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August 29, 1961

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Top 11 R H E
Giants 6 15 0
Braves 6 10 2
Top 11 R H E
Giants 6 15 0
Braves 6 10 2

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .275
OBP .600 .350
At Bats 5 291
Hits 3 80
• Singles 1 50
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 16
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 2 45

Don Nottebart Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 3
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County Stadium - August 29, 1961
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Intentional Walk
Don Nottebart
Joe Torre
Joe Adcock
Frank Bolling
Eddie Mathews
Roy McMillan
Frank Thomas
Gino Cimoli
Hank Aaron
Willie McCovey
Joey Amalfitano
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McCovey is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Bowman bunts in front of the plate. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Amalfitano moves to second.
Top 11 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Gino Cimoli now playing center field. Hank Aaron now playing right field. LeMay is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Bolling strikes out. Bailey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bolling out.
Bottom 10 Gino Cimoli pinch hits for Lee Maye. Cimoli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Nottebart is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 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 10 Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 9 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 9 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ernie Bowman now playing shortstop. Jose Pagan now playing right field. Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Don Nottebart now pitching. Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ernie Bowman pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn. McCovey hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Burdette scores. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dick LeMay now pitching. Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it and throws to second for the out. Burdette moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Maye bunts towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Amalfitano covering, for the out. Burdette moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sam Jones now pitching. Burdette takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Felipe Alou pinch hits for Stu Miller. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Top 8 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Stu Miller now pitching. McMillan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McMillan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Mays hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McMillan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Burdette bunts towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Sanford covering. Safe. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ed Bailey now catching. McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Sanford hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Davenport moves to third. Bailey moves to second.
Top 6 Ed Bailey pinch hits for John Orsino. Bailey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Top 6 Davenport hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a line drive towards third. Davenport reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores. McCovey scores.
Top 5 McCovey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Amalfitano moves to third.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sanford strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bolling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Maye 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 4 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Orsino hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Davenport 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 3 Burdette strikes out.
Bottom 3 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torre scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Orsino for a passed ball. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 3 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McCovey hits a fly ball towards center. Aaron settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Aaron. Amalfitano scores. Kuenn goes all the way around to score. McCovey moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to second.
Top 3 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Sanford hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pagan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Sanford covering. Safe. Burdette scores. Bolling moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Maye hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Burdette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Burdette reaches second base with a double. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 2 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Orsino strikes out.
Top 2 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Bolling. The throw from Orsino and he is safe. Bolling steals second.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Maye 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 McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuenn for the out.
Top 1 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.