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July 7, 1961

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Bottom 6 R H E
Athletics 2 6 1
Orioles 2 7 2
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Athletics 2 6 1
Orioles 6 8 2

Jim Gentile Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .303
OBP .000 .424
At Bats 0 238
Hits 0 72
• Singles 0 38
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 48
RBI’s 0 76

Ed Rakow Season Stats

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1 3 0
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Memorial Stadium - July 7, 1961
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Home Run
Ed Rakow
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Gene Stephens
Jim Rivera
Jim Gentile
Hank Foiles
Whitey Herzog
Ron Hansen
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jim Gentile pinch hits for Marv Breeding. Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Foiles takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to third. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hansen moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hansen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Throneberry hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Estrada fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rivera strikes out.
Top 6 Rakow bunts towards the mound. Estrada fields it and throws to first for the out. Causey moves to third.
Top 6 Causey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herzog. Causey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Pignatano strikes out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Breeding settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stephens takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Siebern strikes out.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a fly ball towards left. Snyder settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Snyder. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 4 Estrada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Breeding hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foiles hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Herzog scores. Foiles moves to second.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Throneberry scores. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Throneberry moves to third.
Bottom 4 Throneberry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Throneberry reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rivera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herzog. Rivera reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Rakow hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Estrada covering, for the out.
Top 4 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Stephens moves to second.
Top 3 Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lumpe scores.
Top 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Estrada covering, for the out. Lumpe moves to third.
Top 3 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herzog. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Estrada is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Breeding hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foiles hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hansen moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rakow hits a fly ball into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pignatano tags and scores. Causey tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Causey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herzog. Causey reaches second base with a double. Pignatano moves to third.
Top 2 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Rakow covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Jim Rivera now playing right field. Gene Stephens now playing center field. Robinson 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 1 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jim Rivera pinch runs for Bobby Del Greco. Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry fields it and throws to second for the out. Rivera moves to third.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Throneberry. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 1 Howser strikes out.
Top 1 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.