Pirates @ Reds
August 4, 1961

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .288
OBP .500 .341
At Bats 2 379
Hits 1 109
• Singles 1 78
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 46

Bob Purkey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 5 1
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Crosley Field - August 4, 1961
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Single
Bob Purkey
Jerry Zimmerman
Gordy Coleman
Elio Chacon
Gene Freese
Leo Cardenas
Wally Post
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Bill Virdon
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Purkey scores. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Burgess fields it and throws to second for the out. Purkey moves to third.
Bottom 5 Chacon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Purkey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gibbon spins and fires to second, with Groat covering, and Zimmerman is picked off.
Bottom 5 Purkey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zimmerman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gibbon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Coleman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Post hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Burgess strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Clemente. The throw from Zimmerman and he is out, Cardenas applying the tag.
Top 4 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Stuart hits a line drive towards first. Coleman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Chacon hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Purkey hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 2 Zimmerman bunts towards the mound. Gibbon fields it, throws to third for the out. There goes Zimmerman attempting to get to second. Here's the throw, and he's out. Double play. Coleman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoak. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 2 Freese takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gibbon hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cardenas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chacon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas.
Bottom 1 Post strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. Chacon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chacon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Chacon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chacon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stuart hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skinner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Skinner moves to second.
Top 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Top 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.