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August 8, 1961

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Bottom 10 R H E
Senators 5 8 0
Indians 5 10 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Senators 5 8 0
Indians 5 10 1

Willie Kirkland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .265
OBP .500 .329
At Bats 3 378
Hits 1 100
• Singles 1 58
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 1 37
RBI’s 1 64

Dave Sisler Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 10
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 8, 1961
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Walk
Dave Sisler
Gene Green
Bud Zipfel
Chuck Cottier
Danny O'Connell
Bob Johnson
Marty Keough
Willie Tasby
Chuck Hinton
Willie Kirkland
Tito Francona
Don Dillard
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Kirkland takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 The ball gets by Green for a passed ball. Dillard moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 10 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Dillard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tasby. Dillard reaches second base with a double.
Top 10 Keough hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple catches it. Hinton is tagging up. There's the throw, and Hinton is out at the plate. That's a double play.
Top 10 Zipfel takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 O'Connell bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Hinton moves to third.
Top 10 Hinton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dillard. Hinton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Hawkins is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Gene Green now catching. Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Sisler strikes out.
Top 9 Dale Long pinch hits for Pete Daley. Long hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wynn Hawkins now pitching. Cottier hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Sisler now pitching. Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kirkland scores. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Francona scores. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mike Garcia now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillard scores. Francona moves to third.
Bottom 8 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dillard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dillard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Tasby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Chuck Essegian pinch hits for Bobby Locke. Essegian hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Marty Keough now playing left field. Held strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Johnson. The throw from Romano and he is out, Temple applying the tag.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keough scores.
Top 8 Marty Keough pinch runs for Gene Woodling. Tasby strikes out.
Top 8 Woodling hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dillard. Woodling reaches second base with a double. O'Connell scores.
Top 8 Zipfel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zipfel for the out. O'Connell moves to third.
Top 8 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Temple picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Temple. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Romano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hinton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Daniels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Daley hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cottier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Locke, and towards Held, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zipfel scoops it up and throws to first, with Daniels covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daniels fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Tasby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Locke fields it and has Woodling trapped. He races towards second and tags Woodling for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Woodling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Woodling reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bobby Locke now pitching. Zipfel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walt Bond pinch hits for Barry Latman. Bond hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zipfel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bond for the out.
Bottom 5 Held hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cottier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Power bunts towards the mound. Daniels fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to third. Romano moves to second.
Bottom 5 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kirkland scores. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 5 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Kirkland moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hinton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Daniels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first, with Latman covering, for the out.
Top 5 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Tasby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cottier hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Tasby hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Zipfel strikes out.
Bottom 3 Latman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hinton hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Daniels hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Daley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kirkland strikes out.
Top 2 Cottier is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tasby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Latman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dillard hits a fly ball into right field. Hinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive towards short. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zipfel strikes out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hinton is called out on strikes.