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July 30, 1961

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Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .264
OBP .250 .353
At Bats 4 235
Hits 1 62
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 43

Turk Lown Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 7
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Fenway Park - July 30, 1961
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Home Run
Turk Lown
Cam Carreon
Roy Sievers
Nellie Fox
Andy Carey
Luis Aparicio
Minnie Minoso
Jim Landis
Floyd Robinson
Vic Wertz
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Wertz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Robinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Landis hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chet Nichols now pitching. Lown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gary Geiger pinch hits for Tracy Stallard. Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 8 Malzone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hardy moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon scores.
Bottom 8 Turk Lown now pitching. Andy Carey now playing third base. Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Sievers, and towards Fox, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Carreon is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores.
Top 8 Fox bunts towards the mound. Stallard fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to third.
Top 8 Tracy Stallard now pitching. Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out. Runnels scores.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 7 Pete Runnels pinch hits for Arnold Earley. Billy Pierce now pitching. Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pierce fields it and has Malzone trapped. There's the throw to Fox and over to Smith, who tags Malzone for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Landis. Malzone reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sievers hits a fly ball towards left. Yastrzemski catches it and throws to first to double up Minoso.
Top 7 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Warren Hacker now pitching. Hardy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 6 Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Buddin hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Landis is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Larsen strikes out.
Top 6 Carreon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Aparicio. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Aparicio steals second.
Top 6 Arnold Earley now pitching. Russ Nixon now catching. Aparicio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Don Schwall pinch runs for Jim Pagliaroni. Don Larsen now pitching. Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Larsen covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four. Schilling scores. Hardy moves to third. Malzone moves to second.
Bottom 5 Malzone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hardy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Hardy reaches second base with a double. Schilling moves to third.
Bottom 5 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Mike Fornieles. Green hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Fornieles covering, for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards second. Schilling scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pagliaroni strikes out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Hardy scores. Malzone moves to second.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Fox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Hardy moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jensen takes first base on ball four. Hardy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Landis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schilling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fornieles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pizarro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pizarro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carreon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Minoso moves to third.
Top 2 Mike Fornieles now pitching. Minoso takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landis scores.
Top 2 Landis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Landis reaches second base with a double. Aparicio scores. Pizarro scores.
Top 2 Pizarro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin has Fox trapped. There's the throw to Pagliaroni and over to Malzone, who tags Fox for the out. Aparicio moves to third. Pizarro moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Carreon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Fox moves to third.
Top 2 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Top 2 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hardy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sievers strikes out.
Top 1 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Minoso for the out. Landis scores.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Landis moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Landis. The throw from Pagliaroni and he is safe. Landis steals second.
Top 1 Landis takes first base on ball four.