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April 16, 1971

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Athletics 5 8 0
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Athletics 5 8 0
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Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .206
OBP .250 .325
At Bats 3 34
Hits 0 7
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 6
RBI’s 0 6

Bob Locker Season Stats

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1 0 1
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Comiskey Park - April 16, 1971
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Out
Bob Locker
Dave Duncan
Don Mincher
Dick Green
Sal Bando
Bert Campaneris
Joe Rudi
Rick Monday
Reggie Jackson
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Bob Locker now pitching. Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lindblad fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Mincher hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Jackson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Don Eddy now pitching. Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops it up and throws to first, with Lindblad covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ed Stroud pinch hits for Vicente Romo. Stroud strikes out.
Top 9 Lindblad hits a popup towards short. Richard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Green is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Duncan hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Monday hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Johnstone reaches second base with a double. Jackson throws the ball in to Bando who tags Johnstone trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Egan scores.
Bottom 8 Egan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Monday. Egan reaches second base with a double. McKinney scores. Reichardt goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Reichardt takes first base on ball four. McKinney moves to second.
Bottom 8 McKinney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Melton hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 May hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mincher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Vicente Romo now pitching. Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. McKinney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnstone moves to third.
Bottom 7 Walt Williams pinch hits for Wilbur Wood. Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnstone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Egan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lindblad hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Duncan hits a fly ball into right field. McKinney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reichardt hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McKinney hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Paul Lindblad now pitching. May is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 There goes Monday. The throw from Egan and he is out, Andrews applying the tag.
Top 6 Monday hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mincher scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Mincher moves to third.
Top 6 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mincher moves to second.
Top 6 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Richard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wood bunts towards the mound. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnstone moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rudi hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Andrews catches it and throws to first to double up Gardner.
Top 5 Campaneris bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Egan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gardner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Egan strikes out.
Bottom 4 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. May scores.
Bottom 4 McKinney hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May moves to third.
Bottom 4 Melton takes first base on ball four. May moves to second.
Bottom 4 May takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Green hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Duncan hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Richard hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Mincher takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jackson strikes out.
Top 3 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnstone hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Egan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Green hits a fly ball into right field. McKinney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McKinney hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Melton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 May takes first base on ball four. Andrews moves to second.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Richard hits a line drive towards the mound. Gardner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Egan for a passed ball. Bando moves to third. Monday moves to second.
Top 1 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to home to get Mincher. Bando moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Bando takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Mincher. The throw from Egan and he is safe. Mincher steals third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Mincher moves to second.
Top 1 Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. McKinney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rudi hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 There goes Campaneris. The throw from Egan and he is safe. Campaneris steals third.
Top 1 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton juggles the ball. That's an error on Melton. Campaneris moves to second.