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June 23, 1971

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Royals 2 4 0
White Sox 6 8 1
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Royals 2 4 0
White Sox 7 9 1

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .294
OBP 1.000 .379
At Bats 1 221
Hits 1 65
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 1 26
RBI’s 0 41

Dick Drago Season Stats

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7 3 0
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Comiskey Park - June 23, 1971
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Home Run
Dick Drago
Buck Martinez
Chuck Harrison
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Ed Kirkpatrick
Dennis Paepke
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dick Drago now pitching. Melton hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Egan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ted Savage pinch hits for Paul Splittorff. Savage takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out.
Bottom 4 McKinney hits a fly ball into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Williams reaches second base with a double. Alvarado scores.
Bottom 4 Richard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Wood bunts towards first. Harrison scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Alvarado moves to second.
Bottom 4 Alvarado hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKinney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Paepke strikes out.
Top 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado misplays the ball. That's an error on Alvarado.
Bottom 3 Egan hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKinney scores. Melton scores.
Bottom 3 Reichardt strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. McKinney moves to third. Melton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Melton takes first base on ball four. McKinney moves to second.
Bottom 3 McKinney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richard scores.
Bottom 3 Williams bunts towards first. Harrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Richard hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kirkpatrick. Richard reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Harrison hits a fly ball into center field. Richard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Rojas moves to second.
Top 3 Rojas hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 3 There goes Patek. The throw from Egan and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Splittorff strikes out.
Top 3 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wood is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Alvarado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Egan scores.
Bottom 2 Egan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paepke. Egan reaches second base with a double. Reichardt goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Paepke strikes out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McKinney hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Harrison hits a fly ball towards center. Richard catches it and throws to first to double up Schaal.
Top 1 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rojas hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Patek hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.