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September 22, 1970

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Royals 2 7 1
White Sox 1 7 0
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Royals 2 7 1
White Sox 1 7 0

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .267
OBP .333 .343
At Bats 3 476
Hits 1 127
• Singles 1 81
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 0 89

Dick Drago Season Stats

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8 14 0
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Comiskey Park - September 22, 1970
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Out
Dick Drago
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Bobby Floyd
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
George Spriggs
Bill Melton
Carlos May
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Oliver now playing first base. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a line drive into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rich Morales now playing second base. Barry Moore now pitching. Chuck Brinkman now catching. Spriggs hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rich Morales pinch runs for Gail Hopkins. Lee Maye pinch hits for Billy Wynne. Maye hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Floyd fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Bobby Knoop. Hopkins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. O'Brien scores.
Bottom 7 Syd O'Brien pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. O'Brien moves to third.
Bottom 7 Herrmann hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Herrmann reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Drago bunts towards first. McCraw scoops it up and throws to first, with Knoop covering, for the out. Floyd moves to third.
Top 7 The umpire calls a balk on Wynne Floyd moves to second.
Top 7 Floyd hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Melton. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Floyd applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Schaal hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sorrell is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCraw settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Wynne Piniella moves to second.
Top 6 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Top 6 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spriggs for the out. Otis moves to third.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 5 Wynne strikes out.
Bottom 5 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Drago hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Floyd is called out on strikes.
Top 5 There goes Rojas. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Knoop applying the tag.
Top 5 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Berry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes McCraw. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sorrell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sorrell is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Piniella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Williams reaches second base with a double. Wynne moves to third.
Bottom 3 Wynne hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Knoop strikes out.
Top 3 Spriggs strikes out.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Drago hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Berry hits a fly ball into right field. Spriggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCraw hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Aparicio. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Aparicio steals second.
Bottom 1 May strikes out.
Bottom 1 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Williams strikes out.
Top 1 Sorrell 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 1 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Spriggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Top 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.