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July 1, 1961

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Jim Kaat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .269
OBP .667 .321
At Bats 2 26
Hits 1 7
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 2
RBI’s 0 1

Bill Kunkel Season Stats

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Municipal Stadium - July 1, 1961
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Double
Bill Kunkel
Joe Pignatano
Lou Klimchock
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Dick Howser
Norm Siebern
Leo Posada
Deron Johnson
Jim Kaat
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Kaat hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Posada. Kaat reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Tuttle 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 8 Bobby Prescott pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Prescott strikes out.
Bottom 8 Pignatano hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dan Dobbek now playing left field. Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Top 8 Green hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Battey strikes out.
Top 8 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Posada takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 7 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 7 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ed Rakow now pitching. Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pignatano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia juggles the ball. That's an error on Bertoia. Tuttle scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Kaat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third.
Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. There goes Green. The throw from Pignatano and he is out, Bertoia applying the tag.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Battey scores. Green moves to second.
Top 6 Green hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey moves to third.
Top 6 Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it and throws to second for the out. Bertoia moves to third.
Bottom 5 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Klimchock bunts towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. Bertoia moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bertoia takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Versalles moves to third.
Top 5 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kaat hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Shaw hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Green hits a line drive towards first. Klimchock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Battey hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 3 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaat scores. Martin moves to third.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Kaat moves to second.
Top 3 Versalles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Klimchock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaat takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Klimchock scoops it up and throws to first, with Shaw covering, for the out.
Top 2 Battey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Battey reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Allison 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 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Posada hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Howser scores. Posada moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Klimchock scores. Howser moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a fly ball towards center. Green settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Green. Klimchock moves to third. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Klimchock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bertoia for the out.
Top 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Martin hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Versalles hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.