Royals @ Orioles
August 25, 1973

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Royals 1 4 2
Orioles 2 5 0
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Royals 1 4 2
Orioles 2 6 0

Merv Rettenmund Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .258
OBP .500 .356
At Bats 2 252
Hits 1 65
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 1 35

Steve Busby Season Stats

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12 11 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 25, 1973
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Single
Steve Busby
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Ed Kirkpatrick
Merv Rettenmund
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 6 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Coggins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek bunts towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Grich covering, for the out. Healy moves to second.
Top 6 Healy hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Powell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Coggins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Coggins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Bottom 4 Bumbry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Williams and he is out, Belanger applying the tag.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Grich strikes out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rettenmund strikes out.
Bottom 3 Powell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rojas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coggins is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Bumbry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Bumbry reaches second base with a double. Belanger moves to third.
Bottom 2 Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grich hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Rettenmund reaches second base with a double. Powell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Powell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas catches it and throws to first to double up Coggins.
Bottom 1 Coggins bunts in front of the plate. Healy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Busby fires over to third and throws the ball away. That's an error on Busby. Bumbry scores.
Bottom 1 Busby fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Busby. Bumbry moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bumbry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rettenmund throws the ball in to Belanger who tags McRae trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Otis scores. Mayberry moves to third.
Top 1 Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Top 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rojas strikes out.
Top 1 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Coggins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.