Orioles @ Yankees
May 17, 1971

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Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	3	7	3
Yankees	6	9	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	3	7	3
Yankees	6	9	0

Paul Blair Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.242
OBP	.250	.289
At Bats	4	120
Hits	1	29
• Singles	1	21
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	7
RBI’s	0	12

Jack Aker Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	2

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Yankee Stadium - May 17, 1971

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Out

Jack Aker

Thurman Munson

Danny Cater

Horace Clarke

Jerry Kenney

Gene Michael

Roy White

Bobby Murcer

Felipe Alou

Paul Blair

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	3	7	3	8
New York Yankees	6	9	0	6
Winning Pitcher	Mel Stottlemyre
Losing Pitcher	Pat Dobson
Save	Jack Aker
Game Winning RBI	Roy White
Attendance	15,378
Time of Game	2 hours 18 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Buford hits a line drive towards first. Cater catches it and steps on first to double up Rettenmund.

Top 9 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Pete Richert. Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Aker strikes out. Hendricks drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Aker out.

Bottom 8 Michael bunts towards the mound. Richert fields it and throws to home to get Alou. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 8 Pete Richert now pitching. Kenney hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cater tags and scores. Alou tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to home. Hendricks drops the ball. Murcer scores. Cater moves to third. Alou moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 8 Cater hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third.

Bottom 8 Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 8 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Jack Aker now pitching. Robinson hits a popup towards third. Kenney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Hendricks hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 8 Robinson takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Powell hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hendricks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stottlemyre moves to third.

Bottom 7 Clarke bunts towards the mound. Hardin fields it and throws to first for the out. Stottlemyre moves to second.

Bottom 7 Jim Hardin now pitching. Stottlemyre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Blair bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 7 Tom Shopay pinch hits for Grant Jackson. Shopay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to second.

Top 7 Belanger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Michael strikes out.

Bottom 6 Kenney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Cater hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair who is chasing the ball. Cater reaches third base with a triple.

Top 6 Robinson strikes out.

Top 6 Hendricks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 6 Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Murcer strikes out.

Bottom 5 White strikes out.

Bottom 5 Grant Jackson now pitching. Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.

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

Top 5 Chico Salmon pinch hits for Pat Dobson. Salmon hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Belanger takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Stottlemyre strikes out.

Bottom 4 Dobson spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Dobson. Michael moves to third.

Bottom 4 Michael hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kenney scores. Michael moves to second.

Bottom 4 There goes Kenney. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Kenney steals second.

Bottom 4 Kenney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Alou hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hendricks for the out. Blair scores. Robinson moves to third.

Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Blair moves to third.

Top 4 Powell hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 There goes Murcer. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Murcer steals second.

Bottom 3 Murcer takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 White hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buford for the out.

Top 3 Dobson strikes out.

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

Bottom 2 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Stottlemyre bunts in front of the plate. Hendricks fields it and throws to first for the out. Michael moves to second.

Bottom 2 Michael hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kenney scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 2 There goes Kenney. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Kenney steals second.

Bottom 2 Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger misplays the ball. That's an error on Belanger.

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

Top 2 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Cater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Hendricks strikes out.

Bottom 1 Cater strikes out.

Bottom 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clarke moves to third.

Bottom 1 Clarke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Clarke reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Powell takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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