Cubs @ Giants
June 17, 1961

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Cubs 3 9 4
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Cubs 3 9 4
Giants 9 10 1

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .243
OBP .250 .363
At Bats 4 144
Hits 1 35
• Singles 0 31
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 1 9

Billy O'Dell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 2
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Candlestick Park - June 17, 1961
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Out
Billy O'Dell
Ed Bailey
Orlando Cepeda
Joey Amalfitano
Jim Davenport
Jose Pagan
Harvey Kuenn
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
Richie Ashburn
Mel Roach
Moe Thacker

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 9 4 7
San Francisco Giants 9 10 1 5
Winning Pitcher Billy O'Dell
Losing Pitcher Jack Curtis
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Harvey Kuenn
Attendance 16,443
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Roach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Altman scores. Thacker moves to third.
Top 9 Thacker takes first base on ball four. Altman moves to second.
Top 9 Rodgers strikes out.
Top 9 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Anderson, and towards Rodgers, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pagan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mel Roach now playing second base. Bob Anderson now pitching. Bailey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Santo hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Zimmer pinch hits for Jerry Kindall. Zimmer strikes out.
Top 8 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Ashburn reaches second base with a double. Roach scores.
Top 8 Mel Roach pinch hits for Joe Schaffernoth. Roach hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Roach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Davenport hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores. Kuenn scores. Mays moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to third.
Bottom 7 Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Dell scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Drott Bailey scores. O'Dell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Pagan hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thacker fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Thacker. Bailey moves to third. O'Dell moves to second.
Bottom 7 O'Dell bunts towards the mound. Drott fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Drott. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Thacker hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodgers hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out.
Bottom 6 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Altman strikes out.
Top 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Santo hits a line drive towards third. Davenport reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kindall strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Drott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodgers moves to second.
Top 5 Thacker 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 left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Dell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dick Drott now pitching. Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Amalfitano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kindall strikes out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Curtis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pagan hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Dell hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cepeda tags and scores. Davenport tags and moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bailey is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Davenport hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman. Davenport reaches second base with a double. Cepeda moves to third.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Thacker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rodgers strikes out.
Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Davenport.
Top 2 Altman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Amalfitano tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Santo. Amalfitano moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Curtis covering, for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kindall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.