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August 16, 1974

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White Sox 8 16 0
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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .229
OBP .333 .310
At Bats 6 410
Hits 2 94
• Singles 1 64
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 55

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 11
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Shea Stadium - August 16, 1974
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Strikeout
Sparky Lyle
Rick Dempsey
Otto Velez
Sandy Alomar
Graig Nettles
Gene Michael
Lou Piniella
Elliott Maddox
Bobby Murcer
Bill Melton
Carlos May
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Melton strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 13 Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 May takes first base on ball four.
Top 13 Allen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 13 Otto Velez now playing first base. Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Michael hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Dempsey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stottlemyre moves to second.
Bottom 12 Mel Stottlemyre pinch runs for Bill Sudakis. Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Sudakis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Piniella strikes out.
Top 12 Ron Santo pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Santo strikes out.
Top 12 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 11 Murcer hits a popup towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Maddox bunts towards the mound. Forster fields it and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to second.
Bottom 11 Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sudakis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Richard for the out.
Top 11 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Henderson hits a line drive towards short. Michael reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Michael strikes out.
Bottom 10 Dempsey hits a fly ball into right field. Richard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Lee Richard now playing right field. Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Sparky Lyle now pitching. May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Upshaw fields it and throws to home to get Kelly. Orta moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 10 Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third.
Top 10 Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sudakis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox moves to third.
Bottom 9 Thurman Munson pinch hits for Ron Blomberg. Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 9 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Downing strikes out.
Top 9 Bradford strikes out.
Top 9 Gene Michael now playing shortstop. Bill Sudakis now playing first base. Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roy White pinch hits for Jim Mason. White is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Dempsey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Dempsey reaches second base with a double. Piniella scores. Nettles goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Terry Forster now pitching. Bill Sudakis pinch hits for Chris Chambliss. Sudakis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bradford. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Dick Allen now playing first base. Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Pitlock covering, for the out.
Top 8 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May strikes out. The ball gets by Dempsey. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Kelly. He's safe. There goes Allen. Here's the throw, and he's safe. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Allen is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Dick Allen pinch hits for Tony Muser. The umpire calls a balk on Martinez Dent scores. Kelly moves to third.
Top 8 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Martinez Dent moves to third. Kelly moves to second.
Top 8 Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dent moves to second.
Top 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bradford throws the ball in to Dent who tags Murcer trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 7 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddy Bradford now playing right field. Alomar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Buddy Bradford pinch hits for Bill Sharp. Bradford takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second.
Top 7 Melton is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes May trying to get to third. Maddox throws the ball in to Nettles, who tags May for the out.
Top 7 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Mason hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dempsey hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles strikes out.
Top 6 Tippy Martinez now pitching. Muser strikes out. Dempsey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Muser out.
Top 6 Orta hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Kelly is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Muser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dempsey fires to first and picks off Downing.
Top 5 Downing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sharp moves to second.
Top 5 Sharp takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Melton is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Henderson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first, with Dobson covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Maddox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alomar strikes out.
Top 4 Muser hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dent strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mason hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dempsey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Muser scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Muser scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out.
Top 3 Downing hits a line drive towards short. Mason reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sharp hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson moves to third.
Top 3 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Skip Pitlock now pitching. Blomberg hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar moves to second.
Bottom 2 Alomar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dempsey scores.
Bottom 2 Mason hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Dempsey moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dempsey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Muser strikes out.
Top 2 Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sharp scores. Kelly moves to third.
Top 2 Kelly takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Downing strikes out.
Top 2 Sharp 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. Melton scores. Sharp moves to third.
Top 2 Melton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Melton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blomberg scores. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 1 Blomberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Blomberg reaches second base with a double. Maddox goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Muser 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 Orta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 There goes Kelly. The throw from Dempsey and he is out, Mason applying the tag.
Top 1 Kelly takes first base on ball four.