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September 13, 1970

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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .266
OBP .500 .338
At Bats 4 458
Hits 2 122
• Singles 2 80
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 28
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 2 87

Ron Perranoski Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 29
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 13, 1970
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Walk
Ron Perranoski
Paul Ratliff
Rich Reese
Danny Thompson
Harmon Killebrew
Leo Cardenas
Brant Alyea
Cesar Tovar
Tony Oliva
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Melton takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Aparicio bunts towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Horlen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Matias settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Horlen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Knoop for the out. Berry moves to second.
Top 8 Danny Thompson now playing second base. Ron Perranoski now pitching. Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Jim Holt pinch hits for Jim Kaat. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Matias scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holt for the out.
Bottom 7 Charlie Manuel pinch hits for Frank Quilici. Manuel is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Ratliff takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Matias hits a line drive towards the mound. Kaat catches it and throws to first to double up Melton.
Top 7 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morales fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a popup towards third. Morales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Morales hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Horlen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morales fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Matias juggles the ball. That's an error on Matias. Quilici moves to second.
Bottom 5 Quilici hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ratliff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe Horlen now pitching. John Matias now playing first base. Rich Morales now playing third base. Reese strikes out.
Top 5 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Melton moves to third.
Top 5 Jim Kaat now pitching. Ossie Blanco pinch hits for Gail Hopkins. Blanco hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Melton hits a line drive to left field. Alyea throws towards third. Killebrew fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Killebrew. O'Brien scores. Aparicio scores. May moves to third.
Top 5 May is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a line drive into right field. Oliva picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Oliva. O'Brien moves to third. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 5 Stan Williams now pitching. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. Knoop scores.
Top 5 Lee Maye pinch hits for Jerry Crider. Maye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berry scores. Knoop moves to third.
Top 5 Knoop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herrmann scores. Berry moves to second.
Top 5 Berry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hopkins scores. Herrmann moves to third.
Top 5 Herrmann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Herrmann reaches second base with a double. Hopkins moves to third.
Top 5 Hopkins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Alyea strikes out. There goes Oliva. The throw from Herrmann to second, and they've got Oliva trapped. There's the throw to Hopkins, and Oliva is out.
Bottom 4 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Oliva hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Oliva reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 May is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Perry hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jerry Crider now pitching. Quilici hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ratliff tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Ratliff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry who is chasing the ball. Ratliff reaches third base with a triple. Reese goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a line drive into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynne hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Knoop is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perry scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perry moves to third.
Bottom 2 Perry bunts towards the mound. Wynne fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wynne. Quilici scores. Perry moves to second.
Bottom 2 Quilici hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Melton. Quilici reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Berry hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ratliff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ratliff for the out.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien juggles the ball. That's an error on O'Brien. Tovar scores. Oliva moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cardenas bunts towards the mound. Wynne fields it and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out.