Giants @ Reds
August 24, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 5 12 2
Reds 8 13 1
Top 9 R H E
Giants 5 12 2
Reds 8 13 1

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .316
OBP .250 .399
At Bats 4 450
Hits 1 142
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 1 29
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 34
Walks 0 61
RBI’s 0 97

Jim Maloney Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 0
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Crosley Field - August 24, 1961
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Out
Jim Maloney
Johnny Edwards
Dick Gernert
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Leo Cardenas
Wally Post
Vada Pinson
Gus Bell
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 5 12 2 8
Cincinnati Reds 8 13 1 5
Winning Pitcher Jim O'Toole
Losing Pitcher Jack Sanford
Save Jim Maloney
Game Winning RBI Vada Pinson
Attendance 15,376
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 McCovey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores.
Top 9 Davenport hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Amalfitano moves to second.
Top 9 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Eddie Bressoud pinch hits for Stu Miller. Bressoud strikes out.
Bottom 8 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Maloney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gernert moves to third.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gernert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ernie Bowman now playing shortstop. Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Jose Pagan. Landrith hits a popup towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jim Maloney now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Orsino moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Top 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Orsino moves to second.
Top 8 Orsino hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 8 Cepeda takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second.
Top 8 Mays is called out on strikes.
Top 8 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Wally Post now playing left field. Gus Bell now playing right field. Davenport hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cardenas scores. Pinson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cardenas moves to third.
Bottom 7 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Freese scores. Edwards scores. Blasingame goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 O'Toole hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Edwards. The throw from Orsino and he is safe. Edwards steals second.
Bottom 7 Edwards is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Freese. The throw from Orsino and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 7 Stu Miller now pitching. Freese hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 7 Amalfitano is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Harvey Kuenn pinch hits for Jack Sanford. Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pagan hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Top 6 Orsino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Amalfitano scores. McCovey goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCovey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to second.
Top 6 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cardenas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Toole 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 5 Sanford strikes out.
Top 5 Pagan strikes out.
Top 5 Alou hits a popup in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Gernert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Pinson scores.
Bottom 4 Pinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Pinson reaches third base with a triple. Cardenas goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Orsino hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mays hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Robinson fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Robinson. Mays moves to third.
Top 4 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Toole hits a ball on the ground towards second. Amalfitano scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Amalfitano hits a popup towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sanford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Pagan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gernert hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards second. Amalfitano scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Orsino strikes out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a popup towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sanford fires to first and has Pinson trapped. There's the throw to Amalfitano who tags Pinson for the out.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cardenas scores.
Bottom 1 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Cardenas reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a popup in front of the plate. Orsino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Amalfitano takes first base on ball four.