Royals @ White Sox
July 20, 1969

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 13 2
White Sox 6 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 13 2
White Sox 6 10 0

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .236
OBP .750 .308
At Bats 4 314
Hits 3 74
• Singles 2 43
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 2 50

Wally Bunker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 1
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Comiskey Park - July 20, 1969
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Strikeout
Wally Bunker
Ellie Rodriguez
Chuck Harrison
Jerry Adair
Paul Schaal
Jackie Hernandez
Lou Piniella
Bob Oliver
Hawk Taylor
Bill Melton
Luis Aparicio

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 8 13 2 9
Chicago White Sox 6 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Moe Drabowsky
Losing Pitcher Dan Osinski
Save Wally Bunker
Game Winning RBI Ellie Rodriguez
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours 8 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Melton is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wally Bunker now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 9 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Adair strikes out.
Top 9 Harrison hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jerry Nyman now pitching. Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ron Hansen pinch hits for Gary Bell. Hansen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Galen Cisco now pitching. Jerry Adair now playing second base. Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cisco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground for a single. Rodriguez scores.
Top 8 Gary Bell now pitching. Piniella takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to third. Schaal moves to second.
Top 8 Schaal is walked intentionally.
Top 8 There goes Rodriguez. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Rodriguez steals second.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keough scores.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Keough pinch runs for Buck Martinez. Wilbur Wood now pitching. There goes Keough. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Keough steals third.
Top 8 Buck Martinez pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Martinez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of May. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Juan Rios. Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Melton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Melton reaches second base with a double. Hopkins scores.
Bottom 7 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Hopkins reaches second base with a double. Williams scores.
Bottom 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harrison scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 7 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Aparicio strikes out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rios fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Harrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Taylor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dan Osinski now pitching. Ed Herrmann now catching. Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tommy McCraw pinch hits for Cisco Carlos. McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Hernandez fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Ed Herrmann pinch hits for Chuck Brinkman. Herrmann hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Knoop hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 6 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cisco Carlos now pitching. O'Riley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Don O'Riley now pitching. Melton hits a popup, foul, towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 May hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Aparicio tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Aparicio reaches third base with a triple. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morales scores.
Bottom 5 Rich Morales pinch hits for Gary Peters. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hernandez. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brinkman strikes out.
Top 5 Rios hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Harrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Taylor hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Berry hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Knoop hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rooker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Rios hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrison hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez scores. Schaal moves to second.
Top 3 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Rodriguez. The throw from Brinkman and he is safe. Rodriguez steals second.
Top 3 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Peters hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brinkman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rooker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rios hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harrison hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Knoop strikes out.
Bottom 1 Melton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aparicio scores. Hopkins moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker juggles the ball. That's an error on Rooker. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 1 May is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rios settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to third. Schaal moves to second.
Top 1 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.