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August 8, 1973

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Carl Taylor Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .220
OBP .000 .374
At Bats 3 91
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 9

Luis Tiant Season Stats

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14 9 0
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Royals Stadium - August 8, 1973
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Double
Luis Tiant
Bob Montgomery
Carl Yastrzemski
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
Tommy Harper
Rick Miller
Dwight Evans
Carl Taylor
George Brett
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Taylor hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Miller. Taylor reaches second base with a double. Brett scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and has Kirkpatrick trapped. Tiant throws to third, and Petrocelli tags Kirkpatrick for the out. Brett moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Harper strikes out.
Top 9 Evans strikes out.
Top 9 Montgomery strikes out.
Top 9 Bobby Floyd now playing shortstop. Kurt Bevacqua now playing second base. Griffin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Evans scores. Miller scores. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 8 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second.
Top 8 Steve Mingori now pitching. Miller is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third.
Top 8 Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a line drive into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 7 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reichardt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Rick Miller now playing center field. Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aparicio hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Montgomery fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harper hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. Montgomery moves to second.
Top 5 Montgomery hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Petrocelli scores.
Top 5 Griffin bunts towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out. Petrocelli moves to third.
Top 5 Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores. Cepeda scores.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Top 5 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Piniella. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Piniella steals second.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reichardt strikes out.
Top 4 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harper hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Montgomery takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rojas is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Top 3 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 2 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Taylor bunts towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Harper strikes out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Evans moves to second.
Top 2 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Montgomery strikes out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reichardt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Mayberry reaches second base with a double. Rojas scores. Otis goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Griffin strikes out. Taylor drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Griffin out.
Top 1 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Aparicio scores. Smith scores. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Aparicio moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Top 1 Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.