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August 27, 1961

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Pumpsie Green Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .260
OBP .333 .361
At Bats 3 123
Hits 1 32
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 14

Eli Grba Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 11 2
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Wrigley Field - August 27, 1961
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Home Run
Eli Grba
Ed Sadowski
Lee Thomas
Rocky Bridges
George Thomas
Joe Koppe
Leon Wagner
Ken Hunt
Albie Pearson
Pumpsie Green
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Arnold Earley now pitching. Thomas strikes out.
Top 8 Malzone is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 8 Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling moves to third.
Top 8 Schilling hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunt. Schilling reaches second base with a double. Hardy scores.
Top 8 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Galen Cisco. Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Koppe fumbles the ball. That's an error on Koppe. Hardy moves to third.
Top 8 Hardy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Cisco covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Pearson strikes out.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Nixon for a passed ball. Grba moves to second.
Bottom 7 Grba hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hardy throws the ball in to Green who tags Bridges trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sadowski strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hunt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Yastrzemski. Thomas scores. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Koppe scores. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Koppe moves to third.
Bottom 6 Koppe takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 6 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pearson hits a line drive towards first. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Grba takes first base on ball four. Bridges moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Cisco Hunt scores.
Bottom 5 Sadowski hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wagner tags and scores. Hunt tags and moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hunt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Hunt reaches second base with a double. Wagner moves to third.
Bottom 5 Thomas bunts in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Galen Cisco now pitching. Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Schilling hits a popup towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jim Pagliaroni pinch hits for Chet Nichols. Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Green moves to third.
Top 5 Hardy takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second.
Top 5 Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Chet Nichols now pitching. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomas for the out.
Bottom 4 Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pearson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schwall fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Grba hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nixon hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Grba covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Sadowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Hunt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Wagner scores. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Thomas takes first base on ball four. Wagner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Geiger hits a line drive into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Schwall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hardy bunts towards the mound. Grba settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Pearson. The throw from Nixon and he is out, Schilling applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Grba bunts towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bridges scores.
Bottom 2 Bridges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski who is chasing the ball. Bridges reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Sadowski hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Green hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Bridges fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Runnels hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Malzone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Koppe scores. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 1 Wagner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thomas takes first base on ball four. Koppe moves to second.
Bottom 1 Koppe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Pearson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pearson. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Pearson throws the ball in to Bridges who relays the ball to Koppe who tags Yastrzemski trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.