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August 21, 1960

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Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .331
OBP .333 .395
At Bats 3 435
Hits 1 144
• Singles 1 89
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 24
Walks 0 49
RBI’s 1 80

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 6 9
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Wrigley Field - August 21, 1960
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Home Run
Don Elston
Moe Thacker
Frank Thomas
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
George Altman
Richie Ashburn
Bob Will
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Blasingame 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 8 Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Schmidt now catching. Andre Rodgers now playing shortstop. Johnny Antonelli now pitching. Will hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Will for the out.
Top 7 Johnny Antonelli pinch hits for Billy O'Dell. Antonelli strikes out.
Top 7 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Eddie Bressoud. Marshall is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Don Elston now pitching. Willie McCovey pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 7 George Altman now playing left field. Richie Ashburn now playing center field. Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hobbie is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There go the runners. The throw from Landrith and Blasingame drops the ball. That's a double steal and an error.
Bottom 6 Thacker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heist scores. Zimmer moves to third.
Bottom 6 Zimmer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Heist hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Heist reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Davenport now playing third base. Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kirkland hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Mays. The throw from Thacker and he is out, Zimmer applying the tag.
Top 6 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Will who is chasing the ball. Blasingame reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Dave Philley pinch hits for Joey Amalfitano. Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Banks reaches second base with a double. There goes Ashburn trying to get to home. Alou throws the ball in to Amalfitano who relays the ball to Landrith, who tags Ashburn, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Will hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hobbie hits a popup towards third. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes O'Dell. The throw from Thacker and he is out, Zimmer applying the tag.
Top 5 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Hobbie covering, for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Thacker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Zimmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Heist hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Santo hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cepeda is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There goes Kirkland. The throw from Thacker and he is safe. Kirkland steals second.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blasingame bunts towards the mound. Hobbie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball towards center. Mays catches it and throws to second to double up Hobbie.
Bottom 3 Will hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hobbie moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Thacker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 O'Dell strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Bressoud. The throw from Thacker and he is out, Zimmer applying the tag.
Top 3 Bressoud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 O'Dell fires to first and picks off Zimmer.
Bottom 2 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Heist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Landrith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thacker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou strikes out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkland for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a popup towards third. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ashburn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Will hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Top 1 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.