Cubs @ Reds
June 2, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 13 2
Reds 6 9 1
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Cubs 7 13 2
Reds 6 9 1

Vada Pinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .309
OBP .000 .345
At Bats 3 165
Hits 0 51
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 23

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 5
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Crosley Field - June 2, 1961
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Out
Don Elston
Dick Bertell
Ed Bouchee
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Jerry Kindall
Ernie Banks
Al Heist
George Altman
Vada Pinson
Jerry Lynch

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 7 13 2 7
Cincinnati Reds 6 9 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jack Curtis
Losing Pitcher Bob Purkey
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI George Altman
Attendance 12,656
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Don Elston now pitching. Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Eddie Kasko. Lynch hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Heist. Lynch reaches second base with a double. Post scores. Whisenant scores. Blasingame goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Blasingame takes first base on ball four. Post moves to third. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 9 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Post moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Howie Nunn. Gernert hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Freese hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Dick Bertell now catching. Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Altman hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zimmer tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Santo takes first base on ball four. Zimmer moves to third.
Top 9 Zimmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Pete Whisenant now catching. Howie Nunn now pitching. Heist strikes out. Whisenant drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Heist out.
Bottom 8 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kasko hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Altman picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on Altman. Chacon goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Elio Chacon pinch runs for Jerry Zimmerman. Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Marshall Bridges. Whisenant hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Curtis for the out.
Top 8 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Taylor is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Coleman 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 7 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Al Heist now playing center field. Freese hits a popup in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bouchee strikes out. The throw from Zimmerman to pick off Santo, and they've got Santo picked off. The throw back to Zimmerman and he's out.
Top 7 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santo moves to third.
Top 7 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zimmer tags and scores.
Top 7 Santo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Zimmer moves to third.
Top 7 Zimmer bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Ashburn moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Robinson 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 6 Pinson bunts towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kasko for the out. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Curtis strikes out. Zimmerman drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Curtis out.
Top 6 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Taylor bunts towards the mound. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 6 Marshall Bridges now pitching. Bouchee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Leo Cardenas pinch hits for Bob Purkey. Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Altman hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn tags and scores. Zimmer tags and moves to second.
Top 5 Santo hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 5 Zimmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Post hits a line drive towards third. Santo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a popup towards short. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall misplays the ball. That's an error on Kindall.
Bottom 4 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kasko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman. Kasko reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Curtis strikes out.
Top 4 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bouchee hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Altman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Altman reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Banks hits a popup towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Purkey hits a popup in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zimmerman strikes out.
Top 3 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Zimmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first, with Curtis covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Post hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Curtis hits a fly ball towards right. Post catches it and throws to second to double up Kindall.
Top 2 Kindall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Kindall reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Taylor is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kasko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Top 1 Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santo scores. Banks moves to third.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Santo moves to second.
Top 1 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zimmer moves to second.
Top 1 Zimmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.