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April 16, 1972

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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .182
OBP .250 .308
At Bats 4 11
Hits 1 2
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 0

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

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Municipal Stadium - April 16, 1972
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Bobby Floyd
Lou Piniella
Steve Hovley
Bob Oliver
Bill Melton
Dick Allen
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Melton hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Allen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hovley. Allen reaches second base with a double. Kelly scores. There goes Reichardt trying to get to home. Hovley throws the ball in to Rojas who relays the ball to Kirkpatrick who tags Reichardt, who came all the way from first, for the out. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Rick Reichardt pinch hits for Luis Alvarado. Reichardt bunts towards the mound. Abernathy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kelly moves to second.
Top 9 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy juggles the ball. That's an error on Abernathy.
Top 9 Jim Qualls pinch hits for Terry Forster. Qualls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May throws the ball in to Andrews who tags Piniella, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 8 Mayberry hits a popup towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hovley is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Herrmann 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 8 Johnstone strikes out.
Top 8 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 May hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 7 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Abernathy strikes out.
Bottom 7 Luis Alvarado now playing shortstop. Floyd is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Melton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Allen strikes out.
Top 7 Walt Williams pinch hits for Jorge Orta. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third.
Top 7 Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Kelly reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Terry Forster now pitching. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Bottom 6 There goes Piniella. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Piniella steals second.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to second for the out. Rojas scores.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hovley hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bradley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Herrmann hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnstone takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jim Rooker now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Melton moves to third. Andrews moves to second.
Top 6 Andrews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allen scores. Melton moves to second.
Top 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allen moves to second.
Top 6 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Montgomery strikes out.
Bottom 5 Floyd strikes out.
Top 5 Orta strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Kelly. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Floyd applying the tag.
Top 5 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas misplays the ball. That's an error on Rojas.
Top 5 Bradley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Andrews applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Herrmann hits a popup towards short. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Montgomery covering, for the out.
Top 4 Andrews strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hovley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schaal scores. Rojas moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and has Floyd trapped. There's the throw to Melton who throws to Andrews, who tags Floyd for the out. Schaal moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Montgomery bunts towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to first for the out. Floyd moves to second.
Bottom 3 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews.
Top 3 May hits a line drive towards first. Mayberry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Melton hits a popup towards short. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Allen takes first base on ball four. Orta moves to second.
Top 3 Steve Hovley now playing center field. Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Oliver is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews.
Top 2 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Herrmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May scores. Johnstone moves to third. Herrmann moves to second.
Top 2 Johnstone takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Andrews bunts towards the mound. Montgomery fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to second.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Andrews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Allen hits a line drive towards first. Mayberry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Kelly for the double play.
Top 1 Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.