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September 8, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 6 11 1
Rangers 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 6 11 1
Rangers 3 8 1

Dave Nelson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .232
OBP .500 .322
At Bats 4 426
Hits 2 99
• Singles 2 82
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 51
RBI’s 0 25

Darold Knowles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 10
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Arlington Stadium - September 8, 1972
Out
Darold Knowles
Gene Tenace
Mike Hegan
Tim Cullen
Sal Bando
Bert Campaneris
Joe Rudi
Reggie Jackson
Matty Alou
Dave Nelson
Tom Ragland

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 6 11 1 12
Texas Rangers 3 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Catfish Hunter
Losing Pitcher Mike Paul
Save Darold Knowles
Game Winning RBI Mike Epstein
Attendance 5,837
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tom Ragland pinch hits for Jim Roland. Ragland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws to second. Cullen drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Cullen. Fahey scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Toby Harrah pinch hits for Jim Mason. Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fahey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tim Cullen now playing second base. Mike Hegan now playing first base. Fahey takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Knowles is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Angel Mangual pinch hits for Ted Kubiak. Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields the ball and throws to Roland covering. Safe. Tenace scores. Lewis moves to third. Bando moves to second.
Top 9 Allan Lewis pinch runs for Mike Epstein. Bando is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Jim Roland now pitching. Epstein hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Billings. Epstein reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores. Tenace moves to third.
Top 9 Tenace takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes Jackson. The throw from Fahey and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Top 9 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dick Billings now playing left field. Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dick Billings pinch hits for Dalton Jones. Billings hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a line drive towards first. Epstein reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lovitto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Horacio Pina now pitching. Campaneris is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Knowles hits a ball on the ground towards second. Harris picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Harris. Bando scores. Knowles moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Kubiak strikes out.
Top 8 Bando hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Bando reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Epstein for the out.
Bottom 7 Darold Knowles now pitching. There goes Nelson. The throw from Tenace and he is out, Kubiak applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Marty Martinez pinch hits for Pete Broberg. Martinez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jackson is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Pete Broberg now pitching. Rudi bunts in front of the plate. Fahey fields it and throws to first for the out. Campaneris moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Top 7 Alou bunts towards the mound. Paul fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Campaneris moves to second.
Top 7 Campaneris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fahey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ted Kubiak now playing second base. Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hunter hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dave Duncan pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Duncan takes first base on ball four. Epstein moves to third. Bando moves to second.
Top 6 Bando is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Epstein hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lovitto. Epstein reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Tenace strikes out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lovitto hits a line drive towards center. Jackson catches it and throws to first to double up Nelson.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rudi strikes out.
Top 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out. Campaneris moves to second.
Top 5 Campaneris takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Paul strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Harris. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Harris steals second.
Bottom 4 Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Fahey hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Bando hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Epstein hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Tenace takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Top 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rudi hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ford strikes out.
Bottom 3 Biittner hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Lovitto. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Lovitto steals second.
Bottom 3 Lovitto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dalton Jones now playing left field. Maxvill is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Paul is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill fields it and throws to home to get Fahey. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Mason hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Mason reaches second base with a double. Ford scores. Jones scores. Fahey moves to third.
Bottom 2 Fahey bunts towards the mound. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ford moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Tom Grieve. Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rudi. Ford reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bando hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Epstein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Tenace hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops it up and throws to first, with Paul covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Lovitto strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rudi hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alou strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Campaneris. The throw from Fahey and he is out, Harris applying the tag.
Top 1 Campaneris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.