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August 29, 1961

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Top 9	R	H	E
Indians	6	9	2
Senators	4	11	3

Top 9	R	H	E
Indians	6	9	2
Senators	4	11	3

Bubba Phillips Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.267
OBP	.250	.307
At Bats	3	506
Hits	0	135
• Singles	0	94
• Doubles	0	22
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	18
Walks	1	28
RBI’s	1	72

Johnny Klippstein Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	2	0

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Griffith Stadium - August 29, 1961

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Out

Johnny Klippstein

Gene Green

Dale Long

Danny O'Connell

Billy Klaus

Coot Veal

Marty Keough

Willie Tasby

Gene Woodling

Bubba Phillips

John Romano

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Johnny Klippstein now pitching. Kirkland hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Veal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. Klaus moves to third.

Bottom 8 Chuck Cottier pinch hits for Pete Burnside. Cottier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to third for the out. Klaus moves to second.

Bottom 8 Klaus takes first base on ball four. Keough moves to second.

Bottom 8 Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Francona hits a popup towards short. Veal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Tasby hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Long strikes out.

Top 7 Pete Burnside now pitching. Allen strikes out. Green drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Allen out.

Top 7 Held is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Power bunts towards the mound. Garcia picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Garcia. Kirkland scores. Romano scores. Phillips goes all the way around to score. Power moves to second. Three runs are unearned.

Top 7 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Francona scores. Kirkland moves to third. Romano moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 7 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Klaus. Temple scores. Francona moves to third. Kirkland moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 7 Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.

Top 7 Mike Garcia now pitching. Francona hits a ball on the ground for an out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 7 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.

Top 7 Temple takes first base on ball four.

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

Top 7 Held hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 Bob Allen now pitching. Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Veal bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Veal for the out. Kutyna moves to second.

Bottom 6 Kutyna hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Green scores. Klaus moves to third.

Bottom 6 Klaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Green moves to second.

Bottom 6 Keough hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kirkland moves to second.

Top 6 Marty Kutyna now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Tasby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Long takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second.

Bottom 5 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Veal hits a line drive towards short. Held reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Temple hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Donovan hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Klaus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Keough takes first base on ball four.

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

Top 4 Held hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tasby. Power reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Tasby hits a fly ball for a double play.

Bottom 3 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to third for the out. Woodling moves to second.

Bottom 3 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to second.

Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple misplays the ball. That's an error on Temple.

Top 3 Kirkland strikes out.

Top 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veal misplays the ball. That's an error on Veal.

Top 3 Piersall bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Top 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Veal hits a fly ball towards left. Francona catches it and throws to Held who relays to Power to double up Donovan.

Bottom 2 Donovan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Klaus hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Keough tags and scores.

Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Keough moves to third.

Bottom 2 There goes Keough. The throw from Romano and he is safe. Keough steals second.

Bottom 2 Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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

Top 2 Held strikes out.

Top 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Green hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Tasby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodling scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 1 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Francona catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Francona. Veal tags and scores. Woodling tags and moves to second.

Bottom 1 Woodling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Veal moves to third.

Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Veal moves to second.

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

Top 1 Phillips hits a popup towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Romano takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Kirkland hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Francona hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keough. Francona reaches second base with a double. Temple moves to third.

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

Top 1 Temple bunts towards the mound. Donovan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Indians @ Senators
August 29, 1961