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May 23, 1973

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Rod Carew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .309
OBP .750 .363
At Bats 3 139
Hits 2 43
• Singles 2 31
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 17

Doug Bird Season Stats

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Metropolitan Stadium - May 23, 1973
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Out
Doug Bird
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Kurt Bevacqua
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Steve Hovley
Rod Carew
Jim Holt
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Holt moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Hisle bunts in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick fields it and throws to first for the out. Holt moves to second.
Bottom 7 Steve Hovley now playing right field. Ed Kirkpatrick now catching. Holt takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Rojas trying to get to home. Darwin throws the ball in to Carew who relays the ball to Mitterwald, who tags Rojas, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 7 There goes Patek. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Carl Taylor. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 7 Ray Corbin now pitching. Steve Hovley pinch hits for Hal McRae. Hovley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mitterwald strikes out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Killebrew scores. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 6 Braun is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Darwin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Oliva scores. Killebrew moves to third.
Bottom 6 Doug Bird now pitching. Killebrew hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Carew scores. Oliva moves to third.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hisle scores. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hisle moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hisle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Holt 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 6 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Dave Goltz now pitching. Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Otis moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Top 6 Piniella takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Otis. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rojas hits a line drive towards third. Braun reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mitterwald is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Braun hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Taylor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hisle. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bevacqua hits a line drive towards short. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carew scores. Oliva moves to third.
Bottom 4 Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 4 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hisle hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Piniella is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to second.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun juggles the ball. That's an error on Braun.
Top 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Killebrew moves to third.
Bottom 3 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 3 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Bevacqua moves to third. McRae moves to second.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bevacqua moves to second.
Top 3 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 3 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hisle. Otis reaches second base with a double. Rojas moves to third.
Top 3 Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 3 There goes Patek. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliva hits a line drive towards third. Bevacqua reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. Holt moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hisle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Holt moves to second.
Bottom 2 Holthits a dribbler in front of the plate. Taylor interferes with Holt who is awarded first base.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald strikes out.
Top 2 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Piniella moves to third.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Bevacqua settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Braun takes first base on ball four. Hisle scores. Carew moves to third. Darwin moves to second.
Bottom 1 Darwin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Carew. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Carew steals second.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hisle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hisle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.