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April 24, 1973

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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .286
OBP .250 .412
At Bats 4 42
Hits 1 12
• Singles 0 5
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 1 13

Jim Magnuson Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - April 24, 1973
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Single
Jim Magnuson
Thurman Munson
Ron Blomberg
Horace Clarke
Graig Nettles
Hal Lanier
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Matty Alou
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Melton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Allen 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 8 Blomberg hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Bahnsen covering, for the out.
Top 8 May 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 8 Jeter hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brinkman hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Orta bunts towards the mound. Magnuson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Andrews moves to third. Leon moves to second.
Top 8 Leon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Andrews moves to second.
Top 8 Jim Magnuson now pitching. Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bahnsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Melton hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Allen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Allen reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 May hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Hal Lanier now playing shortstop. Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clarke 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 6 Johnny Callison pinch hits for Gene Michael. Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blomberg is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Orta. The throw from Munson and he is out, Michael applying the tag.
Top 6 Orta takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Leon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hart hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Andrews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Melton hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Clarke hits a line drive into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Michael takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hart scores.
Bottom 4 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Bahnsen covering, for the out. Hart moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Hart reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Allen hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards second. Clarke fields it and throws to first for one, and the throw to the plate - double play. Jeter moves to third.
Top 4 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael misplays the ball. That's an error on Michael. Orta scores. Brinkman moves to third. Jeter moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 The ball gets by Munson for a passed ball. Leon scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Fred Beene now pitching. Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Leon moves to third. Orta moves to second.
Top 4 Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Andrews scores. Leon moves to second.
Top 4 Leon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Andrews moves to second.
Top 4 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Top 4 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Melton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Murcer 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 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen fields it and throws to second for the out. Clarke moves to third.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Munson scores. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 3 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Michael hits a line drive into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 May 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 3 Jeter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Hart hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Orta for the out.
Top 2 Leon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Andrews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Andrews reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Alou for the double play.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clarke scores.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 1 Clarke takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 May hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.