Orioles @ Royals
July 22, 1970

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Orioles 3 6 0
Royals 3 8 1
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Orioles 3 6 0
Royals 3 8 1

Paul Blair Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .238
OBP .000 .326
At Bats 3 277
Hits 0 66
• Singles 0 40
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 37

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 4
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Municipal Stadium - July 22, 1970
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Strikeout
Ted Abernathy
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Billy Sorrell
Jackie Hernandez
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Pat Kelly
Paul Blair
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Blair strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Rettenmund is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Boog Powell pinch hits for Dick Hall. Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Elrod Hendricks now catching. Don Buford now playing second base. Davey Johnson now playing shortstop. Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Abernathy covering, for the out.
Top 10 Don Buford pinch hits for Mark Belanger. There's a wild pitch. Hendricks moves to second.
Top 10 Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Andy Etchebarren. Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Abernathy hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Blair bunts towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blair for the out. Rettenmund moves to second.
Top 9 Ed Kirkpatrick now catching. Billy Sorrell now playing third base. Ted Abernathy now pitching. Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Dick Hall now pitching. Billy Sorrell pinch hits for Ellie Rodriguez. Sorrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas takes first base on ball four. Piniella scores. Oliver moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 8 Eddie Watt now pitching. Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Paul Schaal. Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four. Piniella moves to third. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly moves to second.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jim Campanis pinch hits for Ken Wright. Campanis hits a popup towards first. Crowley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McNally hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ken Wright now pitching. Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. Belanger moves to third.
Top 6 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Belanger moves to second.
Top 6 McNally bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 6 Belanger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fitzmorris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Fitzmorris reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Terry Crowley now playing first base. Merv Rettenmund now playing left field. Frank Robinson now playing right field. Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Etchebarren 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 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver juggles the ball. That's an error on Oliver. Robinson moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 5 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Curt Motton. Crowley strikes out.
Top 5 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rojas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguezdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Etchebarren. The throw to Fitzmorris covering the plate. The slide. Etchebarren is out.
Top 4 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores. Etchebarren tags and moves to third.
Top 4 McNally bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Al Fitzmorris now pitching. Belanger takes first base on ball four. Motton scores. Johnson moves to third. Etchebarren moves to second.
Top 4 Etchebarren takes first base on ball four. Motton moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Motton moves to second.
Top 4 Motton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Kelly. The throw from Etchebarren and he is safe. Kelly steals second.
Bottom 3 Kelly takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Blair hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 McNally hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Etchebarren hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Motton hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rettenmund tags and scores.
Top 1 Blair bunts towards the mound. Butler fields it and throws to first for the out. Rettenmund moves to third.
Top 1 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Rettenmund reaches second base with a double.