Twins @ Indians
May 3, 1977

Back Home
Bottom 8 R H E
Twins 3 9 1
Indians 3 8 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Twins 3 9 1
Indians 3 8 0

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .282
OBP .333 .282
At Bats 3 39
Hits 1 11
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 5

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 3
Close
Cleveland Municipal Stadium - May 3, 1977
Out
Tom Burgmeier
Butch Wynegar
Rod Carew
Rob Wilfong
Mike Cubbage
Roy Smalley
Larry Hisle
Lyman Bostock
Dan Ford
Bill Melton
John Lowenstein
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

John Lowenstein pinch runs for Rico Carty. Melton hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Carty takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Manning hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wilfong strikes out.
Top 8 Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cubbage moves to second.
Top 8 Jim Kern now pitching. Hisle strikes out.
Top 8 Cubbage takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Wynegar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Paul Dade now playing right field. Rick Waits now pitching. Bostock strikes out.
Bottom 7 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Paul Dade pinch hits for Jim Norris. Dade hits a line drive into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuiper tags and scores. Bell tags and moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kuiper takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kendall hits a line drive into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smalley takes first base on ball four. Chiles moves to second.
Top 7 Chiles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ford moves to third.
Top 7 Wilfong hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ford hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hisle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grubb moves to third. Manning moves to second.
Bottom 6 Carty strikes out.
Bottom 6 Manning bunts towards the mound. Goltz juggles the ball. That's an error on Goltz. Grubb moves to second.
Bottom 6 Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wynegar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bostock hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Norris hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Chiles hits a line drive into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Wilfong. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Wilfong steals second.
Top 5 Wilfong bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Kendall hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blanks hits a line drive into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carty hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ford hits a line drive towards short. Blanks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hisle hits a popup towards short. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Manning hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Norris hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Fitzmorris covering. It's a double play.
Top 3 Bostock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to home to get Melton. Blanks moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Blanks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carty scores. Melton moves to third.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Melton reaches second base with a double. Carty moves to third.
Bottom 2 Carty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Smalley hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Melton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chiles for the out.
Top 2 Wilfong hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Manning hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Norris scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Norris. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Norris steals second.
Bottom 1 Norris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuiper strikes out.
Top 1 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Hisle strikes out.
Top 1 Cubbage is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Wynegar reaches second base with a double. Bostock moves to third.
Top 1 Bostock hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Carew scores.
Top 1 Carew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norris. Carew reaches second base with a double. Chiles scores.
Top 1 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Melton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smalley for the out. Chiles moves to second.
Top 1 Chiles takes first base on ball four.