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May 15, 1961

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Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .313
OBP .667 .419
At Bats 2 99
Hits 1 31
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 1 24

Jack Curtis Season Stats

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Candlestick Park - May 15, 1961
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Single
Jack Curtis
Dick Bertell
Mel Roach
Don Zimmer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
George Altman
Al Heist
Bob Will
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jack Curtis now pitching. Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Will hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with McCormick covering, for the out.
Top 7 Jerry Kindall pinch hits for Mel Wright. Kindall strikes out.
Top 7 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Amalfitano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Davenport takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McCormick strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Heist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Altman hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Heist. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Heist. Mays reaches second base with a double. Amalfitano goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Mel Wright now pitching. Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to home to get Bertell. Freese moves to third. Will moves to second.
Top 5 Zimmer hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Will hits a line drive beyond short. Pagan can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Bertell moves to third. Freese moves to second.
Top 5 George Freese pinch hits for Bob Anderson. Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heist scores. Bertell moves to second.
Top 5 Bertell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heist moves to third.
Top 5 Heist hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McCormick hits a line drive towards short. Banks catches it and throws to first to double up Pagan.
Bottom 4 Pagan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Bertell settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Bertell.
Top 4 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roach hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Alou. The throw from Bertell and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Zimmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Will hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Amalfitano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bertell hits a line drive towards third. Davenport catches it and throws to second to double up Santo.
Top 2 Heist is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santo moves to second.
Top 2 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Pagan hits a line drive into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bob Anderson now pitching. Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Roach fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Anderson covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 1 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Mays takes first base on ball four. Davenport moves to third. Amalfitano moves to second.
Bottom 1 Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Bottom 1 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Roach takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Will hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano reaches out and makes the catch for the out.