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September 29, 1970

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Royals 14 20 2
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Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .167 .300
OBP .167 .342
At Bats 6 534
Hits 1 160
• Singles 1 121
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 1 87

Pete Hamm Season Stats

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Metropolitan Stadium - September 29, 1970
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Out
Pete Hamm
Rick Dempsey
Cotton Nash
Frank Quilici
Cesar Tovar
Rick Renick
Charlie Manuel
Jim Holt
Jim Nettles
Lou Piniella
Ted Abernathy
Billy Sorrell
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 12 Abernathy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Floyd scores. Sorrell moves to second.
Top 12 Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Sorrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Floyd moves to second.
Top 12 Matchick hits a popup in front of the plate. Dempsey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Rick Renick now playing shortstop. Pete Hamm now pitching. Floyd takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Jim Kaat pinch hits for Steve Barber. Kaat hits a line drive into right field. Sorrell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Manuel is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nash scores. Tovar scores.
Bottom 11 Tovar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sorrell. Tovar reaches second base with a double. Nash moves to third.
Bottom 11 Nash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Quilici hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Rojas is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Dempsey and he is safe. Kirkpatrick steals second.
Top 11 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Top 11 There goes Piniella. The throw from Dempsey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 11 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodriguez scores.
Top 11 Abernathy bunts towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 11 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Dempsey strikes out.
Bottom 10 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Sorrell strikes out.
Top 10 Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Matchick for the out.
Top 10 Frank Quilici now playing second base. Rick Dempsey now catching. Cotton Nash now playing first base. Steve Barber now pitching. Charlie Manuel nFloyd hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 9 Charlie Manuel pinch hits for Bill Zepp. Manuel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hill scores. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Quilici scores. Hill moves to second.
Bottom 9 Herman Hill pinch runs for Paul Ratliff. Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 9 Frank Quilici pinch runs for Rich Reese. Paul Ratliff pinch hits for Steve Brye. Ratliff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Quilici moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rich Reese pinch hits for Danny Thompson. Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Ellie Rodriguez now catching. Ted Abernathy now pitching. Ed Kirkpatrick now playing center field. Rod Carew pinch hits for George Mitterwald. Carew strikes out.
Top 9 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar juggles the ball. That's an error on Tovar. Kirkpatrick scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Holt. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Severson scores. Piniella goes all the way around to score. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar juggles the ball. That's an error on Tovar. Sorrell scores. Severson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Jim Rooker pinch hits for Jim York. Bill Zepp now pitching. Rich Severson pinch hits for Jim Rooker. Severson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. Sorrell moves to third.
Top 9 Jackie Hernandez pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sorrell moves to second.
Top 9 Sorrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Floyd scores.
Top 9 Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Matchick for the out. Rojas moves to third. Floyd moves to second.
Top 9 Floyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rojas moves to second.
Top 9 Ron Perranoski now pitching. Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 8 Holt hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Oliver strikes out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Nettles now playing right field. Steve Brye now playing left field. Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tovar hits a popup towards short. Matchick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim York now pitching. Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim Campanis pinch hits for Ken Wright. Campanis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sorrell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Mitterwald is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Floyd hits a line drive into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bob Allison now playing right field. Stan Williams now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Ken Wright now pitching. Killebrew hits a fly ball towards center. Kelly settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Kelly. Cardenas scores. Oliva moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Allison scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Allison moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bob Allison pinch hits for Jim Perry. Allison hits a fly ball towards center. Kelly settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Kelly. Allison moves to second.
Top 5 Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Mitterwald reaches second base with a double. Killebrew scores. Holt goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Alyea hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Holt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 4 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Billy Sorrell now playing right field. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Oliva hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Perry fires to first and picks off Kelly.
Top 4 Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Matchick scores. Sorrell scores.
Top 4 Billy Sorrell pinch hits for Dave Morehead. Sorrell 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. Floyd scores. Matchick moves to third. Sorrell moves to second.
Top 4 Matchick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Floyd moves to third.
Top 4 Floyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Rojas moves to second.
Top 4 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to third. Perry moves to second.
Bottom 3 Perry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mitterwald scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Mitterwald. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Mitterwald steals second.
Bottom 3 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Pat Kelly now playing center field. Holt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pat Kelly pinch runs for Amos Otis. Spriggs strikes out.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Morehead is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Dave Morehead now pitching. Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Tovar scores. Cardenas moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cardenas takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to third. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Perry strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Matchick hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Floyd hits a fly ball into center field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alyea strikes out.
Bottom 1 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Oliva moves to third.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Cardenas scores. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Paul Splittorff now pitching. Tovar takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.