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July 4, 1961

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Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .251
OBP .250 .328
At Bats 4 215
Hits 1 54
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 35

Mel Wright Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - July 4, 1961
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Single
Mel Wright
Sammy Taylor
Ed Bouchee
Jerry Kindall
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Al Heist
George Altman
Willie McCovey
Joey Amalfitano
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Kuenn hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Amalfitano takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kindall strikes out.
Bottom 6 Felipe Alou now playing center field. Eddie Bressoud now playing third base. Heist strikes out.
Top 6 Pagan hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 6 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays scores. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Mays moves to third.
Top 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCovey moves to second.
Top 6 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wright strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bouchee hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor strikes out.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Amalfitano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pagan scores.
Top 5 O'Dell bunts towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Kindall covering, for the out. Pagan moves to second.
Top 5 Pagan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Davenport hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Santo hits a line drive towards short. Pagan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 4 Altman is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Mel Wright now pitching. Landrith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Mays scores.
Top 4 Mays hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Williams chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Kindall. Kindall fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Kindall. Amalfitano scores. Kuenn goes all the way around to score. Mays moves to third.
Top 4 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to second.
Top 4 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pagan scores.
Top 4 O'Dell bunts towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Kindall covering, for the out. Pagan moves to second.
Top 4 Pagan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kindall hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Heist is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Davenport is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Dick Drott now pitching. Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cepeda tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Heist chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Kindall. Kindall fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Kindall. Kuenn scores. Mays goes all the way around to score. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 3 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Amalfitano. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Amalfitano steals second.
Top 3 Amalfitano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cardwell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Bouchee strikes out.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with O'Dell covering, for the out.
Top 2 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 1 Billy O'Dell now pitching. Altman takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kindall scores.
Bottom 1 Kindall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Kindall reaches second base with a double. Heist scores.
Bottom 1 Heist hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Heist reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays scores.
Top 1 There goes Mays. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 1 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn scores.
Top 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Amalfitano takes first base on ball four.