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September 3, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 11 2
White Sox 6 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 11 2
White Sox 6 7 0

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .281
OBP .500 .357
At Bats 4 455
Hits 2 128
• Singles 2 81
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 1 75

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 18
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Comiskey Park - September 3, 1971
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Buck Martinez
Bob Oliver
Bobby Knoop
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Ed Kirkpatrick
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Melton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 9 Otis strikes out.
Top 9 Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Vicente Romo now pitching. Keough hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnstone takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bob Spence pinch hits for Terry Forster. Spence strikes out.
Bottom 8 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 8 Amos Otis now playing center field. Bob Oliver now playing first base. Buck Martinez now catching. Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Ted AbernMorales hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Oliver.
Top 8 Terry Forster now pitching. Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Hopkins is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Valdespino moves to second.
Top 8 Valdespino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knoop scores. Patek scores.
Top 8 There goes Patek. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 8 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Knoop moves to third.
Top 8 Bobby Knoop pinch runs for Jerry May. Bob Oliver pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier. Bart Johnson now pitching. Oliver strikes out. There goes Otis. He's safe. There goes Knoop. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 8 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Top 8 Amos Otis pinch hits for Bobby Floyd. Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ed Herrmann now catching. Schaal hits a line drive into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pat Kelly pinch hits for Tom Egan. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Steve Huntz pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Huntz hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 May takes first base on ball four. Reichardt moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reichardt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McKinney hits a fly ball into left field. Valdespino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 7 Jay Johnstone now playing center field. Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKinney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jay Johnstone pinch hits for Mike Hershberger. Johnstone hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Kealey hits a popup towards first. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Valdespino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Valdespino hits a fly ball into center field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Egan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Reichardt. The throw from May and he is out, Schaal applying the tag.
Bottom 5 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reichardt moves to second.
Bottom 5 Reichardt takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 May strikes out.
Top 5 Floyd hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Steve Kealey now pitching. Keough hits a popup towards short. Morales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jim York now pitching. McKinney takes first base on ball four. Morales scores. Williams moves to third. Hershberger moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Hershberger takes first base on ball four. May scores. Morales moves to third. Williams moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May moves to third. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopkins settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hopkins.
Bottom 4 Lee Richard pinch hits for Rich Hinton. Richard strikes out.
Bottom 4 Morales takes first base on ball four. May moves to second.
Bottom 4 Egan hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 4 Hopkins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valdespino moves to second.
Top 4 Valdespino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May scores. Clemons scores.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to third. Clemons moves to second.
Top 4 Rich Hinton now pitching. Clemons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton has Floyd trapped. There's the throw to Egan and back to Melton, who tags Floyd for the out. May moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Floyd moves to third.
Top 4 Floyd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Reichardt strikes out.
Bottom 3 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McKinney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Valdespino scores. Hopkins scores.
Top 3 Hopkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek scores. Valdespino moves to third. Hopkins moves to second.
Top 3 Valdespino hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Valdespino reaches second base with a double. Patek moves to third.
Top 3 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Clemons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Horlen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Horlen hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Egan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Reichardt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Hershberger scores.
Bottom 1 Melton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. Hershberger moves to third.
Bottom 1 McKinney bunts towards the mound. Clemons fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third. Hershberger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hershberger takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and throws to third for the out. Hopkins moves to second.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek moves to second.
Top 1 Valdespino hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Egan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek takes first base on ball four.