Senators @ Athletics
July 28, 1961

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Top 9	R	H	E
Senators	9	13	1
Athletics	6	10	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Senators	9	13	1
Athletics	6	10	0

Willie Tasby Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.271
OBP	.500	.341
At Bats	2	332
Hits	0	90
• Singles	0	64
• Doubles	0	9
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	16
Walks	2	34
RBI’s	0	52

Norm Bass Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	7	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Municipal Stadium - July 28, 1961

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Walk

Norm Bass

Joe Pignatano

Norm Siebern

Jerry Lumpe

Wayne Causey

Dick Howser

Jay Hankins

Bobby Del Greco

Gene Stephens

Willie Tasby

Jim King

Count: - , 0 Outs

Norm Bass now pitching. Tasby takes first base on ball four. King moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 King hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stephens. King reaches second base with a double. Zipfel scores.

Top 9 Zipfel hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stephens. Zipfel reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Del Greco hits a line drive towards short. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Jim King now playing left field. Billy Klaus now playing third base. Danny O'Connell now playing second base. Dave Sisler now pitching. Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 8 Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Green scores. There goes Long trying to get to home. Del Greco throws the ball in to Pignatano who tags Long who's trying to score from second, for the out. O'Connell moves to second.

Top 8 O'Connell takes first base on ball four. Johnson scores. Green moves to third. Long moves to second.

Top 8 Dale Long pinch hits for Marty Kutyna. Mickey McDermott now pitching. Long takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to third. Green moves to second.

Top 8 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Billy Klaus pinch hits for Chuck Cottier. Klaus hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hinton tags and scores.

Top 8 Green is walked intentionally.

Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hinton moves to third. Johnson moves to second.

Top 8 Chuck Hinton pinch runs for Gene Woodling. Tasby strikes out. There goes Hinton. Here's the throw, and he's safe.

Top 8 Woodling takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Lumpe hits a popup towards third. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores.

Bottom 7 There goes Howser. The throw from Green and he is safe. Howser steals second.

Bottom 7 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Tasby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Howser takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kutyna fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Zipfel hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Keough hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Joe Nuxhall pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Nuxhall strikes out.

Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Kutyna hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Cottier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tasby scores. Green moves to second.

Top 6 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodling scores. Tasby moves to second.

Top 6 Johnson strikes out.

Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. Tasby takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second.

Top 6 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zipfel scores.

Top 6 The ball gets by Pignatano for a passed ball. Zipfel moves to third.

Top 6 Zipfel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Zipfel reaches second base with a double. Keough scores.

Top 6 Keough hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Keough reaches third base with a triple.

Top 6 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling 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. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hankins scores. Howser moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Stephens bunts towards the mound. Kutyna fields it and throws to first for the out. Hankins moves to third. Howser moves to second.

Bottom 5 Howser bunts towards third. O'Connell juggles the ball. That's an error on O'Connell. Hankins moves to second.

Bottom 5 Hankins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Kutyna hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Cottier for the double play.

Top 5 Cottier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Green hits a line drive towards the mound. Rakow reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Rakow hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pignatano scores.

Bottom 4 Pignatano hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tasby who is chasing the ball. Pignatano reaches third base with a triple. Lumpe goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 4 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Siebern strikes out.

Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Tasby strikes out.

Top 4 Woodling is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zipfel scoops it up and throws to first, with Kutyna covering, for the out.

Bottom 3 There goes Howser. The throw from Green and he is out, Johnson applying the tag.

Bottom 3 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Zipfel is called out on strikes.

Top 3 Keough strikes out.

Top 3 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Kutyna 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 2 Rakow strikes out.

Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tasby. Del Greco reaches second base with a double. Causey goes all the way around to score. Del Greco moves to third.

Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a popup towards short. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a popup towards short. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Cottier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Green hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Woodling scores. Tasby moves to second.

Top 2 Johnson is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Tasby takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second.

Top 2 Woodling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Siebern strikes out.

Bottom 1 Stephens strikes out.

Bottom 1 Howser strikes out.

Bottom 1 Hankins bunts towards third. O'Connell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Zipfel strikes out.

Top 1 Keough 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 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Connell for the out.

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Norm Bass now pitching. Tasby takes first base on ball four. King moves to third.

Senators @ Athletics
July 28, 1961