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July 14, 1961

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George Altman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .346
OBP .250 .403
At Bats 4 246
Hits 1 85
• Singles 0 46
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 1 9
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 1 47

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 13
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Crosley Field - July 14, 1961
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Home Run
Jim Brosnan
Johnny Edwards
Dick Gernert
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Eddie Kasko
Pete Whisenant
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
George Altman
Jerry Kindall
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kindall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dick Gernert now playing first base. Pete Whisenant now playing left field. Richie Ashburn pinch hits for Al Heist. Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Bottom 8 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Chacon. The throw from Thacker and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Elio Chacon pinch runs for Gordy Coleman. Lynch is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Coleman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Moe Thacker now catching. Barney Schultz now pitching. Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Andre Rodgers pinch hits for Bob Anderson. Jim Brosnan now pitching. Bob Will pinch hits for Andre Rodgers. Will is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bouchee hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Henry now pitching. Don Zimmer pinch hits for Sammy Taylor. Zimmer hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Santo moves to third.
Top 8 Santo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Santo reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Altman strikes out.
Top 7 Banks strikes out.
Top 7 Kindall hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coleman scores. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lynch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Coleman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bob Anderson now pitching. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Altman. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Kasko hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sherman Jones now pitching. Heist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taylor scores. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 6 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third.
Top 6 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Santo hits a line drive into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Purkey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freese scores.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Lynch trying to get to third. Williams throws the ball in to Santo, who tags Lynch for the out. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lynch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores.
Bottom 5 There goes Robinson. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Robinson steals third.
Bottom 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Williams strikes out.
Top 5 Altman hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Banks reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kindall hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pinson hits a line drive into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Hobbie covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Heist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hobbie hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Hobbie reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Bouchee hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Purkey strikes out.
Bottom 3 Edwards is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Altman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson who is chasing the ball. Altman reaches third base with a triple. Banks goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kindall hits a popup in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson strikes out. Taylor drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Robinson out.
Top 2 Heist hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hobbie strikes out.
Top 2 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santo scores. Taylor moves to second.
Top 2 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santo moves to third.
Top 2 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Williams hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kasko hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kindall reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Kindall hits a line drive into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Heist hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.