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Friday June 22, 1973
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The Angels rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Twins, 4-3. Singles by Mike Epstein, Richie Scheinblum, Al Gallagher and Bob Oliver provided the tying tallies. Jerry DaVanon, running for Gallagher, took third on Oliver's pinch hit and scored the winning run on a single by Sandy Alomar. [The Sporting News]


California Angels 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, June 22, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  3  -   4 10  1
Twins        0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b,ss,2b       5   1   2   1     0   1   .215      Terrell ss            3   1   2   1     0   0   .314
Pinson lf             5   0   1   0     0   3   .261        Killebrew ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Robinson dh           3   0   1   1     1   0   .255      Monzon 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .360
Epstein 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .204      Darwin rf             4   0   2   2     0   2   .275
Scheinblum rf         4   0   3   0     0   0   .275      Walton dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Stanton pr,rf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .231      Lis 1b                3   0   0   0     0   2   .175
Berry cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Braun 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Gallagher 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .283      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   2   .233
  DaVanon pr,ss       0   1   0   0     0   0   .292      Adams lf              2   1   1   0     1   0   .083
Meoli ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
  McCraw ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .203      Brye cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .167
  Kusnyer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .146        Oliva ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Oliver ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .244        Carew pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .330
  Grabarkewitz 3b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .161      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torborg c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Llenas ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .323
  Stephenson c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   4     2   4             Totals               34   3   9   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 14,237
Left on Base: Angels 7, Twins 7
DP: Angels 2, Twins 1
Errors: Meoli
Stolen Bases: Alomar (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Berry (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Terrell (3)
GIDP: Epstein (5), Braun (4)
Hit by Pitch: Lis (1,by Sells)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May                     6.1   7   3   1   1   5   0  27   2.82
Sells W(3-1)            2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   1.59
Totals                  9     9   3   1   1   6   0  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(1-2)           8.1   8   4   4   2   4   0  34   5.09
Sanders                 0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.20
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   4   0  38

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (7)
Hit by Pitch: Sells (3)
Wild Pitches: May (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Jim Honochick


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Pinson struck out; Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Terrell grounded out (second to first); Monzon
singled to center; Darwin singled to center [Monzon to second];
Walton lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Monzon
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Scheinblum
grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Lis struck out; Braun grounded out (second to first);
Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Gallagher lined to center; Meoli grounded out
(second to first); Torborg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Adams grounded out (third to first); Brye grounded
out (third to first); Terrell singled to right; Monzon reached
on an error by Meoli [Terrell to third, Monzon to second];
Darwin singled to center [Terrell scored (unearned), Monzon
scored (unearned)]; Walton flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Alomar singled to right; Mitterwald allowed a passed
ball [Alomar to second]; Alomar stole third; Pinson struck out;
Robinson singled to left [Alomar scored]; Epstein flied out to
center; Scheinblum singled to left [Robinson to second]; Berry
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Lis struck out; Braun grounded out (second to first);
Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 1, Twins 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Gallagher grounded out (second to first); Meoli
grounded out (third to first); Torborg lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Adams singled to shortstop; Brye singled to right
[Adams to third, Brye to second (on throw)]; Terrell hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Adams scored]; Monzon flied out to
right; Darwin struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins
3.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar flied out to left; Pinson singled to pitcher;
Robinson walked [Pinson to second]; Epstein grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Robinson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Walton grounded out (third to first); Lis grounded
out (third to first); Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Scheinblum singled to right; Berry grounded out
(pitcher unassisted) [Scheinblum to second]; Gallagher flied out
to center; MCCRAW BATTED FOR MEOLI; McCraw walked; LLENAS BATTED
FOR TORBORG; Llenas forced McCraw (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: ALOMAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); KUSNYER
REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING C ); LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
2B); Mitterwald singled to left; May threw a wild pitch
[Mitterwald to second]; Adams walked; Brye forced Adams (third
to shortstop) [Mitterwald to third]; SELLS REPLACED MAY
(PITCHING); Terrell singled to shortstop [Mitterwald stayed at
third, Brye to second]; Monzon flied out to left; Darwin was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar flied out to right; Pinson struck out;
Robinson grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Walton grounded out (pitcher to first); Lis was hit
by a pitch; Braun grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Lis out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Twins 3.

ANGELS 9TH: Epstein singled to shortstop; Scheinblum singled to
right [Epstein to second]; STANTON RAN FOR SCHEINBLUM; Berry out
on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Epstein to third,
Stanton to second]; Gallagher singled to right [Epstein scored,
Stanton to third]; DAVANON RAN FOR GALLAGHER; OLIVER BATTED FOR
KUSNYER; SANDERS REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Oliver singled to
left [Stanton scored, DaVanon to second]; Llenas flied out to
center [DaVanon to third]; Alomar singled to center [DaVanon
scored, Oliver to second]; Pinson grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: ALOMAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); STANTON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DAVANON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS);
STEPHENSON REPLACED LLENAS (PLAYING C ); GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED
OLIVER (PLAYING 3B); Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to
first); HOLT BATTED FOR ADAMS; Holt grounded out (shortstop to
first); OLIVA BATTED FOR BRYE; Oliva singled to right; CAREW RAN
FOR OLIVA; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR TERRELL; Killebrew popped to
catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 3.



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