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Texas Rangers @ California Angels

1972-07-29 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 7254 · 2:12

California Angels defeated Texas Rangers 8–1. California Angels put up 3 in the 4th. Rudy May earned the win. John Stephenson went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
CAL	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	0		8	13

W: Rudy May L: Jim Panther SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Marty Springstead · 1B: Russ Goetz · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Hank Morgenweck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Nelson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elliott Maddox	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ted Ford	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frank Howard	4	0	2	0	0	2
Joe Lovitto	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Ragland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Harris	2	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Fahey	3	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Panther	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Grieve	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dalton Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vada Pinson	4	1	1	0	1	2
Leo Cardenas	5	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Parker	4	2	0	0	1	0
Bob Oliver	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jim Spencer	4	1	2	1	0	1
John Stephenson	3	1	2	3	0	0
Ken Berry	4	0	2	1	0	0
Sandy Alomar	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rudy May	4	1	2	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Panther	4.0	8	3	2
Casey Cox	2.2	4	0	1
Mike Paul	1.1	1	0	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rudy May	9.0	4	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Nelson: 3/FL
Elliott Maddox: W
Ted Ford: 9
Frank Howard: K/C

Bot 1

Vada Pinson: K/C
Leo Cardenas: S5
Billy Parker: 4
Bob Oliver: 53

Top 2

Joe Lovitto: K
Tom Ragland: 9
Vic Harris: 4

Bot 2

Jim Spencer: 9
John Stephenson: HP
Ken Berry: D7.1-3
Sandy Alomar: PO3(25)
Sandy Alomar: IW
Rudy May: K/C

Top 3

Bill Fahey: S8
Jim Panther: 34/SH.1-2
Dave Nelson: 63.2-3
Elliott Maddox: D7.3-H
Ted Ford: 4

Bot 3

Vada Pinson: S3
Leo Cardenas: S6.1-2
Billy Parker: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Bob Oliver: 2/FL
Jim Spencer: S9.1-3;2-H
John Stephenson: S4.1-2;3-H
Ken Berry: 5(2)/FO

Top 4

Frank Howard: S1
Joe Lovitto: 54(1)/FO
Tom Ragland: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Sandy Alomar: 43
Rudy May: D8
Vada Pinson: IW
Leo Cardenas: 3
Billy Parker: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Oliver: S5.3-H;2-H(E5)(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Jim Spencer: PO1(136)

Top 5

Vic Harris: W
Bill Fahey: 8
Tom Grieve: K
Dave Nelson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Jim Spencer: K/C
John Stephenson: 3/L
Ken Berry: 9

Top 6

Elliott Maddox: 43
Ted Ford: 9
Frank Howard: K

Bot 6

Sandy Alomar: 43
Rudy May: 31
Vada Pinson: 13

Top 7

Joe Lovitto: 43
Tom Ragland: 43
Vic Harris: K

Bot 7

Leo Cardenas: 43
Billy Parker: 63
Bob Oliver: S7
Jim Spencer: S9.1-3
John Stephenson: D9.1-H;3-H
Ken Berry: S7.2-H
Sandy Alomar: 6

Top 8

Bill Fahey: 53
Dalton Jones: 43
Dave Nelson: 9

Bot 8

Rudy May: S4
Vada Pinson: BK.1-2
Vada Pinson: K
Leo Cardenas: 43
Billy Parker: 53

Top 9

Elliott Maddox: 53
Ted Ford: W
Frank Howard: S7.1-2
Joe Lovitto: 64(1)3/GDP