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June 11, 1961

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Braves 1 6 0
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Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .333 .408
At Bats 2 196
Hits 0 63
• Singles 0 39
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 0 36

Jack Curtis Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Wrigley Field - June 11, 1961
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Home Run
Jack Curtis
Dick Bertell
Ed Bouchee
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Andre Rodgers
Ernie Banks
Richie Ashburn
George Altman
Eddie Mathews
Frank Bolling
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mantilla hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Altman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Santo hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Zimmer bunts towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zimmer for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bob Buhl now pitching. Ashburn is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Hawk Taylor pinch hits for Claude Raymond. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McMillan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Torre hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Curtis hits a fly ball into right field. Mantilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mantilla. Bertell reaches second base with a double. Bouchee moves to third.
Bottom 6 Rodgers strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Raymond covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mantilla hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Claude Raymond now pitching. Curtis hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bertell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bouchee scores.
Bottom 4 Rodgers hits a fly ball into right field. Mantilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Banks tags and scores. Bouchee tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bouchee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. Bouchee reaches second base with a double. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Nottebart hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Torre 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 4 Adcock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zimmer hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews strikes out.
Top 3 Bertell fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bertell. Mantilla scores. Bolling moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Bolling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mantilla moves to third.
Top 3 Mantilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Banks scores. Rodgers scores. There goes Curtis trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 2 Curtis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Altman scores. Banks moves to third. Rodgers moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rodgers takes first base on ball four. Altman moves to third. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bouchee strikes out.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a line drive into left 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 Nottebart hits a line drive towards short. Rodgers reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Banks. Adcock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zimmer hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomas strikes out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mantilla strikes out.