Braves @ Giants
September 20, 1961

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

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

Orlando Cepeda Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.304
OBP	.000	.352
At Bats	0	552
Hits	0	168
• Singles	0	97
• Doubles	0	26
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	42
Walks	0	34
RBI’s	0	130

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
16	10	0

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Candlestick Park - September 20, 1961

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Home Run

Lew Burdette

Sammy White

Joe Adcock

Frank Bolling

Eddie Mathews

Roy McMillan

Frank Thomas

Al Spangler

Hank Aaron

Orlando Cepeda

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 White hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Thomas hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 1 Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hiller takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 There goes Kuenn. The throw from White and he is out, McMillan applying the tag.

Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Adcock is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with McCormick covering, for the out. Spangler moves to second.

Top 1 Spangler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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