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July 14, 1961

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cubs 8 17 0
Reds 7 12 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Cubs 8 17 0
Reds 7 12 1

Wally Post Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .285
OBP .000 .349
At Bats 0 158
Hits 0 45
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 31

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 7
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Crosley Field - July 14, 1961
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Out
Don Elston
Dick Bertell
Ed Bouchee
Jerry Kindall
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Richie Ashburn
George Altman
Wally Post
Gus Bell
Frank Robinson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 8 17 0 9
Cincinnati Reds 7 12 1 5
Winning Pitcher Barney Schultz
Losing Pitcher Jim Brosnan
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI Dick Bertell
Attendance 16,364
Time of Game 3 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wally Post pinch hits for Pete Whisenant. Post hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Gus Bell pinch hits for Dick Gernert. Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 10 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Don Elston now pitching. Dick Bertell now catching. Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Kindall hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Don Cardwell pinch runs for Moe Thacker. Dick Bertell pinch hits for Barney Schultz. Bertell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cardwell scores. Bouchee moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 10 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Thacker moves to second.
Top 10 Thacker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Santo hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kasko strikes out.
Bottom 9 Brosnan strikes out.
Bottom 9 Richie Ashburn now playing center field. Edwards hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Altman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
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.