]; Darwin reached on an error by
Alomar (assist by Valentine) [Carew to second]; Oliva grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Darwin out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Spencer singled to left; Meoli forced Spencer
(pitcher to shortstop); Alomar forced Meoli (first to
shortstop); Valentine singled to center [Alomar to third];
Pinson singled to center [Valentine to third, Alomar scored];
Pinson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

TWINS 4TH: Lis popped to catcher in foul territory; Braun struck
out; Thompson walked; Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: McCraw grounded out (catcher to first); Oliver flied
out to center; Stephenson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

TWINS 5TH: Holt struck out; Hisle flied out to right; Carew
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Berry singled to center [Berry to second (error by
Hisle)]; Spencer doubled to right [Berry scored]; Meoli popped
to shortstop; Alomar grounded out (second to first) [Spencer to
third]; Valentine singled to left [Spencer scored]; Pinson flied
out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 4.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva lined
to second; Lis walked; Braun walked [Lis to second]; Thompson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Angels 4.

ANGELS 6TH: DECKER REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING); McCraw popped to
second; Oliver flied out to right; Stephenson singled to center;
Berry singled to right [Stephenson to second]; Spencer popped to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 4.

TWINS 7TH: BRYE BATTED FOR ROOF; Brye was called out on strikes;
Holt tripled to right; Hisle doubled to right [Holt scored];
Carew flied out to center; Darwin popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 4.

ANGELS 7TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED BRYE (PLAYING C ); Meoli walked;
Alomar out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Meoli to
second]; Decker threw a wild pitch [Meoli to third]; Valentine
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 4.

TWINS 8TH: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Lis was
called out on strikes; Braun singled to center; Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: McCraw lined to shortstop; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stephenson popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 4.

TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald struck out; Holt struck out; Hisle was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 4.