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May 21, 1961

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Stan Musial Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .260
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 4 73
Hits 2 19
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 2 11

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 3
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Wrigley Field - May 21, 1961
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Home Run
Don Elston
Dick Bertell
Ed Bouchee
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Al Heist
George Altman
Stan Musial
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 9 Cunningham strikes out.
Top 9 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Heist strikes out.
Bottom 8 Elston strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bertell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third.
Top 8 Flood bunts towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to second.
Top 8 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 7 Altman hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Elston covering, for the out.
Top 7 Don Elston now pitching. Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out. Cunningham moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Cunningham moves to second.
Top 7 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 7 Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bob Anderson now pitching. McDaniel strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bob Will pinch runs for Sammy Taylor. Heist takes first base on ball four. Bouchee scores. Bertell moves to third. Will moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Don Cardwell. Taylor takes first base on ball four. Bouchee moves to third. Bertell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bouchee moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Hal Smith now catching. Santo hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walt Moryn pinch hits for Jimmie Schaffer. Moryn hits a fly ball towards right. Altman catches it and throws to second to double up Musial.
Top 6 Flood hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to second.
Top 6 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Zimmer hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boyer strikes out.
Top 5 White strikes out.
Top 5 Cunningham takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller moves to second.
Top 5 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Schaffer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Heist hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cardwell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bertell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Heist. Musial reaches second base with a double. Cunningham scores. Boyer goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to second.
Top 4 White strikes out.
Top 4 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bob Miller now pitching. Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Banks is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Altman reaches second base with a double. Heist scores. Zimmer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Heist moves to second.
Bottom 3 Heist hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cardwell strikes out.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams throws the ball in to Bouchee who tags Simmons trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Flood moves to third.
Top 3 Schaffer bunts in front of the plate. Bertell fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to second.
Top 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Bertell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santo scores.
Bottom 2 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Santo. The throw from Schaffer and he is safe. Santo steals second.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial throws the ball in to Schoendienst who tags Banks, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Altman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Heist hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 White hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cunningham for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.