Bobby Valentine slammed into the center field fence and suffered a fractured leg chasing a three-run homer by Dick Green in the second inning of the Athletics' 4-0 victory over the Angels. Reggie Jackson led off the inning with a triple and, after two out, Ray Fosse walked before Green hit a drive that bounced off the top of the fence. Bill North accounted for the A's last run with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, California Angels 0
Game Played on Thursday, May       17, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  3  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Pinson lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Rudi lf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Alomar 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .189
Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278        McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Jackson rf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .291      Valentine cf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .245        Berry cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .312
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .242      Robinson dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Fosse c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .288      Oliver rf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .253
Green 2b              4   1   2   3     0   0   .219      Gallagher 3b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .278
North cf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .270      Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Meoli ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                          Torborg c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
                                                            Grabarkewitz ph     1   0   0   0     0   0   .163
                                                            Kusnyer c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                          May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   4     3   5             Totals               30   0   5   0     1   1

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 11,481
Left on Base: A's 7, Angels 4
DP: A's 1, Angels 1
Triples: Jackson (1)
Home Runs: Green (1), North (1)
Caught Stealing: Campaneris (3)
GIDP: Rudi (4), Spencer (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(4-2)           9     5   0   0   1   1   0  31   3.66
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   1   0  31

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(4-3)              6     5   4   4   2   4   2  25   2.12
Allen                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3  10.38
Barber                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.00
Sells                   1     3   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.32
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   5   2  38

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi flied to left; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Pinson popped to shortstop; Alomar grounded out
(pitcher to first); Valentine singled to center [Valentine out
at second (center to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson tripled to right; Johnson struck out;
Bando was called out on strikes; Fosse walked; Green homered
[Jackson scored, Fosse scored]; BERRY REPLACED VALENTINE
(PLAYING CF); North grounded out (third to first); Bobby
Valentine left with unknown injury; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Robinson flied to center; Oliver singled to center;
Gallagher walked [Oliver to second]; Spencer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gallagher out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
singled to left; Tenace singled to left [Rudi to second];
Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Johnson popped to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Meoli flied to center; Torborg grounded out (third
to first); Pinson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando popped to second; Fosse flied to center;
Green flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Alomar flied to left; Berry popped to catcher in
foul territory; Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North homered; Campaneris grounded out (first to
pitcher); Rudi lined to left; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Oliver popped to shortstop; Gallagher grounded out
(second to first); Spencer singled to right; Meoli grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson was called out on strikes; Johnson
grounded out (second to first); Bando walked; Fosse forced Bando
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR TORBORG; Grabarkewitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Alomar singled to left; Berry flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KUSNYER REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PLAYING C ); ALLEN
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Green popped to shortstop; North
singled to second; Campaneris forced North (pitcher to second);
Campaneris was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Robinson popped to first in foul territory; Oliver
struck out; Gallagher flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BARBER REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Rudi flied to
right; Tenace popped to first in foul territory; Jackson singled
to center; Johnson walked [Jackson to second]; Bando grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Angels
0.

ANGELS 8TH: Spencer lined to center; Meoli lined to center;
Kusnyer lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SELLS REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING); Fosse singled
to center; Green singled to center [Fosse to second]; North
struck out; Campaneris singled to left [Fosse to third, Green to
second]; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Pinson grounded out (second to first); MCCRAW BATTED
FOR ALOMAR; McCraw flied to center; Berry singled to center;
Robinson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Angels 0.