Reds @ Giants
July 6, 1961

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Top 8	R	H	E
Reds	3	11	2
Giants	1	6	0

Top 8	R	H	E
Reds	3	11	2
Giants	1	6	0

Gene Freese Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.284
OBP	.333	.320
At Bats	3	303
Hits	1	86
• Singles	1	52
• Doubles	0	17
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	15
Walks	0	17
RBI’s	0	54

Stu Miller Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
6	1	7

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Candlestick Park - July 6, 1961

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Out

Stu Miller

Ed Bailey

Orlando Cepeda

Joey Amalfitano

Jim Davenport

Jose Pagan

Harvey Kuenn

Willie Mays

Felipe Alou

Gene Freese

Gus Bell

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 0 Outs

Freese hits a ball on the ground towards second. Amalfitano scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 8 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores.

Top 8 Coleman hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Stu Miller now pitching. Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Robinson reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a popup towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davenport scores. McCovey moves to third.

Bottom 7 Willie McCovey pinch hits for Jack Sanford. McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davenport moves to third.

Bottom 7 Pagan hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bailey hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Pinson is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.

Top 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields the ball and throws to Sanford covering. Safe.

Top 7 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 O'Toole hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out.

Top 6 Jack Sanford now pitching. Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Eddie Bressoud pinch hits for Juan Marichal. Bressoud strikes out.

Bottom 5 Pagan hits a line drive into center field. Pinson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pinson. Bailey moves to third. Pagan moves to second.

Bottom 5 Bailey takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Davenport is called out on strikes.

Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Marichal covering, for the out.

Top 5 Coleman is walked intentionally.

Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Robinson reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Pinson strikes out.

Top 5 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Cepeda strikes out.

Bottom 4 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Amalfitano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Coleman settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Coleman.

Top 4 Kasko hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 O'Toole strikes out.

Top 4 Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Freese moves to third.

Top 4 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Bell strikes out.

Top 4 Coleman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Alou takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Marichal strikes out.

Bottom 3 Pagan hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kasko scores.

Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Kasko moves to second.

Top 3 Kasko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 O'Toole is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Bailey hits a line drive into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Davenport takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first, with Marichal covering, for the out.

Top 2 Freese strikes out.

Top 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 There goes Amalfitano. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Blasingame applying the tag.

Bottom 1 Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Kuenn strikes out.

Bottom 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out.

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

Top 1 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.

Top 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Kasko is called out on strikes.

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Freese hits a ball on the ground towards second. Amalfitano scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Reds @ Giants
July 6, 1961