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June 5, 1961

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Cubs 5 10 2
Cardinals 10 15 1
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Cubs 5 10 2
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Ken Boyer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .305
OBP .500 .378
At Bats 4 167
Hits 2 51
• Singles 2 37
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 2 28

Don Elston Season Stats

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5 4 6
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Sportsman's Park - June 5, 1961
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Walk
Don Elston
Moe Thacker
Ed Bouchee
Jerry Kindall
Ron Santo
Andre Rodgers
Ernie Banks
Richie Ashburn
George Altman
Ken Boyer
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Boyer takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 7 Warwick takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Javier moves to second.
Bottom 7 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 7 Don Elston now pitching. McDaniel hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Alex Grammas. Sawatski hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 James takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Santo. The throw from Smith and he is out, Javier applying the tag.
Top 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schaffernoth scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kindall scores. Schaffernoth moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thacker scores. Kindall moves to third. Schaffernoth moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Schaffernoth hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Smith. Thacker moves to third. Kindall moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Kindall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thacker moves to second.
Top 7 Thacker hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Warwick hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Altman strikes out.
Top 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. James scores. Grammas moves to third.
Bottom 5 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer moves to third. James moves to second.
Bottom 5 James hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Warwick scores.
Bottom 5 Ellsworth spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ellsworth. Warwick moves to third.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Warwick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Warwick reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rodgers takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ellsworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Javier hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 4 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellsworth fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thacker hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bouchee hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 White is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodgers for the out.
Bottom 2 Warwick hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellsworth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ellsworth bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Bouchee moves to third. Thacker moves to second.
Top 2 Kindall hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thacker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 2 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 James hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall misplays the ball. That's an error on Kindall. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Warwick scores.
Bottom 1 White strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Warwick. The throw from Thacker and he is safe. Warwick steals second.
Bottom 1 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Altman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Javier reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn tags and scores.
Top 1 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Rodgers reaches second base with a double. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.