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September 30, 1966

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Paul Blair Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .278
OBP .667 .311
At Bats 2 295
Hits 1 82
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 33

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 14 3
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Memorial Stadium - September 30, 1966
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Jim Merritt
Russ Nixon
Don Mincher
Cesar Tovar
Harmon Killebrew
Zoilo Versalles
Jimmie Hall
Ted Uhlaender
Tony Oliva
Paul Blair
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Merritt hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nixon tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Versalles hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mincher scores. Nixon moves to third.
Top 8 Uhlaender hits a popup in front of the plate. Haney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. Mincher moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third.
Top 8 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Fisher drops the ball.
Bottom 7 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fisher strikes out.
Bottom 7 Haney strikes out.
Top 7 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Eddie Fisher now pitching. Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Held hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blefary hits a line drive to center field. Uhlaender throws towards the plate. Nixon fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nixon. Blair scores. Johnson scores. Blefary moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bowens hits a popup towards the mound. Merritt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Blair moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blair moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blair takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Merritt strikes out.
Top 6 Versalles hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Uhlaender hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tovar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Haney strikes out.
Top 5 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mincher hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to second.
Top 5 Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 4 Held strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blefary for the out. Bowens moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bowens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hall. Bowens reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Epstein for the out.
Top 4 Merritt is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There goes Versalles. The throw from Haney and he is out, Belanger applying the tag.
Top 4 Versalles takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Uhlaender 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 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tovar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Blair hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Belanger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hall. Belanger reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Mincher takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 3 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to second.
Top 3 Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Haney strikes out.
Bottom 2 Held takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Blefary hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tovar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bowens strikes out.
Top 2 Merritt is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Palmer fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Palmer. Uhlaender moves to third.
Top 2 Uhlaender hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Epstein hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tovar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blair hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Belanger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tovar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mincher strikes out.
Top 1 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hall hits a fly ball into left field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.