Although held to only four hits, the Rangers were able to defeat the Angels, 4-2. The Rangers scored a run without the benefit of a hit in the first inning. Dave Nelson walked, stole second, took third on an infield out by Toby Harrah and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Mike Epstein.

In the third, Epstein singled and scored on a double by Rico Carty. Alex Johnson singled to drive in Carty and took third when Vada Pinson misplayed the ball in right field. Dick Billings followed with a sacrifice fly to score Johnson. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, California Angels 2
Game Played on Friday, April     13, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  8  2
Rangers      1  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  4  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .238      Nelson 2b             2   1   0   0     1   0   .091
Valentine ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .440        Mason 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pinson rf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   3   .273      Harrah ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .263
Howard lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Epstein 1b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .211
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Carty lf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .105
  DaVanon 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grieve lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Oliver dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .125      Johnson dh            3   1   1   0     0   0   .421
Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .176      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Berry cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .350      Billings c            2   0   0   1     0   1   .100
Meoli 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .375      Lovitto 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .118
  Stanton ph,rf       1   1   1   1     0   0  1.000      Harris cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kusnyer c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Paul p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   8   2     2   6             Totals               25   4   4   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 11,047
Left on Base: Angels 5, Rangers 2
DP: Angels 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Pinson, Meoli
Doubles: Stanton (1), Carty (1)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (1), Alomar (5), Nelson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Epstein (1), Billings (1)
GIDP: Berry 2 (4), Epstein (1)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(0-2)           8     4   4   3   2   3   0  30   5.40
Totals                  8     4   4   3   2   3   0  30

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paul W(1-0)             7     7   2   2   1   4   0  27   4.00
Foucault SV(1)          2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   6   0  34

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to center; Valentine forced Alomar
(third to second); Pinson struck out; Valentine stole second;
Howard flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson walked; Nelson stole second; Harrah grounded
out (first unassisted) [Nelson to third]; Epstein hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Nelson scored]; Carty flied out to
right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver singled to center; Spencer flied out to left;
Berry singled to left [Oliver out at third (left to third),
Berry to second (on throw)]; Meoli struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Burroughs
grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Kusnyer grounded out (second to first); Alomar flied
out to left; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto lined to shortstop; Harris reached on an
error by Meoli; Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Harris to second]; Harrah lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); Howard
popped to third; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Epstein singled to right; Carty doubled to center
[Epstein scored]; Johnson singled to right [Carty scored (error
by Pinson), Johnson to third]; Burroughs was called out on
strikes; Billings hit a sacrifice fly to right [Johnson scored
(unearned)]; Lovitto struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Spencer singled to left; Berry grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spencer out at
second]; Meoli flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Harris flied out to center; Nelson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Harrah singled to center; Epstein grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers
4.

ANGELS 6TH: Kusnyer was called out on strikes; Alomar grounded
out (third to first); Valentine singled to center; Pinson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
flied out to center; Burroughs flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 4.

ANGELS 7TH: GRIEVE REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Howard grounded
out (third to first); Oliver popped to first; Spencer flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Billings was called out on strikes; Lovitto
grounded out (third to first); Harris grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Berry walked; STANTON BATTED FOR MEOLI; Stanton
doubled to center [Berry scored]; Kusnyer singled to right
[Stanton to third]; FOUCAULT REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING); Alomar
singled to center [Stanton scored, Kusnyer to second]; Valentine
flied out to right [Kusnyer to third]; Alomar stole second;
Pinson struck out; MCCRAW BATTED FOR HOWARD; McCraw struck out;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: STANTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DAVANON REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING 3B);
Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah walked; Epstein
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers
4.

ANGELS 9TH: MASON REPLACED NELSON (PLAYING 2B); Oliver grounded
out (pitcher to first); Spencer walked; Berry grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 4.