Pirates @ Reds
August 5, 1961

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Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .255
OBP .000 .309
At Bats 3 368
Hits 0 94
• Singles 0 69
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 38

Sherman Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 2
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Crosley Field - August 5, 1961
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Single
Sherman Jones
Johnny Edwards
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Leo Cardenas
Gus Bell
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Dick Groat
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Sherman Jones now pitching. Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson throws the ball in to Blasingame who tags Groat trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Wally Post pinch hits for Jay Hook. Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Freese scores. Edwards moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Edwards takes first base on ball four. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bell 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 6 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Burgess hits a line drive into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clemente hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson who is chasing the ball. Clemente reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hoak scores.
Top 6 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak moves to third.
Top 6 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 5 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 5 Cardenas hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Top 5 McBean hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clemente tags and scores.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clemente moves to third.
Top 5 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Top 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hook fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hook hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McBean fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Al McBean now pitching. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Skinner hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out. Moryn moves to second.
Top 4 Walt Moryn pinch hits for Tom Sturdivant. Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Coleman scores.
Bottom 3 Coleman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Coleman reaches second base with a double. Pinson scores. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first, with Hook covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Hook hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coleman scores.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a line drive towards third. Hoak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Coleman reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Skinner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sturdivant scores. Virdon scores. Skinner moves to second.
Top 2 Hoak strikes out.
Top 2 Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. Virdon reaches second base with a double. Sturdivant moves to third.
Top 2 Sturdivant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cardenas hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jay Hook now pitching. Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente scores.
Top 1 Clemente hits a line drive into left field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Skinner scores. Clemente moves to second.
Top 1 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hoak scores. Skinner moves to third.
Top 1 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Hoak moves to third. Skinner moves to second.
Top 1 Hoak takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Top 1 Virdon takes first base on ball four.