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September 23, 1961

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Indians 5 12 2
Athletics 5 8 1
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Indians 6 13 2
Athletics 5 8 1

Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .323
OBP .250 .378
At Bats 4 477
Hits 1 154
• Singles 1 116
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 38

Dave Wickersham Season Stats

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2 0 2
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Municipal Stadium - September 23, 1961
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Single
Dave Wickersham
Haywood Sullivan
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Bobby Del Greco
Leo Posada
Jim Piersall
Ty Cline
Tito Francona
Vic Power
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Piersall bunts towards the mound. Wickersham fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Power scores. Francona moves to third. Cline moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cline is hit by the pitch. Power moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Top 9 Tito Francona pinch hits for Chuck Essegian. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Power reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Dave Wickersham now pitching. de la Hoz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dailey fires to first and picks off Rivera.
Bottom 8 Jim Rivera pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. Rivera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Bill Dailey now pitching. Ty Cline now playing right field. Ken Aspromonte now playing second base. Vic Power now playing first base. Del Greco hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Walt Bond pinch hits for Dick Stigman. Bond 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 8 Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Hal Jones. Kirkland hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cline scores. Romano moves to second.
Top 8 Held hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Romano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cline moves to second.
Top 8 Ty Cline pinch runs for Bob Nieman. Piersall hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Posada hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Held. Causey scores. Lumpe moves to third. Johnson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Dick Stigman now pitching. Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hankins scores. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jay Hankins pinch runs for Billy Bryan. Howser bunts towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. Hankins moves to second.
Bottom 7 Billy Bryan pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Bryan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Essegian hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Grant strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Posada hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Held strikes out.
Top 6 Romano hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Piersall hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Nieman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Essegian hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Rakow hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Sullivan strikes out.
Top 4 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 de la Hoz strikes out.
Top 4 Ed Rakow now pitching. Grant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Posada hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Causey tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Siebern takes first base on ball four. Howser scores. Causey moves to third. Lumpe moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to third. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones. Cipriani scores. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cipriani moves to third.
Bottom 3 Frank Cipriani pinch hits for Bill Kirk. Cipriani takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 3 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey juggles the ball. That's an error on Causey.
Top 3 Romano hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 There goes Piersall. The throw from Sullivan and he is safe. Piersall steals second.
Top 3 Piersall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Nieman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 3 Essegian hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Posada strikes out.
Top 2 Grant hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Jones strikes out.
Top 2 Held hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Romano strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Siebern takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Causey moves to third.
Bottom 1 Causey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Piersall hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. de la Hoz moves to third.
Top 1 Essegian strikes out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 de la Hoz takes first base on ball four.