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September 14, 1961

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Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 5 9 0
Cardinals 5 13 2
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Cubs 5 9 0
Cardinals 6 14 2

Ken Boyer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .800 .332
OBP .800 .395
At Bats 5 542
Hits 4 180
• Singles 2 126
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 1 11
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 2 85

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 6 8
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Sportsman's Park - September 14, 1961
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Home Run
Don Elston
Dick Bertell
Andre Rodgers
Ken Hubbs
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Richie Ashburn
George Altman
Ken Boyer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 9 0 11
St. Louis Cardinals 6 14 2 13
Winning Pitcher Craig Anderson
Losing Pitcher Don Elston
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ken Boyer
Attendance 5,835
Time of Game 3 hours 21 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Don Elston now pitching. Boyer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Bob Will pinch hits for Bob Anderson. Will hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 White hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Javier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to third.
Bottom 10 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 10 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Ashburn strikes out.
Top 10 Hubbs hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Jimmie Schaffer now catching. Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Olivares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 James hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bob Gibson pinch runs for Carl Sawatski. The ball gets by Bertell for a passed ball. Boyer moves to third. Gibson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Sawatski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman. Boyer reaches second base with a double. White goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Altman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santo moves to second.
Top 9 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Ed Olivares now playing left field. Craig Anderson now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Bob Miller. Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Lillis pinch runs for Joe Cunningham. Stan Musial pinch hits for Jerry Buchek. Musial hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ken Hubbs now playing second base. Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Don Taussig. Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Anderson strikes out.
Top 8 Ashburn is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Jerry Kindall. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out. Bertell moves to second.
Top 8 Bertell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Carl Sawatski now catching. Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Anderson now pitching. Jerry Kindall now playing second base. Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Gene Oliver. Sawatski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Boyer reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rodgers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Top 7 Altman strikes out.
Top 7 Santo strikes out.
Top 7 Banks strikes out. Oliver drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Banks out.
Bottom 6 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Buchek hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek misplays the ball. That's an error on Buchek. Bertell moves to second.
Top 6 Ashburn is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Curtis hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bertell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 James hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bob Miller now pitching. Rodgers hits a fly ball into left field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Santo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to second.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. White juggles the ball. That's an error on White.
Top 5 Zimmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Oliver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rodgers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 4 Javier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 4 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taussig scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Taussig. The throw from Bertell and he is safe. Taussig steals second.
Bottom 4 Simmons is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Buchek hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taussig takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Curtis is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bertell hits a fly ball into left field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rodgers takes first base on ball four. Santo moves to second.
Top 4 Altman hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Banks tags and scores.
Top 4 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to third.
Top 4 Banks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of James. Banks reaches second base with a double. Williams scores.
Top 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer catches it and throws to first to double up Javier.
Bottom 3 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Zimmer hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Curtis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Taussig moves to third.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Taussig moves to second.
Bottom 2 Buchek hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taussig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bertell hits a fly ball into left field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Altman moves to third.
Top 2 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 James hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman who is chasing the ball. White reaches third base with a triple. Javier goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Flood 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 1 Williams is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.