Orioles @ Angels
August 29, 1961

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Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	5	8	3
Angels	6	7	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	5	8	3
Angels	6	7	1

Brooks Robinson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.289
OBP	.250	.339
At Bats	3	546
Hits	0	158
• Singles	0	120
• Doubles	0	29
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	1	44
RBI’s	0	47

Tom Morgan Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
6	2	5

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Wrigley Field - August 29, 1961

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Out

Tom Morgan

Earl Averill

Lee Thomas

Rocky Bridges

Eddie Yost

Joe Koppe

George Thomas

Ken Hunt

Albie Pearson

Brooks Robinson

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	5	8	3	5
Los Angeles Angels	6	7	1	9
Winning Pitcher	Ryne Duren
Losing Pitcher	Steve Barber
Save	Tom Morgan
Game Winning RBI	Steve Bilko
Attendance
Time of Game	2 hours 20 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Russ Snyder pinch hits for Dick Hall. Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Dave Philley pinch hits for Jerry Adair. Philley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hall fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Koppe strikes out.

Bottom 8 Pearson bunts towards the mound. Hall fields it and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to second.

Bottom 8 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Lau hits a line drive towards first. Thomas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to third.

Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Robinson reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Lee Thomas now playing first base. Gentile hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Bridges strikes out.

Bottom 7 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen misplays the ball. That's an error on Hansen. Thomas moves to third. Hunt moves to second.

Bottom 7 Averill is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Hunt takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.

Bottom 7 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Steve Bilko. Thomas is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Dick Hall now pitching. Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Tom Morgan now pitching. Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Herzog takes first base on ball four. Throneberry scores.

Top 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Throneberry moves to third.

Top 7 Marv Throneberry pinch hits for Steve Barber. Throneberry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pearson. Throneberry reaches second base with a double.

Top 7 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Koppe is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Pearson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Duren bunts in front of the plate. Lau fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost scores. Bridges moves to second.

Bottom 6 Bridges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yost moves to third.

Bottom 6 Yost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Lau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Hansen strikes out.

Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Hunt strikes out.

Bottom 5 Bilko is called out on strikes.

Bottom 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen misplays the ball. That's an error on Hansen. Pearson moves to third.

Bottom 5 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Pearson moves to second.

Bottom 5 Pearson takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Gentile hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Duren covering, for the out.

Top 5 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Duren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Bridges strikes out.

Bottom 4 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Barber strikes out.

Top 4 Adair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Lau hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 3 Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 3 Bilko is called out on strikes.

Top 3 Robinson strikes out.

Top 3 Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.

Top 3 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Robinson moves to third.

Top 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe misplays the ball. That's an error on Koppe. Robinson moves to second.

Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost scores. Bridges scores.

Bottom 2 Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to third. Bridges moves to second.

Bottom 2 Duren is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Bridges takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second.

Bottom 2 Yost takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Barber strikes out.

Top 2 Adair strikes out.

Top 2 Lau hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Hansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Hansen moves to second.

Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Robinson reaches second base with a double.

Top 2 Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hunt is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Bilko hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 1 Thomas takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Barber fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Barber. Pearson moves to second.

Bottom 1 Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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