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September 10, 1973

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Tony Oliva Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .292
OBP .750 .346
At Bats 2 524
Hits 1 153
• Singles 1 121
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 2 41
RBI’s 0 77

Jim Merritt Season Stats

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5 11 1
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 10, 1973
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Out
Jim Merritt
Ken Suarez
Jim Spencer
Dave Nelson
Bill Madlock
Toby Harrah
Jeff Burroughs
Vic Harris
Larry Biittner
Tony Oliva
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliva for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Suarez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops it up and throws to first, with Corbin covering, for the out.
Top 8 Harris is hit by the pitch. Burroughs moves to second.
Top 8 Madlock hits a line drive towards short. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Phil Roof now catching. Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Merritt covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Braun pinch hits for Glenn Borgmann. Jim Merritt now pitching. Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Steve Braun. Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 7 Thompson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Darwin moves to third. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 7 Brye bunts towards the mound. Gogolewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Gogolewski. Darwin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Darwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Soderholm scores.
Bottom 7 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Harris who is chasing the ball. Soderholm reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Kusick strikes out.
Top 7 Johnson strikes out.
Top 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harrah moves to second.
Top 7 Ray Corbin now pitching. Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nelson scores.
Top 7 Nelson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Darwin who is chasing the ball. Nelson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Suarez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a popup, foul, towards third. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Carew. The throw from Suarez and he is out, Nelson applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Holt hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harris strikes out.
Top 6 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. Burroughs moves to second.
Top 6 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jim Holt now playing left field. Biittner hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Brye hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Darwin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Darwin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harrah hits a popup towards first. Kusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kusick hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bill Gogolewski now pitching. Oliva is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Carew reaches second base with a double. Borgmann goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Hisle hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Borgmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brye scores.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Darwin tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Brye hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Brye reaches second base with a double. Soderholm scores. Darwin moves to third.
Bottom 4 Darwin takes first base on ball four. Soderholm moves to second.
Bottom 4 Soderholm takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Nelson hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Suarez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Harris moves to third.
Top 4 Harris takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Madlock strikes out.
Top 4 Burroughs hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Biittner. The throw from Borgmann and he is safe. Biittner steals second.
Top 4 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields the ball and throws to Hudson covering. Safe. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hisle strikes out.
Bottom 3 Borgmann takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Harrah hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Darwin. Harrah reaches second base with a double. Nelson scores.
Top 3 There goes Nelson. The throw from Borgmann and he is safe. Nelson steals second.
Top 3 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Suarez hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brye hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Darwin strikes out.
Top 2 Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm juggles the ball. That's an error on Soderholm. Johnson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Burroughs hits a line drive into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fife fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Kusick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 1 Oliva takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a popup, foul, towards third. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out.
Top 1 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.