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July 18, 1961

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Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .298
OBP .250 .365
At Bats 4 242
Hits 1 72
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 1 40

Bill Henry Season Stats

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1 1 11
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Crosley Field - July 18, 1961
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Double
Bill Henry
Johnny Edwards
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Eddie Kasko
Jerry Lynch
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Frank Thomas
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Thomas hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Adcock hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lynch strikes out.
Bottom 7 Coleman 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 7 Lew Burdette now pitching. Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Bill Henry now pitching. Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out. Spangler moves to third.
Top 7 Jones takes first base on ball four. Spangler moves to second.
Top 7 Al Spangler pinch hits for Don Nottebart. Spangler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it and throws to second for the out. Maloney scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Kasko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Maloney moves to third.
Bottom 6 Maloney hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Torre picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Torre. Freese scores. Edwards moves to third. Maloney moves to second.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lynch strikes out.
Top 6 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There go the runners. All runners are safe. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Thomas strikes out.
Top 6 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Aaron moves to second.
Top 6 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pinson bunts towards the mound. Nottebart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bolling strikes out.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maloney fields it and throws to second for the out. Torre moves to third.
Top 5 Nottebart strikes out.
Top 5 McMillan takes first base on ball four. Torre moves to second.
Top 5 Jim Maloney now pitching. Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Bottom 4 Kasko takes first base on ball four. Post moves to second.
Bottom 4 Wally Post pinch hits for Sherman Jones. Post hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lynch scores.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Coleman scores. Lynch moves to third.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson scores. Coleman moves to third. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 4 Don Nottebart now pitching. Lynch takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Coleman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Coleman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Thomas strikes out.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kasko hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torre scores. Cloninger scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 3 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Jones Thomas scores. Torre moves to third. Cloninger moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Sherman Jones now pitching. Cloninger bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Thomas moves to third. Torre moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Adcock tags and scores.
Top 3 Howie Nunn now pitching. Torre takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Aaron scores. Adcock moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Top 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese juggles the ball. That's an error on Freese. Aaron moves to third. Adcock moves to second.
Top 3 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.
Top 3 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 O'Toole strikes out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lynch hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 The ball gets by Edwards for a passed ball. Jones moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Top 2 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cloninger scores. Jones moves to second.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Cloninger moves to second.
Top 2 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adcock scores. Thomas moves to second.
Top 2 McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre strikes out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Toole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aaron scores. Adcock moves to second.
Top 2 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.
Top 2 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Coleman hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Pinson scores.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Pinson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kasko hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bolling hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.