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Gene Freese Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .253
OBP .333 .306
At Bats 3 79
Hits 1 20
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 6

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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County Stadium - May 5, 1961
Out
Lew Burdette
Charlie Lau
Joe Adcock
Frank Bolling
Eddie Mathews
Roy McMillan
Al Spangler
Hank Aaron
Lee Maye
Gene Freese
Frank Robinson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Coleman hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lau hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Al Spangler now playing left field. Blasingame hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roach hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple. Bolling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Purkey strikes out.
Top 6 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freese moves to second.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Burdette strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lau hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Roach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Purkey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roach. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Coleman scores.
Top 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roach. Coleman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 There goes Aaron. The throw from Zimmerman and he is out, Blasingame applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell strikes out. There goes Pinson. The throw from Lau to McMillan, and Pinson is out.
Top 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Maye strikes out.
Bottom 2 Burdette strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Purkey is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bolling tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Bolling moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maye scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 There goes Maye. The throw from Zimmerman and he is safe. Maye steals second.
Bottom 1 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame.
Top 1 Freese hits a line drive towards the mound. Burdette reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Bell moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.