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April 15, 1974

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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .257
OBP .250 .366
At Bats 4 35
Hits 1 9
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 2

Rollie Fingers Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - April 15, 1974
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Rollie Fingers
Ray Fosse
Gene Tenace
John Donaldson
Ted Kubiak
Bert Campaneris
Joe Rudi
Reggie Jackson
Jesus Alou
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ted Kubiak now playing third base. John Donaldson now playing second base. Melton hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 10 Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 10 Donaldson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Kelly is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Rollie Fingers now pitching. Bradford hits a line drive into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards second. Orta scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 9 Campaneris takes first base on ball four. Kubiak moves to second.
Bottom 9 Kubiak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado misplays the ball. That's an error on Alvarado.
Bottom 9 Luis Alvarado now playing shortstop. Brian Downing now catching. Bourque strikes out.
Top 9 Luis Alvarado pinch hits for Bucky Dent. Alvarado hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Orta hits a line drive into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brian Downing pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. The ball gets by Fosse for a passed ball. Downing moves to second.
Top 9 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 John Donaldson now playing third base. Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Terry Forster now pitching. Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tenace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Bill Moran now pitching. There goes Washington. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Washington steals second.
Bottom 8 Rudi strikes out.
Bottom 8 Herb Washington pinch runs for Sal Bando. Skip Pitlock now pitching. Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Alou tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Bando hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ted Kubiak now playing second base. Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Manny Trillo. Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pat Bourque pinch hits for Angel Mangual. Bourque is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Bradford takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fosse hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tenace hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rudi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrmann for the out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santo moves to third.
Top 6 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Melton hits a line drive into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rich Gossage now pitching. Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campaneris moves to second.
Bottom 5 Campaneris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mangual strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fosse hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Tenace takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bradford is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Holtzman, and towards Trillo, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops it up and throws to first, with Holtzman covering, for the out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a line drive into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Campaneris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mangual 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 3 Santo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Santo reaches second base with a double. Alou throws the ball in to Bando who tags Santo trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Melton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Allen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fosse is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Tenace strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rudi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. Orta moves to second.
Top 2 Orta bunts towards the mound. Holtzman juggles the ball. That's an error on Holtzman.
Top 2 Herrmann hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. Allen scores. Melton moves to second.
Top 1 Melton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allen moves to third.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. Bradford moves to third.
Top 1 Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bradford moves to second.
Top 1 Bradford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.