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Kansas City Royals @ California Angels

1972-09-21 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 4227 · 2:08

California Angels defeated Kansas City Royals 4–2. California Angels put up 2 in the 6th. Nolan Ryan earned the win. Bob Oliver went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
CAL	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0		4	12

W: Nolan Ryan L: Roger Nelson SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Schaal	3	1	0	0	2	1
Steve Hovley	2	0	0	0	2	1
Richie Scheinblum	4	0	1	2	0	0
John Mayberry	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	3	0	0	0	1	0
Freddie Patek	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Nelson	2	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Keough	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Berry	3	0	2	0	1	0
Vada Pinson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	4	2	2	1	0	0
Leroy Stanton	4	1	3	1	0	0
Billy Parker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	3	0	1	1	0	2
John Stephenson	3	0	1	1	0	0
Nolan Ryan	2	0	1	0	1	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Nelson	6.0	10	1	3
Bruce Dal Canton	2.0	2	1	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nolan Ryan	9.0	4	7	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Schaal: K/C
Steve Hovley: K
Richie Scheinblum: 7

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 3/FL
Ken Berry: 6/P
Vada Pinson: 43

Top 2

John Mayberry: W
Lou Piniella: WP.1-2#
Lou Piniella: K
Ed Kirkpatrick: 43.2-3
Cookie Rojas: 3/G

Bot 2

Bob Oliver: HR/7D
Leroy Stanton: S7
Billy Parker: S4.1-2
Leo Cardenas: K/C
John Stephenson: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Freddie Patek: 9
Roger Nelson: W
Paul Schaal: W.1-2
Steve Hovley: W.2-3;1-2
Richie Scheinblum: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
John Mayberry: 7
Lou Piniella: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Nolan Ryan: S7
Sandy Alomar: 14/SH.1-2
Ken Berry: W
Vada Pinson: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Bob Oliver: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Ed Kirkpatrick: S5.B-2(E5)
Cookie Rojas: 8
Freddie Patek: 63.2-3
Roger Nelson: K/C

Bot 4

Leroy Stanton: S6
Billy Parker: 13.1-2
Leo Cardenas: K
John Stephenson: T9.2-H
Nolan Ryan: K

Top 5

Paul Schaal: 7
Steve Hovley: W
Richie Scheinblum: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Sandy Alomar: 3/P
Ken Berry: S4
Vada Pinson: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 6

John Mayberry: 31
Lou Piniella: S6
Ed Kirkpatrick: S9.1-3
Cookie Rojas: W.1-2
Freddie Patek: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Roger Nelson: 6/P

Bot 6

Bob Oliver: T8
Leroy Stanton: D9.3-H
Billy Parker: FC1.2X3(1561);B-2(TH)
Leo Cardenas: S8.2-H
John Stephenson: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Paul Schaal: W
Steve Hovley: 7
Richie Scheinblum: 2/FL
John Mayberry: 3/G

Bot 7

Nolan Ryan: W
Sandy Alomar: PO1(E2).1-3
Sandy Alomar: OA.3XH(251)
Sandy Alomar: 13
Ken Berry: S8.BX2(846)

Top 8

Lou Piniella: 9
Ed Kirkpatrick: 7
Cookie Rojas: 7

Bot 8

Vada Pinson: S9
Bob Oliver: 54(1)/FO
Leroy Stanton: 9
Billy Parker: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Joe Keough: 8
Gail Hopkins: 6/P
Paul Schaal: 3/G

Notes & reviews

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