White Sox @ Yankees
August 18, 1974

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White Sox 4 6 1
Yankees 9 17 1
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White Sox 4 6 1
Yankees 9 17 1

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .229
OBP .500 .312
At Bats 3 419
Hits 1 96
• Singles 0 64
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 20
Walks 1 48
RBI’s 1 58

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 11
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Shea Stadium - August 18, 1974
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Sandy Alomar
Graig Nettles
Jim Mason
Lou Piniella
Elliott Maddox
Bobby Murcer
Bill Melton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 4 6 1 9
New York Yankees 9 17 1 13
Winning Pitcher Mike Wallace
Losing Pitcher Wilbur Wood
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Thurman Munson
Attendance 18,493
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mason hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Alomar hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Francisco Barrios now pitching. Nettles strikes out.
Top 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sharp strikes out.
Top 8 Downing strikes out.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mason scores. White moves to third. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 7 Maddox takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Bottom 7 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Mason moves to third.
Bottom 7 Mason hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles scores. Alomar moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a fly ball towards center. Henderson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Henderson.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Pat Kelly pinch hits for Ron Santo. Kelly hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out. Allen scores. Melton moves to third.
Top 7 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to third. Melton moves to second.
Top 7 Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Melton takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Allen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Allen reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta catches it and throws to second with Dent covering, to double up Murcer.
Bottom 6 Munson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rich Gossage now pitching. Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sharp. Murcer reaches second base with a double. Maddox moves to third.
Bottom 6 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dent hits a line drive towards short. Mason catches it and throws to second to double up Downing.
Top 6 Sharp takes first base on ball four. Downing moves to second.
Top 6 Downing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Santo hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Mason hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Pitlock covering, for the out.
Top 5 May strikes out.
Top 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dent scores. Allen moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Dent moves to third. Allen moves to second.
Top 5 Melton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Allen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dent moves to second.
Top 5 Orta bunts towards the mound. Wallace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dent takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Skip Pitlock now pitching. Munson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 4 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Maddox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 White hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mason strikes out.
Top 4 Sharp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Downing hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. May moves to second.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. Henderson moves to second.
Top 4 Mike Wallace now pitching. Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Melton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Alomar hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Munson scores.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Munson reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Murcer. The throw from Downing and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Bottom 3 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Orta strikes out.
Top 3 Dent bunts towards the mound. May fields it and throws to first for the out. Downing scores. Sharp moves to second.
Top 3 Sharp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Downing moves to third.
Top 3 Downing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Maddox hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mason bunts towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nettles bunts towards third. Melton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Henderson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Munson reaches second base with a double. Maddox scores. Murcer goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Melton strikes out.
Top 1 Allen is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Dent takes first base on ball four.