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August 24, 1961

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Joe Koppe Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .264
OBP .500 .337
At Bats 2 235
Hits 1 62
• Singles 0 46
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 1 24

Jim Coates Season Stats

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9 4 4
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Wrigley Field - August 24, 1961
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Double
Jim Coates
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Billy Gardner
Clete Boyer
Hector Lopez
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Joe Koppe
Albie Pearson
Billy Moran
Earl Averill
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Koppe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Koppe reaches second base with a double. Averill scores. Moran scores. Pearson goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.

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Bottom 4 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Coates fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Coates. Averill moves to third. Moran moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Ted Bowsfield. Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to home. Howard drops the ball. Thomas scores. Averill moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Satriano hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 4 Averill takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gardner for the out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Thomas chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Thomas fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Thomas. Skowron scores. Boyer goes all the way around to score. Richardson moves to third.
Top 4 Coates bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skowron moves to second.
Top 4 Lopez strikes out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Wagner strikes out.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a popup towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Coates covering, for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a popup towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to home to get Gardner. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richardson tags and scores. Gardner tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Gardner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wagner. Gardner reaches second base with a double. Richardson moves to third.
Top 3 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Pearson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bowsfield bunts towards the mound. Coates fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Richardson covering - double play.
Bottom 2 Moran takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Coates is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Boyer strikes out.
Top 2 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Skowron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pearson. Skowron reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Satriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Averill takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wagner scores.
Bottom 1 Wagner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Thomas trying to get to third. Mantle throws the ball in to Gardner, who tags Thomas for the out. Wagner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Koppe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Koppe reaches second base with a double. Maris throws the ball in to Gardner who tags Koppe trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Pearson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mantle strikes out.
Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Richardson moves to third.
Top 1 Gardner takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to second.
Top 1 Richardson bunts towards third. Satriano fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.