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May 15, 1961

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Cubs 1 7 1
Giants 6 9 0
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Giants 8 10 0

Orlando Cepeda Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .269
OBP .500 .296
At Bats 2 104
Hits 1 28
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 8
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 1 24

Mel Wright Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Candlestick Park - May 15, 1961
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Home Run
Mel Wright
Dick Bertell
Mel Roach
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
George Altman
Al Heist
Bob Will
Orlando Cepeda
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Heist. Mays reaches second base with a double. Amalfitano goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Mel Wright now pitching. Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to home to get Bertell. Freese moves to third. Will moves to second.
Top 5 Zimmer hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Will hits a line drive beyond short. Pagan can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Bertell moves to third. Freese moves to second.
Top 5 George Freese pinch hits for Bob Anderson. Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heist scores. Bertell moves to second.
Top 5 Bertell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heist moves to third.
Top 5 Heist hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McCormick hits a line drive towards short. Banks catches it and throws to first to double up Pagan.
Bottom 4 Pagan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Bertell settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Bertell.
Top 4 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roach hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Alou. The throw from Bertell and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Zimmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Will hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Amalfitano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bertell hits a line drive towards third. Davenport catches it and throws to second to double up Santo.
Top 2 Heist is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santo moves to second.
Top 2 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Pagan hits a line drive into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bob Anderson now pitching. Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Roach fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Anderson covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 1 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Mays takes first base on ball four. Davenport moves to third. Amalfitano moves to second.
Bottom 1 Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Bottom 1 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Roach takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Will hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano reaches out and makes the catch for the out.