Reds @ Cubs
April 27, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 2 7 1
Cubs 5 8 2
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Reds 2 7 1
Cubs 5 8 2

Frank Robinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .178
OBP .500 .302
At Bats 3 45
Hits 1 8
• Singles 0 5
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 1 8

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 0 1
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Wrigley Field - April 27, 1961
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Strikeout
Don Elston
Dick Bertell
Ed Bouchee
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Frank Thomas
Al Heist
Billy Williams
Frank Robinson
Wally Post
Gordy Coleman
Eddie Kasko

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 2 7 1 12
Chicago Cubs 5 8 2 10
Winning Pitcher Don Cardwell
Losing Pitcher Ken Hunt
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI Don Cardwell
Attendance 2,463
Time of Game 2 hours 49 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Robinson is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Post takes first base on ball four. Kasko moves to third. Coleman moves to second.
Top 9 Coleman takes first base on ball four. Kasko moves to second.
Top 9 Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bill Henry pinch hits for Jim Brosnan. Henry is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee juggles the ball. That's an error on Bouchee.
Bottom 8 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Banks hits a line drive into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Zimmer takes first base on ball four. Heist moves to second.
Bottom 8 Heist hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Bertell scores.
Bottom 8 Elston bunts in front of the plate. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third. Bertell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bertell takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Frank Robinson now playing third base. Claude Osteen now playing left field. Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Jones strikes out.
Top 8 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Elston now pitching. Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Freese scores. Coleman moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 8 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Freese moves to third. Coleman moves to second.
Top 8 Post strikes out.
Top 8 Coleman takes first base on ball four. Freese moves to second.
Top 8 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 7 Zimmer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Howie Nunn now pitching. Gene Freese now playing second base. Willie Jones now playing third base. Eddie Kasko now playing shortstop. Heist hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Harry Anderson pinch hits for Leo Cardenas. Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Ken Hunt. Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 7 Gus Bell pinch hits for Jim Baumer. Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baumer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertell takes first base on ball four. Bouchee moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Santo strikes out.
Top 6 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Post is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zimmer hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Heist hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hunt strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cardwell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bertell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bouchee hits a line drive towards first. Coleman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Bailey for a passed ball. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baumer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baumer is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There goes Pinson. The throw from Bertell and he is safe. Pinson steals second.
Top 4 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to second for the out. Post moves to third.
Top 4 Bailey hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Post moves to second.
Top 4 Robinson strikes out.
Top 4 Post hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Coleman hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Freese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cardenas strikes out.
Top 3 Hunt strikes out.
Bottom 2 Heist hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardwell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Bertell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baumer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baumer scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunt covering, for the out.
Top 2 Baumer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Santo takes first base on ball four. Heist moves to third. Zimmer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baumer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zimmer takes first base on ball four. Heist moves to second.
Bottom 1 Heist hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Post takes first base on ball four. Coleman moves to second.
Top 1 Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.