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April 19, 1974

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Royals 4 7 1
White Sox 5 8 2
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Royals 4 7 1
White Sox 5 8 2

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .239
OBP .250 .352
At Bats 4 46
Hits 1 11
• Singles 1 6
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 3

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

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Comiskey Park - April 19, 1974
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Out
Joe Hoerner
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Vada Pinson
Al Cowens
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Melton hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 8 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cowens hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bradford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Leon strikes out.
Bottom 7 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pinson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out. Mayberry moves to second.
Top 7 McRae strikes out.
Top 7 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Orta hits a popup in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Santo takes first base on ball four. Allen scores. Melton moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to third. Melton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allen moves to second.
Bottom 6 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out.
Bottom 6 Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Bradford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wohlford is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Rojas hits a line drive towards the mound. Kaat catches it and throws to first to double up Patek.
Top 6 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Leon hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Downing takes first base on ball four. Santo moves to third. Orta moves to second.
Bottom 5 Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Santo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Eddie Leon now playing shortstop. Healy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Pattin covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Bradford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jerry Hairston pinch hits for Bucky Dent. Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Patek. Orta scores. Downing moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Downing hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Orta moves to third.
Bottom 4 Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Santo hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mayberry strikes out.
Top 4 Wohlford takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out. Patek moves to second.
Top 4 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a line drive towards first. Mayberry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Melton hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. May reaches second base with a double. Bradford goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Bradford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Dent strikes out.
Top 3 Cowens strikes out.
Top 3 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Healy tags and scores.
Top 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Healy moves to third.
Top 3 Healy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bradford. Healy reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores. McRae scores.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton has Wohlford trapped. There's the throw to Downing and back to Melton, who tags Wohlford for the out. Mayberry moves to third. McRae moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wohlford moves to third.
Top 3 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards second. Orta picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Orta. Wohlford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Downing strikes out.
Bottom 2 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Kaat, and towards Orta, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cowens hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Downing fields it and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to third. Schaal moves to second.
Top 2 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to second.
Top 2 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Kaat drops the ball.
Top 2 Healy hits a fly ball into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. Bradford scores.
Bottom 1 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 1 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bradford moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bradford takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. Rojas moves to third.
Top 1 Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Rojas moves to second.
Top 1 Wohlford hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.