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May 31, 1971

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	11	15	0
White Sox	3	9	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	11	15	0
White Sox	3	9	0

Luis Alvarado Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.204
OBP	.000	.235
At Bats	3	49
Hits	0	10
• Singles	0	9
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	2
RBI’s	0	0

Tom Dukes Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	3	0

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Comiskey Park - May 31, 1971

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Out

Tom Dukes

Clay Dalrymple

Boog Powell

Davey Johnson

Brooks Robinson

Mark Belanger

Terry Crowley

Paul Blair

Merv Rettenmund

Luis Alvarado

Rich McKinney

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	11	15	0	10
Chicago White Sox	3	9	0	5
Winning Pitcher	Dave McNally
Losing Pitcher	Joe Horlen
Save	Tom Dukes
Game Winning RBI	Boog Powell
Attendance	19,588
Time of Game	2 hours 41 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Alvarado hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Lee Maye pinch hits for Chuck Brinkman. Maye hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McKinney moves to third.

Bottom 9 May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Terry Crowley now playing left field. McKinney hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. McKinney reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Blair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crowley moves to second.

Top 9 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Don Buford. Crowley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dukes scores.

Top 9 Dukes hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Hershberger. Dukes reaches second base with a double. Belanger scores. Dalrymple goes all the way around to score.

Top 9 Dalrymple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Belanger moves to second.

Top 9 Belanger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third.

Top 9 Vicente Romo now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Powell scores.

Top 9 Rettenmund bunts in front of the plate. Brinkman fields it and throws to first for the out. Powell moves to second.

Top 9 Jay Johnstone now playing left field. Don Eddy now pitching. Powell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Jay Johnstone pinch runs for Rick Reichardt. Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 8 Tom Dukes now pitching. Reichardt is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Hershberger moves to third.

Bottom 8 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Williams tags and scores.

Bottom 8 Hershberger hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Hershberger reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third.

Bottom 8 Walt Williams pinch hits for Bart Johnson. Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 8 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 There goes Buford. The throw from Brinkman and he is safe. Buford steals second.

Top 8 Buford is hit by the pitch.

Top 8 McNally hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Dalrymple strikes out.

Bottom 7 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 7 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 7 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Belanger hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 There goes Rettenmund. The throw from Brinkman and he is safe. Rettenmund steals second.

Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. McKinney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Melton strikes out.

Bottom 6 Reichardt hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Powell strikes out.

Top 6 Blair takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Buford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 6 McNally bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Top 6 Dalrymple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Belanger strikes out.

Bottom 5 Hershberger strikes out.

Bottom 5 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 5 Alvarado hits a line drive towards short. Belanger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Bart Johnson now pitching. Robinson takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Rettenmund reaches second base with a double. Buford scores. Powell moves to third.

Top 5 Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dalrymple scores. Buford moves to third.

Top 5 Blair hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Buford takes first base on ball four. Dalrymple moves to second.

Top 5 McNally bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Top 5 Dalrymple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 McKinney hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 There goes Belanger. The throw from Brinkman and he is out, Alvarado applying the tag.

Top 4 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Johnson is hit by the pitch.

Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Melton strikes out. There goes Andrews. The throw from Dalrymple and Andrews is out.

Bottom 3 Reichardt bunts towards the mound. McNally fields it and throws to third for the out. Andrews moves to second.

Bottom 3 Andrews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hershberger moves to second.

Bottom 3 Hershberger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into right field. McKinney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Chuck Brinkman now catching. Buford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 2 Horlen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Chuck Brinkman pinch runs for Tom Egan. There's a wild pitch. Brinkman moves to second.

Bottom 2 Egan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McNally fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 McNally strikes out.

Top 2 Dalrymple takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 McKinney hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Melton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 1 Reichardt hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Andrews moves to third.

Bottom 1 Andrews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Andrews reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Hershberger hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Robinson strikes out.

Top 1 There goes Rettenmund. The throw from Egan and he is safe. Rettenmund steals second.

Top 1 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buford scores.

Top 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Buford moves to third.

Top 1 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buford moves to second.

Top 1 Buford is hit by the pitch.

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