Athletics @ Orioles
August 7, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 6 0
Orioles 5 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 6 0
Orioles 5 9 0

Ozzie Virgil Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .125
OBP .000 .152
At Bats 0 32
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 3
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 1

Billy Hoeft Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 2
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Memorial Stadium - August 7, 1961
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Billy Hoeft
Hank Foiles
Jim Gentile
Marv Breeding
Brooks Robinson
Ron Hansen
Russ Snyder
Jim Busby
Jackie Brandt
Ozzie Virgil
Norm Bass
Dick Howser

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 4 6 0 9
Baltimore Orioles 5 9 0 6
Winning Pitcher Chuck Estrada
Losing Pitcher Art Ditmar
Save Billy Hoeft
Game Winning RBI Jim Gentile
Attendance 7,106
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ozzie Virgil pinch hits for Jerry Lumpe. Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Norm Bass pinch runs for Deron Johnson. Billy Hoeft now pitching. Siebern strikes out.
Top 9 Deron Johnson pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howser moves to second.
Top 9 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jim Busby now playing center field. Jackie Brandt now playing right field. Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hansen hits a popup towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Foiles 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 8 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Causey scores.
Top 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lumpe scores. Causey moves to third.
Top 8 Causey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herzog. Causey reaches second base with a double. Siebern scores. Lumpe moves to third.
Top 8 Lumpe bunts towards the mound. Fisher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Siebern moves to second.
Top 8 Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 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.
Bottom 7 Gentile 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 7 Brandt hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Breeding moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Breeding moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ed Rakow now pitching. Jay Hankins now playing center field. Breeding hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gene Stephens pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Stephens strikes out.
Top 7 Jay Hankins pinch runs for Mickey McDermott. Jack Fisher now pitching. Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. Rivera scores. Posada moves to third.
Top 7 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Art Ditmar. McDermott takes first base on ball four. Rivera moves to third. Posada moves to second.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Breeding settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Posada hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera moves to second.
Top 7 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Estrada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Foiles moves to second.
Bottom 6 Foiles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to second.
Top 6 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gentile takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Posada throws the ball in to Causey who relays the ball to Lumpe who tags Brandt trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Breeding scores.
Bottom 5 Snyder bunts towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Breeding moves to second.
Bottom 5 Breeding hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ditmar hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ron Hansen now playing shortstop. Posada hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Breeding settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Estrada hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dave Philley pinch hits for Jerry Adair. Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out. Robinson scores. Herzog moves to third.
Bottom 4 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to home to get Gentile. Robinson moves to third. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 4 Herzog takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Robinson bunts towards the mound. Ditmar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gentile moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gentile hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Gentile reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Causey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Del Greco hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Snyder 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 3 Breeding hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howser hits a line drive into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Estrada strikes out.
Bottom 2 Adair hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foiles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herzog moves to third.
Bottom 2 Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lumpe strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Breeding hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.