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June 18, 1961

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cardinals 3 10 3
Pirates 4 6 0
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Cardinals 3 10 3
Pirates 4 6 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .277
OBP .667 .338
At Bats 3 206
Hits 2 57
• Singles 2 38
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 23

Curt Simmons Season Stats

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2 5 0
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Forbes Field - June 18, 1961
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Curt Simmons
Tim McCarver
Bill White
Bob Lillis
Ken Boyer
Julio Gotay
Stan Musial
Carl Warwick
Joe Cunningham
Bill Virdon
Bill Mazeroski
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Friend bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gotay hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 6 Leppert hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Gotay settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Friend tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Friend moves to third.
Bottom 5 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay misplays the ball. That's an error on Gotay.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Leppert hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Gotay hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Top 4 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Leppert fires to first and picks off McCarver.
Top 4 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon scores. Groat moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay misplays the ball. That's an error on Gotay. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Friend hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Warwick strikes out.
Top 3 Musial is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. White reaches second base with a double. Gotay scores.
Top 3 Cunningham hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gotay hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Gotay reaches second base with a double. Simmons scores.
Top 3 Simmons hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Simmons reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Simmons, and towards Gotay, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Leppert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Lillis 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.
Top 2 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Warwick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial throws the ball in to White who tags Stuart trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Clemente scores.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 There goes Groat. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Lillis applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Simmons covering, for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gotay hits a line drive towards third. Hoak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.