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September 23, 1961

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Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .270
OBP .000 .347
At Bats 0 322
Hits 0 87
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 50

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 3 15
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Crosley Field - September 23, 1961
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Out
Jim Brosnan
Johnny Edwards
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Eddie Kasko
Gus Bell
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Willie McCovey
Ed Bailey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Willie McCovey pinch hits for Sam Jones. McCovey hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Brosnan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. Bailey moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bob Farley pinch hits for Jose Pagan. Farley hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gus Bell now playing left field. Bailey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Pinson hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sam Jones now pitching. Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Jones, and towards Amalfitano, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mays tags and scores.
Top 8 Mays hits a line drive into center field. Pinson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pinson. Kuenn scores. Amalfitano scores. Mays moves to third.
Top 8 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Amalfitano reaches second base with a double. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 8 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Eddie Bressoud pinch hits for Bobby Bolin. Bressoud strikes out.
Bottom 7 O'Toole strikes out.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a line drive into center field. Mays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mays. Lynch scores. Robinson goes all the way around to score. Edwards moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Freese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport juggles the ball. That's an error on Davenport. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 7 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lynch takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Pagan hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Davenport takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano misplays the ball. That's an error on Amalfitano. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. Freese scores.
Bottom 6 O'Toole bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Amalfitano covering, for the out. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a popup towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Alou strikes out.
Top 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bobby Bolin now pitching. Robinson hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lynch scores.
Bottom 5 Lynch hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Lynch reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Dick LeMay now pitching. Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Amalfitano hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Duffalo strikes out.
Top 5 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Toole strikes out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Coleman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kasko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Toole fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Amalfitano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Toole is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Edwards strikes out.
Top 2 Duffalo is called out on strikes.
Top 2 The umpire calls a balk on O'Toole Pagan moves to second.
Top 2 Pagan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Davenport scores.
Top 2 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Toole fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Davenport hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Davenport reaches second base with a double. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 2 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Coleman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Lynch strikes out.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Kasko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.