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May 25, 1974

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Royals 2 3 1

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .219
OBP .500 .314
At Bats 3 151
Hits 1 33
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 1 13

Steve Busby Season Stats

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7 3 0
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Royals Stadium - May 25, 1974
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Steve Busby
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 9 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jorge Orta now playing shortstop. McRae is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Henderson strikes out.
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Allen moves to third.
Top 9 Allen hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third.
Top 9 Hairston hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jorge Orta pinch hits for Eddie Leon. Orta strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas strikes out.
Top 8 Downing is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Santo is hit by the pitch. Henderson moves to third. Melton moves to second.
Top 8 Melton takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second.
Top 8 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Patek for the out.
Bottom 7 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cowens moves to third.
Bottom 7 Brett bunts towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. Cowens moves to second.
Bottom 7 Brian Downing now catching. Eddie Leon now playing shortstop. Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hairston hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brian Downing pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. Tony Muser pinch hits for Bucky Dent. Muser hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Downing moves to second.
Top 7 Herrmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Wohlford. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Santo applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Wohlford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Patek strikes out.
Top 5 Hairston strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Kelly. The throw from Healy and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 5 Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 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.
Bottom 4 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cowens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Melton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Melton reaches second base with a double. Henderson goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rojas scores. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Patek strikes out. Herrmann drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Patek out.
Top 3 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Busby covering, for the out.
Top 3 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Healy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brett hits a line drive off the glove of Allen, and into shallow right field. Brett reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores. Wohlford moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Cowens is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wood. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 2 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Herrmann strikes out.
Top 2 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Melton hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Allen strikes out.
Top 1 Hairston hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third.
Top 1 Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.