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California Angels @ Oakland Athletics

1972-06-23 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 5335 · 1:59

California Angels defeated Oakland Athletics 2–1. 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
CAL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7
OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

W: Nolan Ryan L: Dave Hamilton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Jim Evans · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	0	0	0	2
Ken Berry	4	0	1	1	1
Curt Motton	4	0	0	0	1
Bob Oliver	4	1	2	1	0
Ken McMullen	4	0	2	0	0
Leroy Stanton	4	0	1	0	2
Leo Cardenas	3	0	0	0	1
Art Kusnyer	3	1	1	0	0
Nolan Ryan	3	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Rudi	4	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	3	1	1	1	1	1
Sal Bando	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Epstein	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dave Duncan	3	0	1	0	0	1
Angel Mangual	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tim Cullen	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Hamilton	1	0	0	0	2	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nolan Ryan	9.0	2	4	10

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Hamilton	9.0	7	0	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sandy Alomar: K
Ken Berry: K
Curt Motton: 13

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: K
Joe Rudi: 7
Reggie Jackson: HR/8D
Sal Bando: W
Mike Epstein: K

Top 2

Bob Oliver: S8
Ken McMullen: 9
Leroy Stanton: K
Leo Cardenas: K

Bot 2

Dave Duncan: K
Angel Mangual: K/C
Tim Cullen: K

Top 3

Art Kusnyer: S9.B-2(E9)
Nolan Ryan: K
Sandy Alomar: K/C
Ken Berry: S8.2-H(UR)
Curt Motton: K

Bot 3

Dave Hamilton: K
Bert Campaneris: K/C
Joe Rudi: 9

Top 4

Bob Oliver: 7
Ken McMullen: 63
Leroy Stanton: S7
Leo Cardenas: 7

Bot 4

Reggie Jackson: K
Sal Bando: 43
Mike Epstein: 5/P

Top 5

Art Kusnyer: 3/FL
Nolan Ryan: 13
Sandy Alomar: 9

Bot 5

Dave Duncan: 43
Angel Mangual: K
Tim Cullen: 3/FL

Top 6

Ken Berry: 13
Curt Motton: 7
Bob Oliver: 8

Bot 6

Dave Hamilton: W
Bert Campaneris: 54(1)/FO
Joe Rudi: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Joe Rudi: 4/P
Reggie Jackson: W
Sal Bando: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Ken McMullen: S8
Leroy Stanton: CS2(26)#
Leroy Stanton: K
Leo Cardenas: 3/FL

Bot 7

Mike Epstein: 3/G
Dave Duncan: S7
Angel Mangual: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Art Kusnyer: 63
Nolan Ryan: 9
Sandy Alomar: 8

Bot 8

Tim Cullen: 7
Dave Hamilton: W
Bert Campaneris: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Rudi: 143

Top 9

Ken Berry: 63
Curt Motton: 7
Bob Oliver: HR/7D
Ken McMullen: D7
Leroy Stanton: 4/P

Bot 9

Reggie Jackson: 53
Sal Bando: 53
Mike Epstein: K/C