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June 17, 1961

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .271
OBP .500 .330
At Bats 3 203
Hits 1 55
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 0 23

Mickey McDermott Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 3
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Forbes Field - June 17, 1961
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Walk
Mickey McDermott
Tim McCarver
Bill White
Alex Grammas
Ken Boyer
Bob Lillis
Stan Musial
Carl Warwick
Don Taussig
Bill Virdon
Bobby Shantz
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mickey McDermott now pitching. Virdon takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Shantz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Shantz reaches second base with a double. Schofield scores.
Bottom 8 Schofield hits a line drive to right field. Taussig throws towards first. White fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on White. Hoak scores. Schofield moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 There goes Hoak. The throw from McCarver and he is safe. Hoak steals second.
Bottom 8 Hoak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Joe Christopher now playing right field. Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moryn for the out. Stuart moves to third.
Bottom 7 Stuart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Stuart reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Warwick hits a line drive towards the mound. Shantz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McDaniel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lillis moves to second.
Top 7 McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lillis is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schofield hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a line drive towards the mound. Shantz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a line drive into left field. Skinner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Skinner. Boyer moves to second.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Top 6 Grammas strikes out. Burgess drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Grammas out.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards second. Grammas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a line drive into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Warwick strikes out.
Top 5 McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stuart hits a popup towards short. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lillis hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Taussig hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Virdon strikes out.
Bottom 3 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis fields it and throws to second for the out. Burgess scores.
Bottom 3 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. Burgess moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hoak takes first base on ball four. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second.
Top 3 Grammas takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Shantz covering, for the out.
Top 3 Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 2 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Taussig. Groat reaches second base with a double. Schofield scores.
Bottom 2 Virdon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Shantz bunts towards the mound. Broglio fields it and throws to first for the out. Schofield moves to second.
Bottom 2 Schofield takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 McCarver hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lillis hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to third.
Top 2 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Musial reaches second base with a double. Boyer scores.
Top 2 Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. Boyer reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Taussig. Burgess reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Moryn moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Groat moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 1 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis misplays the ball. That's an error on Lillis. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 White strikes out.
Top 1 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.