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August 17, 1961

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Bottom 8 R H E
Phillies 6 8 0
Braves 4 9 2
Bottom 8 R H E
Phillies 6 8 0
Braves 6 10 2

Joe Adcock Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .274
OBP .333 .343
At Bats 3 401
Hits 1 110
• Singles 1 69
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 24
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 74

Art Mahaffey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 17 0
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County Stadium - August 17, 1961
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Home Run
Art Mahaffey
Clay Dalrymple
Don Demeter
Tony Taylor
Lee Walls
Bobby Malkmus
Johnny Callison
Tony Gonzalez
Ken Walters
Joe Adcock
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Demeter hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a popup towards short. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ken Walters now playing right field. Maye is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Malkmus scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mahaffey bunts towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Malkmus moves to second.
Top 7 Malkmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walters scores. Walls scores.
Top 7 Dalrymple bunts towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out. Walters moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Top 7 Ken Walters pinch runs for Wes Covington. Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walters moves to second.
Top 7 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Buhl covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 Buhl strikes out.
Bottom 6 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards short. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Torre and he is out, McMillan applying the tag.
Top 6 Demeter strikes out.
Top 6 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Buhl covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Aaron. The throw from Dalrymple and he is out, Taylor applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a popup in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maye hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Taylor 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 Mahaffey strikes out.
Top 5 Malkmus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dalrymple moves to second.
Top 5 Dalrymple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Buhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 4 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 4 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walls hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Covington 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 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Callison hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Buhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Art Mahaffey now pitching. McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Torre reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Roberts is called out on strikes.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Dalrymple scores. Malkmus goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Malkmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walls scores. Dalrymple moves to third.
Top 2 Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it and throws to home to get Demeter. Walls moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Demeter moves to third.
Top 2 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Demeter moves to second.
Top 2 Demeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Mathews moves to third.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Covington. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Maye scores. Bolling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maye moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Taylor strikes out.