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June 1, 1961

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Braves	2	2	0
Pirates	1	1	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Braves	2	2	0
Pirates	1	1	0

Don Hoak Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.321
OBP	.000	.404
At Bats	0	131
Hits	0	42
• Singles	0	35
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	18
RBI’s	0	16

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	3	0

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Forbes Field - June 1, 1961

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Lew Burdette

Joe Torre

Joe Adcock

Frank Bolling

Eddie Mathews

Roy McMillan

Frank Thomas

Hank Aaron

John DeMerit

Don Hoak

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 2 McMillan strikes out.

Top 2 Burdette strikes out.

Top 2 DeMerit hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Clemente 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 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groat for the out. Virdon scores.

Bottom 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling scores. Mathews moves to third.

Top 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McMillan tags and scores. Bolling tags and moves to third.

Top 1 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.

Top 1 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McMillan moves to second.

Top 1 McMillan takes first base on ball four.

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