California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
April 21, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1973 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 4, Oakland Athletics 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 1 1
Valentine ss,lf 3 1 1 0
Grabarkewitz dh 4 0 0 0
Robinson lf 3 1 2 1
  Meoli ss 0 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 3 1 0 0
  Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0
Stanton rf 2 0 0 0
Berry cf 4 0 1 0
Gallagher 3b 3 1 0 0
Torborg c 4 0 1 2
Singer p 0 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
North rf 5 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 1
Jackson dh 3 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 0 2 1
Tenace 1b 2 0 0 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 1 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
Conigliaro cf 5 0 1 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Haney c 0 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
California 100 300 000462
Oakland 000 010 001291
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Singer  W (2-1) 8.1 8 2 2 5 10
  Barber   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Allen  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
7
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (1-1) 6.0 5 4 4 4 4
  Fingers   3.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
8

  E–Valentine (3), Stanton (1), Campaneris (1).  DP–California 1, Oakland 1.  2B–California Berry (2,off Blue); Torborg (1,off Blue), Oakland Jackson (3,off Singer).  SH–Stanton (1,off Blue); Tenace (1,off Singer).  IBB–Gallagher (1,by Blue); Tenace (2,by Singer).  SB–Valentine 2 (3,2nd base off Blue/Fosse,3rd base off Blue/Fosse); North (5,2nd base off Singer/Torborg).  WP–Blue (2).  IBB–Singer (1,Tenace); Blue (1,Gallagher).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:26.  A–7,161.
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