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May 15, 1973

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Rod Carew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .302
OBP .250 .350
At Bats 4 106
Hits 1 32
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 12

Jim Merritt Season Stats

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Arlington Stadium - May 15, 1973
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Home Run
Jim Merritt
Ken Suarez
Larry Biittner
Vic Harris
Toby Harrah
Jim Mason
Rico Carty
Joe Lovitto
Jeff Burroughs
Rod Carew
Larry Hisle
George Mitterwald
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jim Merritt now pitching. Carew hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Hisle takes first base on ball four. Mitterwald moves to second.
Top 8 Holt hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Lovitto now playing center field. Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Sudakis pinch hits for Tom Grieve. Sudakis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Braun hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Bill Gogolewski now pitching. Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Suarez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Mason takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Burroughs strikes out.
Top 6 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliva for the out.
Top 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. Hisle moves to second.
Top 6 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields it and throws to second for the out. Mitterwald scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Holt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mitterwald moves to third.
Top 6 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris misplays the ball. That's an error on Harris.
Top 6 Mike Paul now pitching. Thompson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Carty strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Johnson. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Harrah hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Braun hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 5 Darwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew scores.
Top 5 Oliva is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carty. Carew reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 4 Suarez hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Holt strikes out.
Top 4 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Braun scores. Thompson moves to second.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields it and throws to home to get Killebrew. Braun moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Braun hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Braun reaches second base with a double. Killebrew moves to third.
Top 4 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Carty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliva takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Hisle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hisle. Biittner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harris tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Mitterwald for a passed ball. Suarez scores. Harris moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 There goes Harris. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Harris steals second.
Bottom 2 Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mason scores. Suarez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 2 Suarez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Mason moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mason hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 There goes Holt. The throw from Suarez and he is out, Harris applying the tag.
Top 2 Holt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mitterwald for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 1 Carty hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Darwin. Carty reaches second base with a double. Harrah scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Harrah. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Harrah steals second.
Bottom 1 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harris tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harris moves to third.
Bottom 1 Harris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanhouse covering, for the out.
Top 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to second.
Top 1 Darwin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Stanhouse fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Stanhouse. Carew moves to second.
Top 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Hisle takes first base on ball four.