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June 4, 1961

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Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .256
OBP .333 .301
At Bats 3 78
Hits 1 20
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 14

Bill Stafford Season Stats

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1 2 2
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Comiskey Park - June 4, 1961
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Home Run
Bill Stafford
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Wes Covington
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Mantle strikes out.
Top 8 Maris hits a line drive into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Turk Lown now pitching. Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Floyd Robinson pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Robinson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Landis hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 6 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Maris is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Stafford covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 J.C. Martin pinch hits for Juan Pizarro. Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stafford hits a popup towards the mound. Pizarro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lollar hits a line drive towards short. Kubek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Landis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 4 Minoso hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cerv hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kubek scores. Maris moves to second.
Top 4 Juan Pizarro now pitching. Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kubek moves to second.
Top 4 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Stafford scores.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard scores. Richardson moves to third. Stafford moves to second.
Top 4 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kemmerer juggles the ball. That's an error on Kemmerer. Howard moves to third. Richardson moves to second.
Top 4 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cerv for the out.
Top 3 Mantle strikes out.
Top 3 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Kemmerer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kubek hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Lollar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stafford hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to home to get Fox. Covington moves to third. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Russ Kemmerer now pitching. Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Covington. Howard reaches second base with a double. Mantle scores. Cerv scores. Skowron goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.
Top 1 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio. Maris scores. Mantle moves to third. Cerv moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Cerv takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Maris moves to second.
Top 1 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pierce fields it and throws to first for the out.