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August 31, 1974

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Yankees 16 22 0
White Sox 6 10 2
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Yankees 16 22 0
White Sox 6 11 2

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .234
OBP .667 .317
At Bats 2 458
Hits 1 107
• Singles 1 72
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 1 53
RBI’s 0 61

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 12
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Comiskey Park - August 31, 1974
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Single
Sparky Lyle
Rick Dempsey
Bill Sudakis
Sandy Alomar
Graig Nettles
Gene Michael
Roy White
Elliott Maddox
Walt Williams
Bill Melton
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Walt Williams now playing right field. Rick Dempsey now catching. Sparky Lyle now pitching. Roy White now playing left field. Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Munson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Munson reaches second base with a double. Maddox scores.
Top 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third.
Top 8 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Hairston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Maddox reaches second base with a double. White scores.
Top 8 White hits a line drive into right field. Sharp picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sharp. Michael scores. Alomar goes all the way around to score. White moves to second.
Top 8 Alomar takes first base on ball four. Michael moves to second.
Top 8 Francisco Barrios now pitching. Michael hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hairston hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Santo hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sudakis hits a fly ball into left field. Hairston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nettles hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Munson moves to second.
Top 7 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox scores.
Top 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out. Maddox moves to third.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. White scores. Maddox moves to second.
Top 7 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Top 7 Pete Varney now catching. Ron Santo now playing first base. Jerry Hairston now playing left field. White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herrmann hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Sharp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Melton moves to third.
Bottom 6 Melton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Henderson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 May hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Alomar 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 6 Michael hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sudakis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Munson scores. Sudakis moves to second.
Top 6 Skip Pitlock now pitching. Nettles strikes out.
Top 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground into center field. Henderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henderson. Piniella moves to third. Munson moves to second.
Top 6 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer scores.
Top 6 Murcer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Murcer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Kelly bunts towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Herrmann strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sharp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Nettles scores. Alomar moves to second.
Top 5 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out. Nettles moves to third.
Top 5 Michael hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second.
Top 5 Sudakis strikes out.
Top 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Melton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 4 May 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 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Murcer. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Top 4 Murcer is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 White 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 3 Alomar hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sudakis scores. Michael moves to third.
Top 3 Stan Bahnsen now pitching. Michael hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sudakis moves to third.
Top 3 Sudakis takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 3 Munson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second.
Top 3 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Melton moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sharp is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sudakis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Alomar hits a line drive into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Michael hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Kelly strikes out.
Top 1 Sudakis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer tags and scores.
Top 1 Munson is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Piniella reaches second base with a double. White scores. Murcer moves to third.
Top 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. White moves to third.
Top 1 Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Top 1 White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.