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July 5, 1974

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Yankees 14 20 2
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Joe Lovitto Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .198
OBP .000 .217
At Bats 1 126
Hits 0 25
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 12

Rudy May Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 2
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Arlington Stadium - July 5, 1974
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Double
Rudy May
Thurman Munson
Otto Velez
Fernando Gonzalez
Graig Nettles
Jim Mason
Lou Piniella
Elliott Maddox
Walt Williams
Joe Lovitto
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Lovitto hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Lovitto reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. May fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Nettles strikes out.
Top 9 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Velez hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Mason, and towards Gonzalez, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Grieve moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas.
Top 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Velez fields the ball and throws to May covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Brown is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Lovitto hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mason hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Munson moves to third.
Top 7 Nettles hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Velez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fernando Gonzalez now playing second base. Walt Williams now playing right field. Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Velez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fregosi for the out.
Top 6 Roy White pinch hits for Bill Sudakis. White is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mason moves to second.
Top 6 Lenny Randle now playing second base. Larry Brown now playing third base. Leo Cardenas now playing shortstop. Mason takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Grieve hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Nelson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nettles hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Munson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Velez strikes out.
Top 5 Sudakis hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Joe Lovitto now playing center field. Murcer hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Murcer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Tovar hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nettles scores. Michael moves to third. Mason moves to second.
Top 4 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Michael moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Michael hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nettles moves to third.
Top 4 Nettles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Nettles reaches second base with a double. Velez scores. Munson goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Velez moves to second.
Top 4 Velez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sudakis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fregosi hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Michael misplays the ball. That's an error on Michael. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Grieve hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 3 Johnson is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Murcer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Nelson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Michael scores. There goes Maddox trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Piniella moves to second.
Top 3 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Michael moves to second.
Top 3 Mason is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Michael hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Munson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. Harrah goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fregosi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Randle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nettles hits a line drive towards first. Fregosi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jim Merritt now pitching. Nettles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Randle.
Top 2 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sudakis moves to third.
Top 2 Velez hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer tags and scores.
Top 2 Sudakis hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third.
Top 2 Murcer hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 1 Burroughs is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Michael misplays the ball. That's an error on Michael. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maddox strikes out.
Top 1 Mason hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Munson scores. Nettles scores. Mason moves to second.
Top 1 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi fields it, tags Michael out, and throws to home to double up Velez, who tagged and tried to score. Munson moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Top 1 Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sudakis scores. Velez moves to third. Munson moves to second.
Top 1 Munson takes first base on ball four. Murcer scores. Sudakis moves to third. Velez moves to second.
Top 1 Velez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Stan Thomas now pitching. The ball gets by Sundberg for a passed ball. Piniella scores. Murcer moves to third. Sudakis moves to second.
Top 1 Sudakis takes first base on ball four. Maddox scores. Piniella moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Top 1 Murcer takes first base on ball four. Maddox moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Top 1 Piniella takes first base on ball four. Maddox moves to second.
Top 1 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.