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July 26, 1961

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Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .294
OBP .500 .358
At Bats 2 377
Hits 0 111
• Singles 0 80
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 37
RBI’s 1 47

Bill Kunkel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 3
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Municipal Stadium - July 26, 1961
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Triple
Bill Kunkel
Haywood Sullivan
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Wayne Causey
Jay Hankins
Bobby Del Greco
Gene Stephens
Tito Francona
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Francona hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Francona reaches third base with a triple.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Temple scores.
Top 9 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Temple hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hankins who is chasing the ball. Temple reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Leo Posada pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hankins 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 8 Vic Power now playing first base. Tito Francona now playing left field. Sullivan 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 8 Ed Rakow now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romano moves to second.
Top 8 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Essegian scores.
Top 8 Essegian hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Essegian reaches third base with a triple. Piersall scores. Kirkland goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out. Piersall moves to third.
Top 8 Phillips hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Francona takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.
Top 8 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Siebern 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 7 Stephens hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Temple. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Causey applying the tag.
Top 7 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Held hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Causey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nuxhall hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Essegian hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Piersall scores.
Top 6 Francona bunts towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out. Temple moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Top 6 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.
Top 6 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Hankins hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Held hits a popup towards short. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Romano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Siebern hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Causey for the out.
Top 4 Essegian hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piersall scores.
Top 4 Norm Bass now pitching. Piersall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stephens who is chasing the ball. Piersall reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Del Greco 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 3 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Jim Archer. McDermott strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hankins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lumpe tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall who is chasing the ball. Lumpe reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Held moves to second.
Top 3 Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkland scores.
Top 3 There goes Kirkland. The throw from Sullivan and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 3 Romano hits a popup towards the mound. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Essegian strikes out.
Top 3 Gene Stephens now playing right field. Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Siebern hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gene Stephens pinch hits for Jim Rivera. Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 2 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Del Greco bunts towards first. Francona scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Archer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Archer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Phillips hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Francona hits a popup towards short. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Piersall hits a fly ball towards center. Del Greco settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Del Greco. Bell moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Top 2 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell bunts towards the mound. Archer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Archer. Romano scores. Held goes all the way around to score. Bell moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Romano moves to second.
Top 2 Romano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops it up and throws to first, with Bell covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Siebern moves to third. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivera tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Siebern reaches second base with a double. Causey scores. Rivera moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona juggles the ball. That's an error on Francona.
Bottom 1 Del Greco 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 Essegian strikes out.
Top 1 Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Top 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Francona is hit by the pitch. Piersall moves to second.
Top 1 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.