1972 AL Game of Note

April 28, 1972

California Angel starter Nolan Ryan (1-2) pitched a beauty of a game tonight, a one-hit 1-0 shutout victory over the Baltimore Orioles. For Ryan it was his 1st win of the season and his 1st as an Angel. Nolan was obtained over the winter from the New York Mets in exchange for long time fan favorite Jim Fregosi. He struck out 11 in the game while walking 4. Jim Palmer (0-2) was the hard luck loser for the slumping Orioles, allowing only 1 run in the game.

BOXSCORE: 1972 California Angels At 1972 Baltimore Orioles          4/28/1972
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Alomar 2B         4  1  2  0 .370     D.Buford LF         2  0  0  0 .128  
  L.Cardenas SS       4  0  2  1 .255   E-D.Baylor PH,LF      1  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Rivers RF         4  0  1  0 .324     M.Rettenmund RF     4  0  0  0 .189  
  V.Pinson LF         4  0  0  0 .258     B.Powell 1B         3  0  0  0 .143  
  J.Spencer 1B        4  0  2  0 .182     B.Robinson 3B       4  0  1  0 .214  
  K.McMullen 3B       3  0  0  0 .121     P.Blair CF          4  0  0  0 .143  
  J.Torborg C         4  0  0  0 .192     D.Johnson 2B        2  0  0  0 .231  
  K.Berry CF          3  0  0  0 .294     A.Etchebarren C     2  0  0  0 .286  
  N.Ryan P            3  0  0  0 .000   A-T.Crowley PH        1  0  0  0 .222  
                                        B-J.Oates C           0  0  0  0 .444  
                                          M.Belanger SS       2  0  0  0 .121  
                                        C-T.Shopay PH         1  0  0  0 .167  
                                          R.Harrison P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          J.Palmer P          2  0  0  0 .000  
                                        D-B.Grich PH,SS       1  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  7  1                 Totals      29  0  1  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Etchebarren In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Crowley In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Belanger In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Palmer In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Buford In 8th Inning
 
Angels.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  1
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  0
 
Angels (6-5)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
N.Ryan WIN(1-2)           9       1   0   0   4  11   0   2.41
Totals                    9       1   0   0   4  11   0
 
Orioles (1-10)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Palmer LOSS(0-2)        8       5   1   1   0   5   0   2.96
R.Harrison                1       2   0   0   1   1   0   4.70
Totals                    9       7   1   1   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,770 DATE- Friday, April 28th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Jerry Neudecker, Bill Kunkel, Red Flaherty, Bill Haller
T- 2:07
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 6  Orioles: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 0  Orioles: 0
ERRORS- L.Cardenas
STOLEN BASES- S.Alomar(3rd), D.Buford(1st), B.Robinson(1st)
WALKS- K.McMullen, D.Buford, B.Powell, D.Johnson-2
STRIKE OUTS- L.Cardenas, M.Rivers, V.Pinson, K.McMullen-3, D.Buford, D.Baylor,
             B.Powell-2, P.Blair-2, D.Johnson, A.Etchebarren-2, J.Palmer,
             B.Grich
WILD PITCHES- N.Ryan
RLISP 2-out- J.Spencer, M.Rettenmund, D.Johnson-3, V.Pinson, K.McMullen,
             J.Torborg-2
 
Nolan Ryan pitched a 1 hit shutout and shortstop Leo Cardenas had 2 base hits
as the California Angels defeated the ice-cold Baltimore Orioles by the score
of 1 to 0 at Memorial Stadium.
 
Ryan(1-2) simply dominated Baltimore.  He allowed just 1 hit and 4 walks in 9
innings.  Ryan whiffed an impressive total of 11 Baltimore batters improving
his ERA from 4.66 to 2.41.  California finished with 7 hits in the victory.
 
Jim Palmer(0-2) was the loser.  He allowed just 5 hits and no walks in 8
innings.  Ryan, when asked about his 11 strikeout performance noted, 'The
important thing is that we won, if I get 20 and we lose, what good does it do
our team? But, on the other hand, since we won it feels great!'