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April 30, 1961

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Earl Averill Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .294
OBP .333 .500
At Bats 3 17
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 6

Ken Johnson Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - April 30, 1961
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Single
Ken Johnson
Haywood Sullivan
Bob Boyd
Jerry Lumpe
Andy Carey
Dick Howser
Norm Siebern
Al Pilarcik
Jay Hankins
Earl Averill
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Bob Boyd now playing first base. Al Pilarcik now playing center field. Haywood Sullivan now catching. Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Joe Pignatano. Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. Pilarcik moves to second.
Top 8 Carey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Leon Wagner now playing right field. Albie Pearson now playing center field. Al Pilarcik pinch hits for Bill Tuttle. Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte misplays the ball. That's an error on Aspromonte.
Bottom 7 Cerv strikes out.
Bottom 7 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Ken Hunt. Wagner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Aspromonte strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ken Johnson now pitching. Joe Pignatano now catching. Haywood Sullivan now playing first base. Clevenger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hank Bauer pinch hits for Marv Throneberry. Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser scores. Lumpe moves to third. Siebern moves to second.
Top 7 Ted Bowsfield now pitching. Siebern takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 7 Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Posada scores. Howser moves to third.
Top 7 Hankins strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Posada moves to third. Howser moves to second.
Top 7 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Posada moves to second.
Top 7 Ted Kluszewski now playing first base. Leo Posada pinch hits for Norm Bass. Posada takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hamlin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Leek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Steve Bilko. Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey juggles the ball. That's an error on Carey. Averill moves to second.
Top 6 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Hunt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Throneberry strikes out.
Top 5 Siebern hits a fly ball towards center. Hunt settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Hunt. Howser goes all the way around to score. Siebern moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Leek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hankins hits a popup, foul, towards third. Leek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pearson hits a popup towards first. Throneberry reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Moeller attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Bottom 4 Moeller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Norm Bass now pitching. Hamlin hits a popup towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chuck Essegian pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Carey takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamlin. Sullivan moves to third.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek has Siebern trapped. There's the throw to Averill and back to Leek, who tags Siebern for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Moeller covering, for the out. Siebern moves to third.
Top 4 Siebern hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pearson. Siebern reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Leek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bilko takes first base on ball four. Averill moves to second.
Bottom 3 Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aspromonte scores.
Bottom 3 Cerv strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hunt bunts towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out. Aspromonte moves to second.
Bottom 3 Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Hankins. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Hankins steals second.
Top 3 Hankins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Moeller covering, for the out.
Top 3 Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moeller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pearson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sullivan scoops up the ball and tags Pearson for the out.
Bottom 2 Moeller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hamlin moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hamlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Leek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bilko takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Averill strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cerv hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pearson for the out.
Top 1 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Moeller covering, for the out.
Top 1 Siebern takes first base on ball four. Hankins moves to second.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hankins takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Howser hits a line drive towards third. Leek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.