Royals @ Yankees
July 18, 1974

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Royals 6 12 3
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Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .500 .342
At Bats 4 343
Hits 2 98
• Singles 2 76
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 2 56

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 5
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Shea Stadium - July 18, 1974
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Out
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
Tony Solaita
Cookie Rojas
Kurt Bevacqua
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Amos Otis
Hal McRae
Bobby Murcer
Elliott Maddox
Roy White
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alomar scores. White moves to third.
Bottom 8 White takes first base on ball four. Alomar moves to third.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Healy for a passed ball. Alomar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alomar hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Michael scores.
Bottom 8 Michael hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Michael reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kurt Bevacqua now playing third base. Munson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for George Brett. Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Healy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Velez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. McRae picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McRae. Alomar scores. Maddox goes all the way around to score. Murcer moves to third.
Bottom 7 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 7 White bunts towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to second.
Bottom 7 Alomar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Solaita is called out on strikes.
Top 7 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out. Otis scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Top 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael misplays the ball. That's an error on Michael.
Top 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Michael strikes out.
Bottom 6 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Wohlford now playing left field. Hal McRae now playing right field. Velez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Jim Wohlford pinch hits for Vada Pinson. Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Solaita scores. Healy moves to second.
Top 6 Healy takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Solaita hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Solaita reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Murcer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mike Wallace now pitching. Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Top 5 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett tags and scores.
Top 5 Patek bunts towards the mound. Tidrow fields it and throws to first for the out. Brett moves to third.
Top 5 The ball gets by Munson for a passed ball. Brett moves to second.
Top 5 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 White hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alomar hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Michael hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Healy strikes out.
Top 4 Solaita hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out. Otis scores.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer tags and scores. Piniella tags and moves to third.
Bottom 3 Velez takes first base on ball four. Maddox scores. Murcer moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 3 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Michael scores. Alomar moves to third.
Bottom 3 Alomar bunts towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Michael moves to third.
Bottom 3 Michael hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McRae. Michael reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Pinson hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards second. Alomar scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Velez is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Solaita strikes out.
Top 2 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maddox hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Maddox reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Otis strikes out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to third.
Top 1 Pinson hits a line drive into right field. Murcer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Murcer. Pinson moves to second.