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July 23, 1961

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Rocky Colavito Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .284
OBP .600 .416
At Bats 5 338
Hits 3 96
• Singles 2 45
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 77
RBI’s 4 83

Joe Nuxhall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 23, 1961
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Out
Joe Nuxhall
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Deron Johnson
Wayne Causey
Lou Klimchock
Bobby Del Greco
Leo Posada
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Colavito hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Klimchock hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fischer strikes out.
Top 7 House hits a fly ball into left field. Klimchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. McAuliffe hits a line drive towards third. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Causey hits a popup towards third. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Joe Nuxhall pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Nuxhall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Del Greco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Pignatano strikes out.
Top 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Colavito moves to third.
Top 6 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wood scores. Kaline moves to second.
Top 6 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Wood. The throw from Pignatano and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Deron Johnson now playing third base. Wayne Causey now playing shortstop. Gerry Staley now pitching. Fischer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Posada is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wood throws to second for one, and McAuliffe throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Causey scores. Lumpe moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Klimchock hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott juggles the ball. That's an error on McDermott. Cash scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Cash moves to third.
Top 5 Cash hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klimchock. Cash reaches second base with a double. Kaline scores. Colavito goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Kaline moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to second.
Top 5 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Siebern.
Top 5 Mickey McDermott now pitching. Wood strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out. Posada moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bill Fischer now pitching. Del Greco strikes out.
Bottom 4 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Posada hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Posada reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Woodeshick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kunkel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 House hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Posada who is chasing the ball. House reaches third base with a triple. Cash scores. McAuliffe goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Bill Kunkel now pitching. McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out. Cash moves to third.
Top 4 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to second.
Top 4 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline scores.
Top 4 There goes Kaline. The throw from Pignatano and he is safe. Kaline steals third.
Top 4 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bruton scores.
Top 4 Art Ditmar now pitching. Kaline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Posada. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Woodeshick scores. Wood scores. Bruton moves to third.
Top 4 Bruton takes first base on ball four. Woodeshick moves to third. Wood moves to second.
Top 4 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodeshick moves to second.
Top 4 Woodeshick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 3 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Woodeshick covering, for the out. Del Greco scores. Howser moves to third. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hal Woodeshick now pitching. Causey takes first base on ball four. Pignatano scores. Del Greco moves to third. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 3 Howser takes first base on ball four. Pignatano moves to third. Del Greco moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bass strikes out.
Bottom 3 Del Greco is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Bob Bruce now pitching. Pignatano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Pignatano reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Norm Bass now pitching. House strikes out.
Top 3 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash scores.
Top 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Cash moves to third.
Top 3 Cash hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Posada. Cash reaches second base with a double. Colavito scores.
Top 3 Colavito hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klimchock. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Bruton goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Klimchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Posada strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Siebern. The throw from House and he is safe. Siebern steals second.
Bottom 2 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Causey scores.
Bottom 2 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out. Howser scores. Causey moves to third.
Bottom 2 Chico Fernandez now playing third base. Causey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Causey reaches second base with a double. Del Greco scores. Rakow scores. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Del Greco moves to third. Rakow moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rakow hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary juggles the ball. That's an error on Lary. Del Greco moves to second.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Wood strikes out.
Top 2 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebern. Boros scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 House hits a fly ball into right field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cash tags and scores.
Top 2 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Rakow covering, for the out. Cash moves to third. Boros moves to second.
Top 2 Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to second.
Top 2 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Pignatano hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Klimchock scores. Siebern scores. Lumpe moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood misplays the ball. That's an error on Wood. Klimchock moves to third. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Klimchock moves to second.
Bottom 1 Klimchock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Colavito strikes out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.