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May 4, 1971

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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .277
OBP .667 .368
At Bats 3 83
Hits 2 23
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 9

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

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2 0 3
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Comiskey Park - May 4, 1971
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Duane Josephson
George Scott
John Kennedy
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
Carl Yastrzemski
Billy Conigliaro
Reggie Smith
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Top 9 Aparicio strikes out.
Top 9 Lyle bunts towards the mound. Horlen fields it and throws to first for the out. Josephson moves to third.
Top 9 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 9 Josephson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Josephson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Reichardt hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Conigliaro strikes out.
Top 8 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Walt Williams now playing right field. Ed Stroud now playing center field. Joe Horlen now pitching. Yastrzemski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Richard strikes out. There goes Williams. The throw from Josephson to second, and Williams is out.
Bottom 7 Rich Morales pinch hits for Terry Forster. Morales strikes out.
Bottom 7 John Kennedy now playing second base. Sparky Lyle now pitching. Walt Williams pinch hits for Jay Johnstone. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aparicio strikes out.
Top 7 Joe Lahoud pinch hits for Bill Lee. Terry Forster now pitching. Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Joe Lahoud. Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Scott scores. Conigliaro moves to third. Fiore moves to second.
Top 7 Mike Fiore pinch hits for Doug Griffin. Fiore is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Vicente Romo now pitching. Josephson strikes out.
Top 7 Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Petrocelli scores. Scott moves to third. Conigliaro moves to second.
Top 7 Scott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stroud. Scott reaches second base with a double. Petrocelli moves to third.
Top 7 Bradley fires over to first and May drops the ball. That's an error on May. Petrocelli moves to second.
Top 7 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bill Lee now pitching. Herrmann strikes out.
Bottom 6 Andrews hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. May scores. Melton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. May moves to third.
Bottom 6 Reichardt hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stroud tags and scores.
Bottom 6 May hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stroud moves to third.
Bottom 6 Stroud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Yastrzemski. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Richard applying the tag.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bradley hits a line drive towards left. Yastrzemski catches it and throws to first to double up Johnstone.
Bottom 5 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Nagy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Griffin strikes out.
Top 5 Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scott scores.
Top 5 Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. Scott moves to third.
Top 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Melton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Reichardt hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stroud for the out.
Bottom 3 Richard hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bradley bunts towards the mound. Nagy fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnstone moves to second.
Bottom 3 Johnstone takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nagy strikes out. Herrmann drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nagy out.
Top 3 Griffin strikes out.
Top 3 Josephson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Herrmann strikes out.
Bottom 2 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Conigliaro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Reichardt. The throw from Josephson and he is out, Aparicio applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Richard scores.
Bottom 1 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Richard moves to second.
Bottom 1 Richard hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.