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May 7, 1961

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Gene Leek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .226
OBP .333 .268
At Bats 3 53
Hits 1 12
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 3

Luis Arroyo Season Stats

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1 0 5
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Wrigley Field - May 7, 1961
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Home Run
Luis Arroyo
Johnny Blanchard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Hector Lopez
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Gene Leek
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Leek hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 8 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brickell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Blanchard is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Skowron strikes out.
Top 8 Mantle strikes out.
Top 8 Ted Bowsfield now pitching. The ball gets by Averill for a passed ball. Lopez moves to third. Maris moves to second.
Top 8 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ned Garver now pitching. Ken Hunt now playing right field. Leon Wagner now playing left field. Lopez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pearson. Lopez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Kluszewski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Wagner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lopez. Wagner reaches second base with a double. Pearson scores. Aspromonte moves to third.
Bottom 7 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coates fields it and throws to third for the out. Pearson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ed Sadowski pinch runs for Steve Bilko. Pearson takes first base on ball four. Sadowski moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Coates now pitching. Steve Bilko pinch hits for Ron Kline. Bilko takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Yogi Berra pinch hits for Bob Turley. Berra hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brickell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brickell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Leek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brickell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wagner hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kline is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Turley strikes out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brickell fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Richardson moves to second.
Top 5 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blanchard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brickell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Leek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Averill strikes out.
Top 4 Skowron 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 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out. Maris moves to second.
Top 4 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aspromonte moves to third.
Bottom 3 Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aspromonte takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Pearson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Kline strikes out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Top 3 Turley hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Brickell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Leek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Kluszewski moves to third. Cerv moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cerv takes first base on ball four. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Blanchard 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 2 Skowron strikes out.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wagner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Pearson. The throw from Blanchard and he is out, Richardson applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brickell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.