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May 30, 1972

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Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .321
OBP .333 .373
At Bats 3 140
Hits 1 45
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 15

Dave LaRoche Season Stats

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1 1 5
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 30, 1972
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Out
Dave LaRoche
Phil Roof
Harmon Killebrew
Rod Carew
Eric Soderholm
Danny Thompson
Steve Brye
Bobby Darwin
Cesar Tovar
Lou Piniella
Freddie Patek
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Dave LaRoche now pitching. Steve Brye now playing left field. Hovley is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 7 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cookie Rojas now playing second base. Roger Nelson now pitching. Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Nelson covering, for the out.
Top 7 Carl Taylor pinch runs for Richie Scheinblum. Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton. Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Richie Scheinblum pinch hits for Bobby Knoop. Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tovar. Scheinblum reaches second base with a double. Schaal moves to third.
Top 7 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 6 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first, with Dal Canton covering, for the out.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Top 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hovley hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Roof hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Soderholm strikes out.
Bottom 5 Renick hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dal Canton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Knoop hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Killebrew is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out. Perry moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards second. Knoop picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Knoop. Perry moves to second.
Bottom 4 Roof hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Schaal is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out.
Bottom 3 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Renick strikes out.
Bottom 3 Darwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to third. Darwin moves to second.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Piniella. The throw from Roof and he is out, Thompson applying the tag.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hovley hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Roof hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Knoop takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Schaal hits a fly ball towards right. Tovar settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Tovar. Otis scores. Schaal moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Otis hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Darwin. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Soderholm is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Renick takes first base on ball four. Darwin moves to second.
Bottom 1 Darwin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tovar scores. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Carew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Piniella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.