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Cubs
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
June 17, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on June 17, 1961 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Curtis |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Billy O'Dell |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 16,443 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Ken Burkhart 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Kindall | Second Baseman |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | First Baseman |
| George Altman | Right Fielder |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Andre Rodgers | Shortstop |
| Moe Thacker | Catcher |
| Jack Curtis | Pitcher |
| El Tappe | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Billy O'Dell | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
June 17, 1961
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. O'Dell
Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. O'Dell
Kindall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Santo vs. O'Dell
Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. O'Dell
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Curtis
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Curtis covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Curtis
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. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Kuenn vs. Curtis
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. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Curtis
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. O'Dell
Altman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. O'Dell
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Davenport. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. O'Dell
Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rodgers vs. O'Dell
Rodgers strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Thacker vs. O'Dell
Thacker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Curtis
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Curtis
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. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bailey vs. Curtis
Bailey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
O'Dell vs. Curtis
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. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pagan vs. Curtis
Pagan hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. O'Dell
Curtis strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. O'Dell
Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. O'Dell
Kindall strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Curtis
Amalfitano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Curtis
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Curtis
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cepeda vs. Curtis
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Drott
Dick Drott now pitching.
Davenport strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santo vs. O'Dell
Santo hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Banks vs. O'Dell
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. O'Dell
Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Drott
Bailey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
O'Dell vs. Drott
O'Dell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Drott
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. O'Dell
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. O'Dell
Rodgers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thacker vs. O'Dell
Thacker hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Drott vs. O'Dell
Drott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodgers moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Ashburn vs. O'Dell
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Drott
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Drott
Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Drott
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. O'Dell
Kindall strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Santo vs. O'Dell
Santo hits a line drive towards third. Davenport reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Banks vs. O'Dell
Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. O'Dell
Altman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Drott
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drott
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Drott
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. O'Dell
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. O'Dell
Rodgers hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thacker vs. O'Dell
Thacker hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Drott
Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dell vs. Drott
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. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pagan vs. Drott
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. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Pagan vs. Drott
Pagan hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Amalfitano vs. Drott
The umpire calls a balk on Drott Bailey scores. O'Dell moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Amalfitano vs. Drott
Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Dell scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Drott
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Schaffernoth
Joe Schaffernoth now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Mays vs. Schaffernoth
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Cepeda vs. Schaffernoth
Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Alou vs. Schaffernoth
Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores. Kuenn scores. Mays moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Davenport vs. Schaffernoth
Davenport hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Roach vs. O'Dell
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. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashburn vs. O'Dell
Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Ashburn reaches second base with a double. Roach scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Zimmer vs. O'Dell
Don Zimmer pinch hits for Jerry Kindall.
Zimmer strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Santo vs. O'Dell
Santo hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Banks vs. O'Dell
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Anderson
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. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Dell vs. Anderson
O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Anderson
Pagan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Amalfitano vs. Anderson
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. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. O'Dell
Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. O'Dell
Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Rodgers vs. O'Dell
Rodgers strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thacker vs. O'Dell
Thacker takes first base on ball four. Altman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roach vs. O'Dell
Roach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Altman scores. Thacker moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Ashburn vs. O'Dell
Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/17/1961 -- Chicago at San Francisco (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Ashburn R, cf 5 0 1 1 Pagan J, ss 5 0 1 0
Kindall J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Amalfitano J, 2b 5 2 1 1
Zimmer D, ph 1 0 0 0 Kuenn H, lf 3 2 2 1
Anderson B, p 0 0 0 0 Mays W, cf 3 0 0 0
Santo R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Cepeda O, 1b 4 2 2 1
Banks E, 1b 4 1 1 1 Alou F, rf 4 1 2 4
Altman G, rf 4 1 1 0 Davenport J, 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams B, lf 4 0 1 0 Bailey E, c 3 1 1 0
Rodgers A, ss 4 0 1 0 O'Dell B, p 2 1 0 1
Thacker M, c 3 0 0 0
Curtis J, p 1 0 0 0
Drott D, p 1 0 1 0
Schaffernoth J, p 0 0 0 0
Roach M, ph-2b 2 1 2 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 9 3 33 9 10 8
Chicago 000 001 011 -- 3
San Francisco 113 000 40x -- 9
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis J (L) 2.2 5 5 4 1 1
Drott D 3.2 3 4 1 0 2
Schaffernoth J 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Anderson B 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell B (W) 9.0 9 3 3 1 7
E -- Kindall J, Santo R, Davenport J, Drott D, Thacker M
LOB -- Chicago 7, San Francisco 5
2B -- Williams B, Davenport J, Kuenn H, Roach M, Ashburn R
HR -- Alou F, Banks E
SH -- O'Dell B
SF -- Kuenn H, O'Dell B
WP -- Schaffernoth J
Balk -- Drott D
T -- 2:33
A -- 16443
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