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Rangers
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
April 16, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the California Angels and the Texas Rangers, played on April 16, 1972 at Anaheim Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 16, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
California Angels
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 16, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | California Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pete Broberg |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Clyde Wright |
| Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium |
| City | Anaheim |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 6,556 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Odom 1B: Don Denkinger 2B: Ron Luciano 3B: Frank Umont |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Randle | Second Baseman |
| Dave Nelson | Third Baseman |
| Frank Howard | First Baseman |
| Dick Billings | Catcher |
| Tom Grieve | Left Fielder |
| Joe Lovitto | Center Fielder |
| Elliott Maddox | Right Fielder |
| Toby Harrah | Shortstop |
| Pete Broberg | Pitcher |
| Ted Williams | Manager |
California Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Ken McMullen | Third Baseman |
| Vada Pinson | Left Fielder |
| Leroy Stanton | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Torborg | Catcher |
| Clyde Wright | Pitcher |
| Del Rice | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
April 16, 1972
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Wright
Randle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Wright
Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randle moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Howard vs. Wright
Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randle scores. Nelson moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Billings vs. Wright
Billings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nelson scores. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Wright
Grieve bunts towards third. McMullen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to third. Billings moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lovitto vs. Wright
Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Howard scores. Billings moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maddox vs. Wright
Maddox is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Broberg
Alomar hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Billings fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Broberg
There's a wild pitch. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rivers vs. Broberg
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cardenas vs. Broberg
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alomar scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Broberg
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Wright
Harrah strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broberg vs. Wright
Broberg hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Wright
Randle hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullen vs. Broberg
McMullen hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Broberg
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanton vs. Broberg
Stanton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torborg vs. Broberg
Torborg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Wright
Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Wright
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billings vs. Wright
Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Broberg
Wright hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Broberg
Alomar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Broberg
Rivers bunts towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cardenas vs. Broberg
Cardenas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Broberg
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Wright
Grieve is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lovitto vs. Wright
Lovitto hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Wright
Maddox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stanton. Maddox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harrah vs. Wright
There's a wild pitch. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harrah vs. Wright
The ball gets by Torborg for a passed ball. Maddox scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Wright
Harrah hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullen vs. Broberg
Larry Biittner now playing right field.
McMullen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Broberg
Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanton vs. Broberg
Stanton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torborg vs. Broberg
Torborg hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broberg vs. Wright
Broberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randle vs. Wright
Randle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Wright
Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Wright
Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Broberg moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Billings vs. Wright
Billings hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Silverio vs. Broberg
Tom Silverio pinch hits for Clyde Wright.
Silverio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Broberg
Alomar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Broberg
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Murphy
Tom Murphy now pitching.
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lovitto vs. Murphy
Lovitto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biittner vs. Murphy
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Broberg
Cardenas strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Broberg
Spencer hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullen vs. Broberg
McMullen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Broberg
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Murphy
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broberg vs. Murphy
Broberg hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Murphy
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Murphy
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cardenas. Randle moves to third. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Murphy
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanton vs. Broberg
Stanton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torborg vs. Broberg
Torborg hits a popup towards first. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Broberg
Syd O'Brien pinch hits for Tom Murphy.
O'Brien strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billings vs. Allen
Lloyd Allen now pitching.
Billings hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Allen
Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lovitto vs. Allen
Lovitto hits a popup towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Broberg
Alomar strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Broberg
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Broberg
Cardenas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Broberg
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Allen
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Allen
Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Broberg vs. Allen
Broberg bunts towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Broberg for the out. Biittner moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Allen
Randle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Randle moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Allen
Nelson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torborg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 5 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullen vs. Broberg
McMullen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Lindblad
Paul Lindblad now pitching.
Pinson hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanton vs. Pina
Horacio Pina now pitching.
Stanton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Llenas vs. Pina
Winston Llenas pinch hits for Jeff Torborg.
Llenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/16/1972 -- TEX at California (D)
TEX AB R H RBI California AB R H RBI
Len Randle, 2b 4 1 2 1 Alomar S, 2b 3 1 2 0
Dave Nelson, 3b 5 1 2 0 Rivers M, cf 3 0 0 0
Frank Howard, 1b 4 1 2 1 Cardenas L, ss 2 0 0 1
Dick Billings, c 4 0 1 1 Spencer J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Tom Grieve, lf 4 0 1 0 McMullen K, 3b 3 0 2 0
Joe Lovitto, cf 4 0 1 0 Pinson V, lf 4 0 1 0
Elliott Maddox, rf 2 1 1 0 Stanton L, rf 4 0 0 0
Larry Biittner, rf 2 1 0 0 Torborg J, c 3 0 0 0
Toby Harrah, ss 4 0 0 0 Llenas W, ph 1 0 0 0
Pete Broberg, p 3 0 1 0 Wright C, p 1 0 0 0
Paul Lindblad, p 0 0 0 0 Silverio T, ph 1 0 0 0
Horacio Pina, p 0 0 0 0 Murphy T, p 0 0 0 0
O'Brien S, ph 1 0 0 0
Allen L, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 11 3 30 1 5 1
TEX 300 100 001 -- 5
California 100 000 000 -- 1
TEX IP H R ER BB SO
Pete Broberg (W)* 8.0 5 1 1 4 3
Paul Lindblad 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Horacio Pina (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
California IP H R ER BB SO
Wright C (L) 5.0 7 4 3 1 3
Murphy T 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Allen L 2.0 1 1 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Cardenas L 2
DP -- TEX 1, California 2
LOB -- TEX 6, California 7
2B -- Elliott Maddox
SH -- Rivers M, Pete Broberg
WP -- Pete Broberg, Wright C
PB -- Torborg J
T -- 2:27
A -- 6556
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