California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
May 24, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The California Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 6, Oakland Athletics 5

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 2 2 0
Berry cf 5 0 1 1
Pinson lf 4 2 2 1
Oliver 1b 5 0 2 1
McMullen 3b 4 0 3 1
Stanton rf 5 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Kusnyer c 3 1 0 0
Rose p 3 1 1 1
  Barber p 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 6 12 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 5 1 2 2
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 1 0 0
Epstein 1b 5 1 2 2
Brown O. cf 3 0 0 0
  Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 1 2 1
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Tenace c 0 0 0 0
Brown L. 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 0 0
  Clark 2b 0 0 0 0
Segui p 1 0 0 0
  Horlen p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph,cf 3 1 2 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
California 003 012 0006121
Oakland 000 041 000592
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Rose  W (1-0) 6.0 7 5 5 2 7
  Barber  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Segui   2.2 5 3 3 1 2
  Horlen   2.1 4 1 1 0 2
  Blue  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Locker   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Knowles   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
5

  E–Cardenas (7), Campaneris (5), Duncan (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  HR–California Rose (1,3rd inning off Segui 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Rudi (2,5th inning off Rose 1 on, 1 out); Epstein (4,5th inning off Rose 1 on, 2 out); Duncan (8,6th inning off Rose 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Pinson (1,by Segui).  SH–Campaneris (7,off Barber).  SB–Alomar 2 (6,2nd base off Segui/Duncan,3rd base off Segui/Duncan); Pinson 2 (8,2nd base off Segui/Duncan,2nd base off Horlen/Duncan).  CS–Alomar (5,2nd base by Segui/Duncan).  WP–Blue (1).  BK–Segui (1).  IBB–Segui (1,Pinson).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:37.  A–3,042.
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