1973 AL Game: Cal. @ Min.

 April 18, 1973

  The California and Minnesota locked up in a pitcher's duel today with the Angels coming away with a 1-0 win. Nolan Ryan struck out 15 batters in the shutout Win, his 3rd of the season. Burt Blyleven was the tough luck loser. 

BOXSCORE: 1973 California Angels At 1973 Minnesota Twins            4/18/1973
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Alomar 2B         4  0  0  0 .125     L.Hisle CF          3  0  1  0 .359  
  B.Valentine SS      4  1  1  0 .273     R.Carew 2B          3  0  1  0 .438  
  V.Pinson RF,LF      4  0  1  0 .480     H.Killebrew 1B      3  0  0  0 .167  
  F.Robinson DH       4  0  0  0 .273   A-M.Adams PR,LF       0  0  0  0 .167  
  T.McCraw LF         2  0  1  1 .333     T.Oliva DH          4  0  1  0 .323  
B-L.Stanton RF        0  0  0  0 .667     B.Darwin RF         3  0  1  0 .182  
  J.Spencer 1B        4  0  0  0 .130     S.Braun 3B          2  0  0  0 .200  
  K.Berry CF          3  0  0  0 .269     D.Thompson SS       3  0  1  0 .074  
  A.Gallagher 3B      3  0  1  0 .286   C-S.Brye PH           1  0  1  0 .429  
  J.Stephenson C      3  0  0  0 .381     G.Mitterwald C      4  0  0  0 .200  
                                          J.Holt LF,1B        4  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      30  0  6  0
 
A-Pinch Ran For Killebrew In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For McCraw In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 9th Inning
 
Angels.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  0
 
Angels (5-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
N.Ryan WIN(3-0)           9       6   0   0   5  15   0   1.33
Totals                    9       6   0   0   5  15   0
 
Twins (4-5)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Blyleven LOSS(1-3)      9       4   1   1   2   9   0   3.79
Totals                    9       4   1   1   2   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 7,015 DATE- Wednesday, April 18th 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:04
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 5  Twins: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Twins: 0
RBIs- T.McCraw(4th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Carew(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Hisle
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Carew
WALKS- T.McCraw-2, L.Hisle, H.Killebrew, B.Darwin, S.Braun-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Alomar, B.Valentine-2, V.Pinson, F.Robinson-2, T.McCraw, K.Berry,
             J.Stephenson, L.Hisle-2, H.Killebrew-3, T.Oliva, B.Darwin-2,
             S.Braun, D.Thompson, G.Mitterwald-4, J.Holt
GIDP- D.Thompson
2-out RBI- T.McCraw
RLISP 2-out- J.Spencer, T.Oliva-2, G.Mitterwald, J.Holt, B.Valentine, B.Darwin
TEAM RISP- Angels: 1 for 5  Twins: 0 for 10
 
Nolan Ryan racked up an impressive total of 15 strikeouts at Metropolitan
Stadium as the California Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 1 to 0.
 
Ryan(3-0) simply dominated Minnesota.  He gave up just 6 hits and 5 walks in 9
innings improving his ERA from 2.00 to 1.33.  Minnesota had a chance to come
back in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
The loss was charged to Bert Blyleven(1-3).  He pitched 9 innings giving up
only 4 hits and 2 walks. 'He was really impressive today,' Blyleven said of
his counterpart.  'Our guys were just swinging at air.'