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September 17, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 8 0
Senators 2 5 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 8 0
Senators 2 5 2

Bob Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .277
OBP .667 .330
At Bats 2 184
Hits 1 51
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 21

Lew Krausse Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 0
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Griffith Stadium - September 17, 1961
Out
Lew Krausse
Billy Bryan
Deron Johnson
Charlie Shoemaker
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Leo Posada
Jay Hankins
Frank Cipriani
Bob Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 3 8 0 7
Washington Senators 2 5 2 3
Winning Pitcher Lew Krausse
Losing Pitcher Hector Maestri
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 4,045
Time of Game 2 hours 1 minute
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 King hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Keough tags and scores.
Bottom 9 Zipfel hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Keough hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cipriani who is chasing the ball. Keough reaches third base with a triple. Hinton scores.
Bottom 9 Hinton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cipriani who is chasing the ball. Hinton reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Krausse strikes out.
Top 9 John Gabler now pitching. Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brinkman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Billy Klaus pinch hits for Ed Hobaugh. Klaus hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stillwell hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hankins hits a line drive into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Posada is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Bryan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zipfel scoops it up and throws to first, with Hobaugh covering, for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of King. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Retzer hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 King hits a line drive into right field. Cipriani settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Shoemaker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Howser bunts towards the mound. Hobaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Ed Hobaugh now pitching. Krausse hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hobaugh, and towards Johnson, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Zipfel hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Keough hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tom Cheney pinch runs for Gene Woodling. Hinton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Gene Woodling pinch hits for Hector Maestri. Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maestri fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bryan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Stillwell hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Retzer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Retzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 King hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Causey hits a line drive off the glove of Stillwell, and into shallow left field. Causey reaches second base with a double. Shoemaker scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Shoemaker hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Hinton chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Retzer fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Retzer. Howser goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Krausse strikes out.
Top 5 Cipriani hits a popup towards first. Zipfel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Zipfel hits a fly ball into right field. Cipriani settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Keough hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hinton strikes out.
Top 4 Hankins hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bryan hits a fly ball into left field. Hinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maestri hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Hinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Shoemaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Retzer hits a line drive towards third. Causey catches it and throws to first to double up Johnson.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Krausse strikes out.
Top 2 Cipriani hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zipfel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hankins for the out. Posada moves to second.
Top 2 Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Zipfel hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hinton strikes out.
Top 1 Bryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Shoemaker hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Keough fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Keough. Shoemaker moves to third.
Top 1 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.