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August 2, 1961

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Fenway Park - August 2, 1961
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Wild Pitch
Ryne Duren
Ed Sadowski
Steve Bilko
Billy Moran
George Thomas
Joe Koppe
Leon Wagner
Albie Pearson
Lee Thomas
Russ Nixon
Frank Malzone
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

There's a wild pitch. Malzone moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Billy Harrell pinch runs for Vic Wertz. Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Ryne Duren now pitching. Wertz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wagner. Wertz reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Geiger scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Geiger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Geiger reaches third base with a triple. Runnels scores. Schilling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hardy scores. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 8 Pete Runnels pinch hits for Ike Delock. Runnels is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Buddin bunts towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out. Hardy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Art Fowler now pitching. Hardy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Thomas hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone juggles the ball. That's an error on Malzone.
Top 8 Ken Hunt pinch hits for Jim Donohue. Hunt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski bunts in front of the plate. Sadowski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Geiger takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sadowski hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Delock strikes out.
Bottom 6 Buddin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas. Buddin reaches second base with a double. Malzone scores. Nixon scores.
Bottom 6 Hardy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Nixon hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Malzone moves to third.
Bottom 6 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donohue fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. Schilling moves to third.
Bottom 5 Geiger bunts towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Schilling moves to second.
Bottom 5 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pearson hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Donohue strikes out.
Bottom 4 Delock strikes out.
Bottom 4 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Malzone moves to third.
Bottom 4 Nixon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Malzone moves to second.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sadowski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Sadowski reaches second base with a double. Bilko moves to third.
Top 4 Thomas strikes out.
Top 4 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Malzone.
Top 4 Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wertz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Geiger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Koppe is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Pearson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Pearson reaches second base with a double. Donohue moves to third.
Top 3 Donohue hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Moran hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Delock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hardy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sadowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Thomas. Nixon reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Sadowski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Delock covering, for the out.
Top 2 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Bilko hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Malzone strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 1 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wagner hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Koppe strikes out.
Top 1 Pearson hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.