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August 9, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 2
Giants 5 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 2
Giants 6 11 0

Matty Alou Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .309
OBP .500 .353
At Bats 4 139
Hits 2 43
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 19

Barney Schultz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 7
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Candlestick Park - August 9, 1961
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Home Run
Barney Schultz
Dick Bertell
Andre Rodgers
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Al Heist
Bob Will
Matty Alou

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 10 2 4
San Francisco Giants 6 11 0 9
Winning Pitcher Stu Miller
Losing Pitcher Barney Schultz
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Matty Alou
Attendance 10,822
Time of Game 3 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Schultz hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ernie Bowman now playing second base. Rodgers strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ernie Bowman pinch runs for Joey Amalfitano. There goes Bowman. The throw from Bertell and he is safe. Bowman steals second.
Bottom 8 Amalfitano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Landrith is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Don Zimmer now playing second base. Pagan is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Santo strikes out.
Top 8 Williams strikes out.
Top 8 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heist scores. Will moves to third.
Top 8 Will takes first base on ball four. Heist moves to second.
Top 8 George Altman pinch hits for Jerry Kindall. Altman strikes out.
Top 8 Hobie Landrith now catching. Stu Miller now pitching. Heist hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bailey hits a popup towards the mound. Schultz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cepeda strikes out. There goes Mays. He's safe. Cepeda moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Barney Schultz now pitching. Mays hits a line drive into left field. Williams picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Williams. Kuenn scores. Alou scores. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Alou reaches second base with a double. Landrith scores. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 7 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Billy O'Dell. Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Anderson strikes out.
Top 7 Bertell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodgers moves to second.
Top 7 Rodgers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Santo hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pagan strikes out. Bertell drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Pagan out.
Bottom 6 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bailey strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Will hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Billy O'Dell now pitching. Kindall strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a popup towards short. Banks makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Banks. Pagan scores. Amalfitano moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Pagan moves to third. Amalfitano moves to second.
Bottom 5 Amalfitano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pagan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Mike McCormick. Marshall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Pagan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Heist hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Anderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Bertell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rodgers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Santo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bailey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a line drive towards short. Pagan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Will. The throw from Bailey and he is out, Pagan applying the tag.
Top 4 Banks strikes out.
Top 4 Will hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCormick hits a line drive into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McCormick fires to first and has Heist trapped. There's the throw to Amalfitano who tags Heist for the out.
Top 3 Heist hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Anderson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bailey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a popup in front of the plate. Bertell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rodgers hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Santo hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams strikes out.
Top 2 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Will is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Kindall hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Heist hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.