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July 4, 1974

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Royals 3 6 0
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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .222
OBP .750 .308
At Bats 4 252
Hits 3 56
• Singles 2 37
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 9
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 3 27

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Comiskey Park - July 4, 1974
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Single
Steve Mingori
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Bill Melton
Carlos May
Jorge Orta
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Orta scores. May moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Lee Richard pinch runs for Dick Allen. May hits a ball on the ground for an out. Orta moves to third.
Bottom 8 Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Orta moves to second.
Bottom 8 Orta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Steve Mingori now pitching. Henderson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Dent scores.
Bottom 8 Dent hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Dent reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Herrmann hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Sharp hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mayberry strikes out.
Top 8 Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken Henderson now playing center field. Bill Sharp now playing right field. Healy hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Muser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Melton hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Orta scores. May moves to third.
Bottom 7 May is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Allen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Allen for the out. Orta moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dent scores. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dent moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Dent moves to second.
Bottom 7 John Mayberry now playing first base. Dent is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Terry Forster now pitching. McRae strikes out.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett scores. White scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kelly. White reaches second base with a double. Brett moves to third.
Top 7 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Scheinblum tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen juggles the ball. That's an error on Allen. Scheinblum moves to third.
Top 7 Cowens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Richie Scheinblum pinch hits for Tony Solaita. Scheinblum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Herrmann strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sharp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Muser hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Melton hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 May hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly scores.
Bottom 5 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Kelly reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brett hits a line drive towards short. Dent reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dent is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Herrmann is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Sharp hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Muser bunts towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Melton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Solaita strikes out.
Top 4 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Healy hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly scores.
Bottom 3 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herrmann scores. Kelly moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dent bunts towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Herrmann moves to second.
Bottom 3 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sharp hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Muser. The throw from Healy and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Muser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Solaita takes first base on ball four. Healy moves to second.
Top 2 Wohlford hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Healy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops it up and throws to first, with Busby covering, for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 White hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek is called out on strikes.