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August 31, 1961

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Athletics 4 7 2
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Athletics 4 8 2
Angels 5 5 0

Leo Posada Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .259
OBP .333 .321
At Bats 3 278
Hits 1 72
• Singles 1 56
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 47

Ryne Duren Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 11 2
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Wrigley Field - August 31, 1961
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Double
Ryne Duren
Del Rice
Steve Bilko
Rocky Bridges
George Thomas
Joe Koppe
Leon Wagner
Albie Pearson
Lee Thomas
Leo Posada
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Posada hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas. Posada reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ryne Duren now pitching. Siebern is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wagner tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Siebern. Moeller scores. Pearson scores. Wagner moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Koppe bunts towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Moeller moves to third. Pearson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ron Moeller pinch runs for Ted Kluszewski. Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebern. Moeller moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Tom Morgan. Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Del Greco is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Shaw hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lumpe strikes out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bilko is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Shaw covering, for the out.
Top 5 Tom Morgan now pitching. Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Siebern scores.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Del Greco scores. Siebern moves to third.
Top 5 Siebern hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wagner. Siebern reaches second base with a double. Shaw scores. Howser scores. Del Greco moves to third.
Top 5 Causey strikes out.
Top 5 Del Greco takes first base on ball four. Shaw moves to third. Howser moves to second.
Top 5 Howser takes first base on ball four. Shaw moves to second.
Top 5 Shaw hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bridges moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bowsfield bunts in front of the plate. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Bridges moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Top 4 Posada hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 3 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Sullivan for a passed ball. Wagner moves to third. Bilko moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bilko takes first base on ball four. Wagner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowsfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Shaw hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pearson takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to third. Bowsfield moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bowsfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bridges hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a fly ball towards center. Pearson catches it and throws to third to double up Posada.
Top 2 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out. Posada moves to second.
Top 2 Posada hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thomas strikes out. There goes Bilko. The throw from Sullivan to Howser, and Bilko is out.
Bottom 1 Bilko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pearson scores. Koppe scores.
Bottom 1 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pearson moves to third. Koppe moves to second.
Bottom 1 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Pearson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Causey bunts towards the mound. Bowsfield fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to third. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 1 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser moves to second.
Top 1 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.