Reds @ Cardinals
August 7, 1961

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Bottom 8 R H E
Reds 1 7 1
Cardinals 5 7 1
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Reds 1 7 1
Cardinals 5 7 1

Carl Sawatski Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .309
OBP .667 .409
At Bats 2 97
Hits 1 30
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 1 21

Sherman Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 2
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Sportsman's Park - August 7, 1961
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Intentional Walk
Sherman Jones
Johnny Edwards
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Leo Cardenas
Frank Robinson
Vada Pinson
Gus Bell
Carl Sawatski
Ken Boyer
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Sawatski is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Musial strikes out. There goes White. The throw from Edwards and White is out. There goes Boyer. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cunningham scores. White moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame. Cunningham moves to third.
Bottom 8 Sherman Jones now pitching. Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lynch scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Blasingame bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Lynch moves to third.
Top 8 Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Ken Johnson. Lynch hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cunningham. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 7 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lillis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Freese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Top 7 Coleman hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White bunts towards first. Coleman fields the ball and throws to Johnson covering. Safe. Cunningham moves to third.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Cunningham moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cunningham is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pinson strikes out.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 6 Blasingame bunts towards first. White fields the ball and throws to Jackson covering. Safe.
Top 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Javier strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Johnson, and towards Cardenas, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to third. Lillis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Flood moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 4 White hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 3 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman fields the ball and throws to Johnson covering. Safe.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Johnson strikes out.
Top 3 Edwards strikes out. Sawatski drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Edwards out.
Bottom 2 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Sawatski hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Coleman strikes out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cunningham hits a popup, foul, towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Cardenas hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.