Pirates @ Phillies
September 24, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 4 16 1
Phillies 3 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 4 16 1
Phillies 3 6 1

Ruben Amaro Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .257
OBP .333 .352
At Bats 3 366
Hits 1 94
• Singles 0 70
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 9
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 0 32

Tom Sturdivant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 8 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - September 24, 1961
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Single
Tom Sturdivant
Smoky Burgess
Dick Stuart
Bill Mazeroski
Dick Groat
Dick Schofield
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Donn Clendenon
Ruben Amaro
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Amaro bunts towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Coleman strikes out.
Top 9 Stuart hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Clendenon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Walls settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ken Walters now playing right field. Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ken Walters pinch runs for Wes Covington. Tom Sturdivant now pitching. Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groat fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 8 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There goes Callison. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Callison steals second.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Callison takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Malkmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Mizell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Robin Roberts now pitching. Choo Choo Coleman now catching. Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bobby Smith pinch hits for Chris Short. Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Amaro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Amaro reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tony Taylor pinch hits for Clay Dalrymple. Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Short fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Burgess strikes out. There goes Skinner. The throw from Dalrymple to Amaro, and Skinner is out.
Top 7 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clendenon scores. Stuart moves to third.
Top 7 Stuart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat scores. Clendenon moves to third.
Top 7 Clendenon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Top 7 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clendenon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Callison scores.
Bottom 6 Callison hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clendenon. Callison reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Vinegar Bend Mizell now pitching. Malkmus hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chris Short now pitching. Schofield hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roberto Clemente pinch hits for Larry Foss. Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski moves to third.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skinner scores.
Top 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Burgess hits a popup towards short. Amaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Skinner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Skinner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Green is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Amaro strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Clendenon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groat moves to second.
Top 5 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 4 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Foss hits a popup towards first. Walls settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out.
Bottom 3 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clendenon throws the ball in to Mazeroski who tags Callison trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Green scores.
Bottom 3 Malkmus bunts towards the mound. Foss fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second.
Bottom 3 Green takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stuart moves to third.
Top 3 Stuart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Callison. Stuart reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Amaro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foss fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Smith. The throw from Burgess and he is out, Mazeroski applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Smith is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Dalrymple hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schofield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foss moves to second.
Top 2 Foss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burgess scores.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Burgess moves to third.
Top 2 Virdon takes first base on ball four. Burgess moves to second.
Top 2 Burgess hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Malkmus moves to third.
Bottom 1 Foss fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Foss. Malkmus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Malkmus takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stuart hits a line drive into right field. Covington picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Covington. Clendenon moves to third. Stuart moves to second.
Top 1 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Green fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Groat hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out.