A pair of three-run innings boosted the Angels to a 7-2 victory over the A's. After Brian Downing hit his sixth homer of the season to offset the A's first-inning run, the Angels notched three runs in the second on a wild pitch, single by Downing and sacrifice fly by Rod Carew.

A two-run single by Tim Foli and run-scoring single by Bob Boone accounted for three runs in the third inning. A's starter Matt Keough was ejected in that frame by third base umpire Rich Garcia after he ignored warnings to refrain from going to the nape of his neck. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 7, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Friday, April 23, 1982 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  1
Angels       1  3  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   7  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   2   1   0     1   0   .276      Downing lf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .297
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .109        Clark lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Meyer dh              4   0   1   1     0   0   .289      Lynn cf               2   0   0   0     3   0   .310
Armas rf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Carew 1b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .315
  Rudi rf             2   0   1   1     0   0   .258      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .216      Grich 2b              1   1   0   0     3   0   .324
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Baylor dh             3   2   1   0     1   1   .284
Lopes 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Beniquez rf           0   1   0   0     2   0   .222
  McKay 2b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Foli ss               4   1   2   2     0   0   .216
Heath c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Boone c               3   1   1   1     1   1   .314
Picciolo ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Forsch p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .043
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     2   1             Totals               25   7   7   6    10   4

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 36,585
Left on Base: A's 7, Angels 7
DP: A's 3, Angels 0
Errors: Murphy
Doubles: Henderson (4), Carew (4)
Home Runs: Downing (6)
Stolen Bases: Henderson 2 (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez 2 (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Carew (1)
GIDP: Baylor (2), Boone (2), Foli (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(2-1)           2     4   5   5   4   1   1  14   4.56
Jones                   6     3   2   2   6   3   0  24   4.30
Totals                  8     7   7   7  10   4   1  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(2-1)           9     7   2   2   2   1   0  36   2.36
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   1   0  36

Passed Balls: Heath (1)
Wild Pitches: Keough (1), Forsch (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Rich Garcia


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to right; Murphy flied out to
left; Henderson stole third; Meyer grounded out (second to
first) [Henderson scored]; Armas flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Downing homered; Lynn flied out to left; Carew
doubled to right; DeCinces popped to shortstop; Grich grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to center; Spencer popped to
second; Lopes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor walked; Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Baylor to second]; Foli singled to left
[Baylor to third]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Baylor scored,
Foli to second]; Boone walked; Downing singled to left [Foli
scored, Boone to second]; Lynn walked [Boone to third, Downing
to second]; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to center [Boone scored];
DeCinces struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels
4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
singled to right; Henderson forced Picciolo (shortstop to
second); Henderson stole second; Murphy grounded out (second to
first); Matt Keough ejected by 1B umpire Russ Goetz; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 4.

ANGELS 3RD: JONES REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Grich walked (walk
was charged to Keough); Baylor singled to center [Grich to
second]; Beniquez reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Grich to third, Baylor to second]; Foli singled to center
[Grich scored, Baylor scored, Beniquez to third (error by
Murphy)]; Boone singled to center [Beniquez scored, Foli out at
third (center to third), Boone to second (on throw)]; Downing
flied out to center; Lynn walked; Carew flied out to left; 3 R,
3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross popped to pitcher; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ANGELS 4TH: DeCinces flied out to right; Grich walked; Baylor
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Grich out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Lopes
singled to center; Heath flied out to left; Picciolo popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ANGELS 5TH: RUDI REPLACED ARMAS (PLAYING RF); Beniquez walked;
Foli popped to shortstop; Boone grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Murphy flied out to left; Meyer singled to right; Rudi
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ANGELS 6TH: MCKAY REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Downing grounded
out (third to first); Lynn walked; Carew forced Lynn (pitcher to
shortstop); DeCinces popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CLARK REPLACED DOWNING (PLAYING LF); Gross
walked; Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory; McKay
singled to left [Gross to second]; Heath flied out to center
[Gross to third]; BURROUGHS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Burroughs lined
to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ANGELS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING SS); Grich
walked; Heath allowed a passed ball [Grich to second]; Baylor
struck out; Beniquez walked; Foli grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson walked; Murphy grounded out (second to
first) [Henderson to second]; Meyer flied to right in foul
territory [Henderson to third]; Rudi singled to third [Henderson
scored]; Gross singled to left [Rudi to second]; Forsch threw a
wild pitch [Rudi to third, Gross to second]; Spencer struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 7.

ANGELS 8TH: Boone was called out on strikes; Clark was called
out on strikes; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: McKay flied out to center; Heath grounded out
(pitcher to first); JOHNSON BATTED FOR STANLEY; Johnson grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Angels 7.

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