Giants @ Braves
June 21, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 5 0
Braves 5 8 1
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Giants 3 5 0
Braves 5 8 1

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .311
OBP .667 .408
At Bats 2 225
Hits 1 70
• Singles 0 40
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 14
Walks 1 37
RBI’s 1 43

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 0
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County Stadium - June 21, 1961
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Out
Lew Burdette
Joe Torre
Joe Adcock
Frank Bolling
Eddie Mathews
Roy McMillan
Frank Thomas
Gino Cimoli
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mays hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 8 Burdette hits a popup, foul, towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes McMillan. The throw from Bailey and he is out, Pagan applying the tag.
Bottom 8 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Adcock strikes out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burdette scores. Mathews moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 7 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Burdette moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burdette moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cimoli strikes out.
Bottom 7 Burdette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stu Miller now pitching. Ed Bailey now catching. McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 6 Torre is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Adcock reaches second base with a double. Mathews scores. Thomas goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Mathews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Burdette hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes McMillan. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. McMillan steals second.
Bottom 5 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pagan tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Sanford bunts towards first. Adcock juggles the ball. That's an error on Adcock. Pagan moves to third.
Top 5 Pagan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Burdette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McMillan hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Burdette, and towards Bolling, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to second.
Top 3 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Sanford hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays scores. Landrith moves to second.
Top 2 Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sanford fires to first and has Mathews trapped. There's the throw to Amalfitano who tags Mathews for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bolling strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.