White Sox @ Yankees
August 16, 1974

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Top 7 R H E
White Sox 5 11 0
Yankees 5 7 1
Top 7 R H E
White Sox 5 11 0
Yankees 5 7 1

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .231
OBP .667 .312
At Bats 3 407
Hits 2 94
• Singles 1 64
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 55

Tippy Martinez Season Stats

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Shea Stadium - August 16, 1974
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Strikeout
Tippy Martinez
Rick Dempsey
Chris Chambliss
Sandy Alomar
Graig Nettles
Jim Mason
Lou Piniella
Elliott Maddox
Bobby Murcer
Bill Melton
Ken Henderson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Melton is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
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.