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August 3, 1961

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White Sox 6 12 1
Indians 5 9 1
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White Sox 6 12 1
Indians 5 9 1

Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .343
OBP .333 .399
At Bats 3 350
Hits 1 120
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 36

Don Larsen Season Stats

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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 3, 1961
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Out
Don Larsen
Cam Carreon
J.C. Martin
Nellie Fox
Al Smith
Luis Aparicio
Minnie Minoso
Jim Landis
Floyd Robinson
Jim Piersall
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Don Larsen now pitching. Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Al Pilarcik pinch hits for Russ Kemmerer. Pilarcik takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Carreon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schaffernoth fields it and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to second.
Top 7 Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Walt Bond pinch hits for Bobby Locke. Bond hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Minoso hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox moves to second.
Top 6 Landis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first, with Kemmerer covering, for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Piersall hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kemmerer takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 5 Carreon strikes out.
Top 5 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips juggles the ball. That's an error on Phillips. Smith moves to second.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Locke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Held moves to second.
Bottom 4 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.
Bottom 4 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romano moves to second.
Bottom 4 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Landis hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Aparicio hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Kemmerer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Willie Kirkland now playing right field. Carreon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Chuck Essegian. Kirkland hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martin scoops it up and throws to first, with Kemmerer covering, for the out.
Top 3 Bobby Locke now pitching. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Locke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso moves to second.
Top 3 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landis scores. Robinson scores.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins has Aparicio trapped. There's the throw to Phillips and over to Romano, who tags Aparicio for the out. Landis moves to third. Robinson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Landis hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Aparicio moves to third.
Top 3 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hawkins bunts towards first. Martin scoops it up and throws to first, with Fox covering, for the out. Held moves to second.
Bottom 2 Russ Kemmerer now pitching. Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Billy Goodman pinch hits for Frank Baumann. Goodman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carreon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smith scores.
Top 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out. Minoso scores. Smith moves to third.
Top 2 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Smith reaches second base with a double. Minoso moves to third.
Top 2 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Romano hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Essegian is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Francona bunts towards first. Martin juggles the ball. That's an error on Martin. Temple moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Landis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.