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August 3, 1961

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Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .306
OBP 1.000 .373
At Bats 1 281
Hits 1 86
• Singles 1 58
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 46

Don Cardwell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 7 0
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Wrigley Field - August 3, 1961
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Home Run
Don Cardwell
Sammy Taylor
Ed Bouchee
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Al Heist
George Altman
Frank Thomas
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 3 Heist is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Cardwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Adcock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Altman. The throw from Torre and he is safe. Altman steals second.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Altman hits a line drive towards the mound. Burdette can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 2 Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burdette strikes out.
Top 2 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a line drive into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zimmer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Heist hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adcock moves to third.
Top 1 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bolling scores. Mathews scores.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Bolling moves to second.
Top 1 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.