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August 24, 1970

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Yankees 5 9 0
Royals 5 7 0
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Yankees 6 10 0
Royals 5 7 0

Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .352
At Bats 0 468
Hits 0 117
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 0 74
RBI’s 2 66

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

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3 5 0
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Municipal Stadium - August 24, 1970
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Home Run
Tom Burgmeier
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Tommy Matchick
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
George Spriggs
Bobby Murcer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 White strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Spriggs. The throw from Munson and he is out, Baker applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Spriggs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Burgmeier strikes out.
Top 4 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Spriggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clarke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Clarke reaches third base with a triple. Kenney scores.
Top 4 Klimkowski bunts towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Kenney moves to second.
Top 4 Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Ron Klimkowski now pitching. Matchick hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schaal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Schaal reaches third base with a triple. Piniella scores. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lyttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. White moves to third.
Top 3 Cater hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes White. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 3 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Spriggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Munson tags and scores.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Munson moves to third.
Top 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fitzmorris strikes out.
Bottom 2 Matchick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lyttle. Matchick reaches second base with a double. Kirkpatrick scores. Oliver scores. Schaal goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Clarke 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 2 Stottlemyre is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lyttle. Rojas reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cater scores. There goes Lyttle trying to get to second. Spriggs throws the ball in to Rojas who relays the ball to Matchick who tags Lyttle for the out.
Top 1 Lyttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cater moves to second.
Top 1 Cater hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White scores.
Top 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Munson tags and scores.
Top 1 There goes White. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 1 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Munson moves to third.
Top 1 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.