California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
September 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

California Angels 5, Oakland Athletics 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 1 3 0
Berry cf 3 1 1 0
Pinson lf,rf,1b 5 0 1 0
Oliver 1b 3 0 1 0
  Motton pr,lf 2 1 1 1
McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Sells p 0 0 0 0
  Coletta ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 2 0 1 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  Llenas ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Stanton rf 0 0 0 0
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Parker ss 3 1 1 1
Stephenson c 4 0 1 1
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Spencer lf,1b 4 0 1 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 1 2 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Alou rf 3 2 1 2
  Mangual rf 2 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 2 1 0
  Lewis lf 1 0 0 0
Jackson cf 2 2 1 1
  Hendrick cf 2 0 0 0
Tenace c 5 2 3 3
Epstein 1b 3 0 2 1
  Mincher 1b 1 0 0 0
Bando 3b 1 0 0 1
  Cullen 3b 1 0 1 1
Maxvill 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Odom p 4 1 1 1
Totals 36 10 12 10
California 000 000 0505120
Oakland 440 110 00x10121
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (14-9) 1.1 6 7 7 2 1
  Foster   2.1 4 2 2 1 1
  Dukes   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Sells   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Barber   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (13-4) 9.0 12 5 5 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
1
4

  E–Lewis (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–California Motton (1,off Odom); Parker (1,off Odom), Oakland Epstein (13,off Foster).  HR–Oakland Alou (1,2nd inning off Wright 1 on, 1 out); Tenace (4,2nd inning off Foster 1 on, 2 out); Odom (2,5th inning off Dukes 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Berry (11,off Odom).  HBP–Stanton (3,by Odom); Bando (8,by Foster).  HBP–Foster (2,Bando); Odom (2,Stanton).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:22.
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