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June 28, 1970

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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .291
OBP .500 .335
At Bats 4 244
Hits 2 71
• Singles 1 49
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 14
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 2 49

Tom Hall Season Stats

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3 2 1
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Comiskey Park - June 28, 1970
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Out
Tom Hall
George Mitterwald
Rich Reese
Cesar Tovar
Harmon Killebrew
Leo Cardenas
Rick Renick
Jim Holt
Tony Oliva
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Melton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tovar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Tom Hall now pitching. McCraw hits a fly ball into left field. Renick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Tischinski pinch hits for Ron Perranoski. Tischinski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Aparicio fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Mitterwald moves to second.
Top 8 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Holt 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 8 Oliva hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Knoop is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Wood hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Wood reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Rick Renick now playing left field. Ron Perranoski now pitching. Jim Holt now playing center field. Cesar Tovar now playing second base. Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tovar hits a line drive into left field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Herman Hill pinch hits for Jim Kaat. Wilbur Wood now pitching. Rick Renick pinch hits for Herman Hill. Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Holt scores. Ratliff moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Paul Ratliff pinch hits for Frank Quilici. Ratliff takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Reese hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mitterwald hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio catches it, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Holt moves to third.
Top 7 Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Jim Holt pinch hits for Brant Alyea. Holt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Spence hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaat moves to second.
Top 6 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tommy McCraw now playing left field. Kaat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jim Kaat now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 O'Brien hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murphy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Quilici hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reese takes first base on ball four. Mitterwald moves to second.
Top 5 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKinney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zepp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Spence hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrmann for the out.
Top 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spence fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Tovar is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Melton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 May hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Frank Quilici now playing second base. Bill Zepp now pitching. Aparicio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Quilici settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Danny Murphy now pitching. Bob Allison pinch hits for Steve Barber. Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Frank Quilici pinch hits for Danny Thompson. Quilici hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Quilici reaches second base with a double. Alyea scores.
Top 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliva scores.
Top 3 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spence scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mitterwald for the out. Killebrew scores. Oliva moves to third. Alyea moves to second.
Top 3 Alyea is hit by the pitch. Killebrew moves to third. Oliva moves to second.
Top 3 Oliva bunts towards third. McKinney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 3 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a popup towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKinney scores. Berry moves to second.
Bottom 2 Berry bunts in front of the plate. Mitterwald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Melton scores. McKinney moves to second.
Bottom 2 McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Spence hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Melton moves to third.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cardenas is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Aparicio takes first base on ball four. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 1 Steve Barber now pitching. O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moore moves to third.
Bottom 1 Moore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Berry hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Woodson spins, and has McKinney trapped. He throws to Killebrew who tags McKinney for the out.
Bottom 1 McKinney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. McKinney reaches second base with a double. Herrmann scores. Spence goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Spence hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodson has Melton trapped. There's the throw to Killebrew and over to Mitterwald, who tags Melton for the out. Herrmann moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May scores. Melton moves to third.
Bottom 1 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. O'Brien scores. Aparicio scores. May moves to third.
Bottom 1 Dick Woodson now pitching. May takes first base on ball four. O'Brien moves to third. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 1 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. O'Brien reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mitterwald hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Alyea takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Oliva moves to second.
Top 1 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tovar tags and scores.
Top 1 There goes Tovar. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Tovar steals third.
Top 1 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Herrmann fields it and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second.
Top 1 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.