Ken Berry drove in all of the Angels' runs in a 4-2 victory over Oakland which knocked the A's out of the lead in the A. L. West and moved California within two games of first place. The Athletics' Vida Blue, bidding for his fourth straight win, walked Bob Oliver and Richie Scheinblum in the second. Berry followed with a three-run homer, then drove home the final Angel run with a ninth-inning single. Deron Johnson's solo home run put the Athletics on the scoreboard in the second.

The A's drove starter Clyde Wright to the showers in the seventh on back-to-back doubles by Joe Rudi and Ray Fosse. Reliever Dave Sells came on to retire the side, but needed help in the ninth from Steve Barber after walking Reggie Jackson, hitting Gene Tenace and getting a 3-and-0 count on Rudi. Barber completed the walk to Rudi to load the bases, but got Fosse on a long fly. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Monday, July      2, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  9  0
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  3  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .210      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     1   0   .282
Llenas 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .293      North cf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .270
  Gallagher 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Robinson dh           3   0   1   0     1   0   .248      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .297
Oliver rf             3   1   0   0     1   3   .230      Johnson dh            3   1   1   1     1   0   .258
  Stanton lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Epstein 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Rudi lf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .240
Scheinblum lf,rf      3   2   2   0     1   0   .263      Fosse c               2   0   1   1     2   0   .263
Berry cf              4   1   2   4     0   1   .301      Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  DaVanon pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .281        McKinney ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
  Pinson cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Meoli ss              4   0   2   0     0   1   .208        Trillo 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Torborg c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .180        Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   9   4     4   8             Totals               30   2   3   2     7   3

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 33,407
Left on Base: Angels 4, A's 9
DP: Angels 0, A's 2
Doubles: Rudi (14), Fosse (13)
Home Runs: Berry (3), Johnson (9)
Caught Stealing: DaVanon (2)
GIDP: Llenas (2)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (9,by Sells)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(7-10)          6.1   3   2   2   4   2   1  26   2.86
Sells                   1.1   0   0   0   3   0   0   8   1.44
Barber SV(3)            1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.27
Totals                  9     3   2   2   7   3   1  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(7-4)             9     9   4   4   4   8   1  35   3.66
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   8   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Sells (4)
Wild Pitches: Blue 2 (8)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar lined to first; Llenas struck out; Robinson
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris lined to pitcher; North struck out;
Bando grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver walked; Blue threw a wild pitch [Oliver to
second]; Epstein flied to left; Scheinblum walked; Berry homered
[Oliver scored, Scheinblum scored]; Meoli singled to shortstop;
Torborg flied to center; Alomar singled to right [Meoli out at
third (right to third)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnson
homered; Tenace popped to first in foul territory; Rudi struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Llenas flied to center; Robinson walked; Oliver
struck out; Epstein flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse walked; Green grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Fosse to second]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); North grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Scheinblum grounded out (third to first); Berry
grounded out (second to first); Meoli flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando flied to left; Jackson popped to shortstop;
Johnson walked; Tenace popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Torborg walked; Alomar was called out on strikes;
Llenas grounded into a double play (second to first) [Torborg
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Fosse walked;
Green lined to right; Campaneris walked [Fosse to second]; North
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
3, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
struck out; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando flied to center; Jackson popped to third;
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Angels 3, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Scheinblum singled to left [Scheinblum out at second
(left to second)]; Berry struck out; Meoli singled to center;
Torborg flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace lined to third; Rudi doubled to left;
Fosse doubled to left [Rudi scored]; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR GREEN;
SELLS REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); McKinney walked; LEWIS RAN FOR
MCKINNEY; Campaneris flied to right; North grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 2.

ANGELS 8TH: TRILLO REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); Alomar grounded
out (shortstop to first); Llenas singled to left; Robinson
singled to center [Llenas to second]; Robinson was picked off
first (catcher to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 3, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED LLENAS (PLAYING 3B); STANTON
REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); SCHEINBLUM CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
walked; Johnson flied to center; Tenace was hit by a pitch
[Jackson to second]; BARBER REPLACED SELLS (PITCHING); Rudi
walked (walk was charged to Sells) [Jackson to third, Tenace to
second]; Fosse lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 3,
Athletics 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Epstein grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scheinblum singled to third; Blue threw a wild pitch [Scheinblum
to second]; Berry singled to left [Scheinblum scored]; DAVANON
RAN FOR BERRY; Meoli struck out while DaVanon was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: PINSON REPLACED DAVANON (PLAYING CF); MANGUAL
BATTED FOR TRILLO; Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris grounded out (second to first); North struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 2.