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June 23, 1961

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Athletics 1 5 2
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Athletics 1 5 2

Pete Runnels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .256
OBP 1.000 .353
At Bats 0 121
Hits 0 31
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 15

Jerry Walker Season Stats

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3 3 1
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Municipal Stadium - June 23, 1961
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Home Run
Jerry Walker
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Dick Howser
Wes Covington
Jim Rivera
Leo Posada
Pete Runnels
Don Buddin
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Walker now pitching. Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Lew Krausse. Klimchock strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pignatano hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Rivera. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tracy Stallard now pitching. Pete Runnels now playing first base. Posada is called out on strikes.
Top 7 There goes Jensen. The throw from Pignatano and he is out, Lumpe applying the tag.
Top 7 Galen Cisco pinch runs for Vic Wertz. Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Pignatano fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Pignatano. Runnels moves to third. Schilling moves to second.
Top 7 Schilling bunts towards the mound. Krausse fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Krausse. Runnels moves to second.
Top 7 Pete Runnels pinch hits for Gene Conley. Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebern hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger who is chasing the ball. Siebern reaches third base with a triple. Howser scores.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertoia bunts between the mound and first base. Conley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bertoia for the out. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 6 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Buddin is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Krausse strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wertz strikes out.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 4 Posada hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington is hit by the pitch. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 4 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 4 Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bertoia bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Conley strikes out.
Top 4 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Krausse strikes out.
Bottom 3 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jensen takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to third. Wertz moves to second.
Top 3 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Yastrzemski. The throw from Pignatano and he is safe. Yastrzemski steals second.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Geiger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schilling for the out.
Bottom 2 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Covington is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Conley strikes out.
Top 2 Buddin hits a line drive towards the mound. Krausse can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Wertz moves to third. Nixon moves to second.
Top 2 Nixon takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Top 2 Malzone hits a popup in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bertoia strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howser strikes out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards third. Bertoia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krausse fields it and throws to first for the out.