Hitting his first major league homer, Chris Coletta provided the Angels' winning run in a 2-1 victory over the Twins. Th eAngels scored initially off Jim Perry in the second inning when Leroy Stanton and Winston Llenas singled and Billy Parker hit a sacrifice fly. Perry then retired 19 straight batters before Coletta homered in eighth.

Rudy May, hurling for the Angels, lost his bid for a shutout when Eric Soderholm marked his 29th birthday with a pinch-homer in the Twins' half of the eighth. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 2, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .249 Tovar lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .263 Rivers cf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Stanton rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Darwin rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .267 Llenas 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .191 McMullen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Nettles pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Parker 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .226 Braun 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .288 Coletta lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .310 Brye cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Berry cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Monzon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Kusnyer c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .157 May p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .117 Soderholm ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .187 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Totals 30 2 6 2 0 3 Totals 31 1 7 1 2 7 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 5,259 Left on Base: Angels 2, Twins 5 DP: Angels 3, Twins 1 Doubles: Rivers (6), Darwin (18) Home Runs: Coletta (1), Soderholm (12) Stolen Bases: Tovar (19), Braun (4) Sacrifice Flies: Parker (2) GIDP: Rivers (3), Killebrew (15), Braun (14), Monzon (1) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May W(11-11) 9 7 1 1 2 7 1 33 2.99 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 7 1 33 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(13-15) 8 4 2 2 0 2 1 27 3.36 LaRoche 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.53 Totals 9 6 2 2 0 3 1 31 Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to shortstop; Rivers grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Alomar out at second]; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Thompson forced Tovar (second to shortstop); Killebrew grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. ANGELS 2ND: Stanton singled to left; Llenas singled to center [Stanton to third]; Parker hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stanton scored]; Coletta grounded out (second to first) [Llenas to second]; Kusnyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Darwin doubled to right; Mitterwald walked; Braun grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Darwin to third, Mitterwald out at second]; Brye struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 3RD: May flied out to center; Alomar flied out to right; Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Monzon struck out; Perry struck out; Tovar singled to center; Tovar stole second; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 4TH: Howard grounded out (second to first); Stanton struck out; Llenas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Darwin singled to left; Mitterwald grounded out (third to first) [Darwin to second]; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 5TH: Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Coletta grounded out (pitcher to first); Kusnyer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Brye singled to center; Monzon grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brye out at second]; Perry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 6TH: May grounded out (second to first); Alomar flied out to right; Rivers made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied out to center; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 7TH: Howard flied out to center; Stanton grounded out (second to first); Llenas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED LLENAS (PLAYING 3B); Darwin grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald flied out to center; Braun walked; Braun stole second; Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 8TH: Parker made an out to shortstop; Coletta homered; Kusnyer flied out to center; May flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: BERRY REPLACED COLETTA (PLAYING CF); RIVERS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Monzon was called out on strikes; SODERHOLM BATTED FOR PERRY; Soderholm homered; Tovar flied out to center; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 1. ANGELS 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED SODERHOLM (PITCHING); Alomar singled to right; Alomar was picked off first (pitcher to first to second); Rivers doubled to right; Howard grounded out (third to first); Stanton struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Killebrew flied out to left; Darwin struck out; Mitterwald singled to pitcher; NETTLES RAN FOR MITTERWALD; Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 1.

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