Orioles @ Yankees
August 5, 1971

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Bottom 7	R	H	E
Orioles	0	2	0
Yankees	2	5	1

Bottom 7	R	H	E
Orioles	0	2	0
Yankees	2	5	1

John Ellis Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.238
OBP	.000	.331
At Bats	2	143
Hits	0	34
• Singles	0	23
• Doubles	0	7
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	17
RBI’s	0	20

Mike Cuellar Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
13	4	0

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Yankee Stadium - August 5, 1971

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Out

Mike Cuellar

Elrod Hendricks

Boog Powell

Davey Johnson

Brooks Robinson

Mark Belanger

Don Buford

Merv Rettenmund

Frank Robinson

John Ellis

Danny Cater

Roy White

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 7 Cater hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Munson scores. Murcer scores. White moves to second.

Bottom 7 White takes first base on ball four. Murcer moves to second.

Bottom 7 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Munson moves to third.

Bottom 7 Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Clarke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Stottlemyre hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Cuellar fires to first and has Michael trapped. There's the throw to Belanger who tags Michael for the out.

Bottom 6 Michael hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hendricks for the out.

Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Powell strikes out.

Bottom 5 Swoboda hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cuellar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Cater hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Cuellar strikes out.

Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Cuellar covering, for the out.

Bottom 4 Munson hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Robinson strikes out.

Top 4 Hendricks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Stottlemyre hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Michael hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Powell strikes out.

Top 3 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Cuellar strikes out.

Top 2 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater juggles the ball. That's an error on Cater.

Bottom 1 White strikes out. There goes Clarke. The throw from Hendricks and Clarke is out.

Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 There goes Clarke. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Clarke steals second.

Bottom 1 Clarke takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Hendricks takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Rettenmund moves to third. Powell moves to second.

Top 1 Powell takes first base on ball four. Rettenmund moves to second.

Top 1 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Buford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Orioles @ Yankees
August 5, 1971