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May 3, 1961

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Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .269
OBP .667 .338
At Bats 3 67
Hits 2 18
• Singles 1 11
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 6

Bobby Bolin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 2
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Wrigley Field - May 3, 1961
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Home Run
Bobby Bolin
Ed Bailey
Willie McCovey
Ernie Bowman
Jim Davenport
Jose Pagan
Matty Alou
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
Ernie Banks
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Ernie Bowman now playing second base. Matty Alou now playing left field. Bobby Bolin now pitching. Zimmer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mays strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Bowman scores. Marshall moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Joey Amalfitano. Marshall hits a line drive into right field. Williams picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Williams. Pagan scores. Bowman moves to third. Marshall moves to second.
Top 7 Ernie Bowman pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn. Don Elston now pitching. Davenport strikes out.
Top 7 Harvey Kuenn pinch hits for Billy O'Dell. Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo juggles the ball. That's an error on Santo. Pagan moves to third.
Top 7 Pagan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Pagan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Curtis hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with O'Dell covering, for the out.
Top 6 Bailey hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Alou strikes out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 McCovey takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with O'Dell covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. Santo moves to third.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Santo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Dell fires to first and picks off Zimmer.
Bottom 4 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan misplays the ball. That's an error on Pagan.
Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Curtis strikes out.
Top 4 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Bailey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Top 4 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 4 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Curtis covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Bertell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou throws the ball in to Pagan who tags Bertell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Thomas scores.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santo scores.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Santo moves to second.
Bottom 3 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mays strikes out.
Top 3 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano fields it and throws to second for the out. Bertell moves to third.
Bottom 2 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to third for the out. Bertell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bertell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Altman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bertell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pagan 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. Alou scores. Pagan moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out. Alou moves to third.
Top 2 Alou hits a line drive off the glove of Zimmer, and into shallow right field. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to home to get Ashburn. Zimmer moves to third. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 1 Billy O'Dell now pitching. Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to third. Zimmer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays strikes out. There goes Amalfitano. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 Amalfitano takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.