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August 9, 1960

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .272
OBP .500 .348
At Bats 2 235
Hits 1 64
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 1 28

Dick Ellsworth Season Stats

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5 8 0
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Forbes Field - August 9, 1960
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Single
Dick Ellsworth
Sammy Taylor
Frank Thomas
Jerry Kindall
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Richie Ashburn
Al Heist
Bob Will
Bill Virdon
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Dick Ellsworth now pitching. Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellsworth covering, for the out.
Top 5 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Joe Schaffernoth. Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Kindall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heist scores.
Top 5 Heist hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Heist reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Mazeroski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schaffernoth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner scores.
Bottom 3 Skinner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Will. Skinner reaches second base with a double. Virdon scores. Groat goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Groat takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores.
Bottom 3 Mizell hits a popup in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double. Hoak goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Will hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski catches it and throws to first to double up Kindall.
Top 3 Drabowsky strikes out.
Top 3 Kindall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third.
Top 3 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Santo hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Heist strikes out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat strikes out.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mizell fires to first and has Ashburn trapped. There's the throw to Mazeroski who tags Ashburn for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Will is called out on strikes.