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September 2, 1974

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Jorge Orta Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .319
OBP .400 .371
At Bats 5 432
Hits 2 138
• Singles 2 101
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 52

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 9
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Royals Stadium - September 2, 1974
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Double
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Kurt Bevacqua
Frank White
Jim Wohlford
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Jorge Orta
Jerry Hairston
Bucky Dent
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Orta hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Orta reaches second base with a double. Dent scores. Hairston goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Hairston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dent moves to second.
Top 10 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 10 Downing hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Sharp hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wohlford hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Doug Bird now pitching. Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Henderson is walked intentionally.
Top 9 May hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 The umpire calls a balk on Hoerner Allen moves to second.
Top 9 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bevacqua strikes out.
Bottom 8 Cowens hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Healy moves to third.
Bottom 8 Healy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a popup towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jerry Hairston now playing left field. Bill Sharp now playing right field. Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Hairston pinch runs for Ron Santo. Orta hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Ron Santo pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Santo hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Santo reaches second base with a double. Downing scores. Dent goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Downing moves to second.
Top 8 Downing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores.
Top 8 Sharp hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out. Henderson moves to third.
Top 8 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Henderson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores.
Bottom 7 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Bottom 7 White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 May 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 7 Allen is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Fitzmorris covering, for the out. Dent moves to third. Kelly moves to second.
Top 7 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Dent moves to second.
Top 7 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua juggles the ball. That's an error on Bevacqua.
Top 7 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into left field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cowens hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rojas strikes out.
Top 6 Sharp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Melton takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Henderson hits a popup towards short. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mayberry strikes out.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wohlford hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 May strikes out.
Top 5 Allen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Orta scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Orta hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wohlford. Orta moves to second.
Top 5 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Downing fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bevacqua hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Healy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson throws the ball in to Dent who tags Healy trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Sharp hits a popup towards short. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a popup towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sharp. McRae reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out.
Top 3 Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Orta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wohlford strikes out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into left field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Downing hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Downing reaches second base with a double. Sharp moves to third.
Top 2 Sharp hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Melton hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cowens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Downing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Healy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rojas for the out. Otis scores. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it and throws to second for the out. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wohlford scores.
Bottom 1 Wohlford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sharp. Wohlford reaches second base with a double. White scores.
Bottom 1 White bunts towards the mound. Wood picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Wood. White moves to third.
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 hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Orta moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.