A loser of five previous decisions, Blue Moon Odom gained his first victory of the season when the Athletics defeated the Rangers, 4-2. Odom was lifted after five innings. Horacio Pina and Paul Lindblad finished. Deron Johnson and Bill North each had two hits for the A's. Johnson crossed the plate twice, once on a single by North. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       12, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  1  0    0  1  1    1  0  0  -   4 11  1
Rangers      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   2   0     0   0   .299      Harris 2b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .160
Rudi lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .246      Harrah 3b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Johnson lf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .314
  Hegan 1b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Epstein 1b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .160
Jackson rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .284      Carty dh              3   1   1   0     1   1   .176
Johnson dh            4   2   2   0     0   1   .276      Burroughs rf          1   0   1   1     2   0   .256
Bando 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .262      Mason ss              4   0   1   0     0   3   .308
Fosse c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .286      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Green 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .224        Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
North cf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .263        Grieve cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Suarez c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .297
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sudakis ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .176
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  11   4     2   4             Totals               33   2   8   2     5   8

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 17,075
Left on Base: A's 9, Rangers 11
DP: A's 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Jackson
Doubles: Campaneris (2), Fosse (4), Carty (3), Sudakis (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (4), Jackson (2), Burroughs (2)
GIDP: Biittner (2)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (2,by Broberg), Johnson (1,by Pina)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(1-5)             5     5   1   1   5   7   0  25   5.48
Pina                    3.2   3   1   1   0   1   0  14   2.22
Lindblad SV(1)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  11.45
Totals                  9     8   2   2   5   8   0  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(0-4)          5.1   7   3   3   2   1   0  25   6.17
Dunning                 3.2   4   1   1   0   3   0  15   5.82
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   4   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Pina (2), Broberg (4)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim Evans


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace was hit by a pitch;
Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harris grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson singled to center;
Epstein flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson singled to left; Bando flied to left;
Fosse popped to second; Green singled to right [Johnson to
second]; North singled to left [Johnson scored, Green to
second]; Campaneris flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Carty flied to right; Burroughs walked; Mason
struck out; Maddox lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
popped to catcher in foul territory; Jackson popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Suarez grounded out (third to first); Harris
singled to right; Harrah singled to right [Harris to third];
Johnson singled to second [Harris scored, Harrah to second];
Epstein forced Johnson (second to shortstop) [Harrah to third];
Carty struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson lined to shortstop; Bando flied to left;
Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs singled to left; Mason struck out; Maddox
struck out; Suarez walked [Burroughs to second]; Harris walked
[Burroughs to third, Suarez to second]; Harrah struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green flied to center; North singled to center;
Campaneris doubled to right [North to third]; Rudi hit a
sacrifice fly to right [North scored, Campaneris to third];
Tenace grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein
struck out; Carty walked; Burroughs walked [Carty to second];
Mason struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson singled to right; Johnson singled to left
[Jackson to second]; Jackson was picked off second (pitcher to
second); Bando walked [Johnson to second]; Fosse walked [Johnson
to third, Bando to second]; DUNNING REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING);
Green grounded out (second to first) [Johnson scored, Bando to
third, Fosse to second]; North lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: PINA REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Maddox grounded out
(pitcher to first); Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Harris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris singled to right; Rudi singled to
right [Campaneris to third]; Tenace lined to second; Jackson hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Campaneris scored, Rudi to second];
Johnson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers
1.

RANGERS 7TH: HEGAN REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING 1B); Harrah grounded
out (third to first); Johnson lined to shortstop; Epstein
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando singled to left; Fosse doubled to center
[Bando to third]; Green popped to catcher in foul territory;
North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Carty doubled to right [Carty to third (error by
Jackson)]; Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carty
scored]; Mason singled to left; BIITTNER BATTED FOR MADDOX;
Biittner grounded into a double play (second to first) [Mason
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GRIEVE REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING CF); Rudi
struck out; Hegan was called out on strikes; Jackson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: SUDAKIS BATTED FOR SUAREZ; Sudakis doubled to
right; Harris grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah grounded
out (pitcher to first); Johnson was hit by a pitch; LINDBLAD
REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Epstein popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 2.