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Orioles
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
August 28, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Baltimore Orioles, played on August 28, 1961 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 28, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Angels
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 28, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Brown |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ted Bowsfield |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 3,472 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Bill Kinnamon 3B: Eddie Hurley |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Earl Robinson | Right Fielder |
| Jackie Brandt | Left Fielder |
| Jim Gentile | First Baseman |
| Ron Hansen | Shortstop |
| Hank Foiles | Catcher |
| Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Adair | Second Baseman |
| Hal Brown | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
Los Angeles Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Albie Pearson | Right Fielder |
| Joe Koppe | Shortstop |
| Lee Thomas | First Baseman |
| Leon Wagner | Left Fielder |
| George Thomas | Third Baseman |
| Ken Hunt | Center Fielder |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Rocky Bridges | Second Baseman |
| Ted Bowsfield | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
August 28, 1961
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Bowsfield
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunt who is chasing the ball. Robinson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Bowsfield
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brandt vs. Bowsfield
Brandt hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gentile vs. Bowsfield
Gentile hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson scores. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hansen vs. Bowsfield
Hansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Bowsfield
Foiles takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Busby vs. Bowsfield
Busby takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to third. Foiles moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Adair vs. Bowsfield
Adair strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Brown
Pearson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koppe vs. Brown
Koppe hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Brown
Brown fires to first and picks off Pearson. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bowsfield
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Bowsfield
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunt. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Robinson vs. Bowsfield
Robinson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brandt vs. Bowsfield
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown scores. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gentile vs. Bowsfield
Gentile hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hansen vs. Bowsfield
Hansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Brandt moves to third. Hansen moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Foiles vs. James
Johnny James now pitching.
Foiles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Herzog vs. James
Whitey Herzog pinch hits for Jim Busby.
Herzog strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Brown
Jackie Brandt now playing center field. Whitey Herzog now playing left field.
Wagner hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Herzog. Thomas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Brown
Hunt strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Brown
Rice hits a popup towards first. Gentile settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. James
Adair takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. James
Brown bunts towards the mound. James fields it and throws to first for the out. Adair moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. James
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. James
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Brown
Bridges is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Brown
James takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pearson vs. Brown
Pearson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. James moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Koppe vs. Brown
Koppe strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. James
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Brandt moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gentile vs. James
Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. James
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. James
Foiles strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. James
Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 6 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Brown
Wagner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. Wagner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wagner moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hunt vs. Brown
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hunt for the out. Wagner scores. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Brown
Rice hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gentile settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. James
Adair hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. James
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. James
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Brown
Bridges hits a popup in front of the plate. Foiles juggles the ball. That's an error on Foiles. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Brown
Earl Averill pinch hits for Johnny James.
Averill hits a line drive into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pearson vs. Brown
Pearson hits a line drive towards first. Gentile catches it and steps on first to double up Bridges. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Fowler
Earl Averill now catching. Art Fowler now pitching.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Fowler
Brandt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gentile vs. Fowler
Gentile strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Fowler
Hansen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Fowler
Foiles strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Brown
Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Brown
Wagner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Brown
The ball gets by Foiles for a passed ball. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Fowler
Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adair vs. Fowler
Adair is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Fowler
Brown is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Fowler
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Brown
Hunt hits a fly ball into left field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Brown
Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Art Fowler.
Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Brown
Bridges hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Moeller
Ron Moeller now pitching.
Robinson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Moeller
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentile vs. Moeller
Gentile takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Moeller
Hansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gentile moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foiles vs. Moeller
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Brown
Charlie Lau now catching.
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Brown
Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pearson for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Brown
Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Moeller
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Moeller
Adair hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Moeller
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Brown
Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Brown
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 8 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Brown
Hunt hits a popup towards short. Hansen catches it and throws to first to double up Wagner. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/28/1961 -- Baltimore at Los Angeles (N)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Robinson B, 3b 5 2 2 0 Pearson A, rf 3 0 1 0
Robinson E, rf 4 1 0 0 Koppe J, ss 4 0 1 0
Brandt J, lf-cf 5 2 2 1 Thomas L, 1b 4 0 0 0
Gentile J, 1b 4 1 1 3 Wagner L, lf 3 1 2 0
Hansen R, ss 5 1 4 4 Thomas G, 3b 4 0 1 0
Foiles H, c 3 0 0 0 Hunt K, cf 4 0 0 1
Lau C, c 0 0 0 0 Rice D, c 2 0 0 0
Busby J, cf 0 0 0 0 Fowler A, p 0 0 0 0
Herzog W, ph-lf 4 0 1 0 Kluszewski T, ph 1 0 0 0
Adair J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Moeller R, p 0 0 0 0
Brown H, p 4 1 1 0 Bridges R, 2b 3 0 0 0
Bowsfield T, p 0 0 0 0
James J, p 0 0 0 0
Averill E, ph-c 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 11 8 30 1 5 1
Baltimore 220 202 000 -- 8
Los Angeles 000 100 000 -- 1
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Brown H (W) 9.0 5 1 1 3 4
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Bowsfield T (L) 1.2 6 4 4 3 2
James J 3.1 1 2 1 2 3
Fowler A 2.0 3 2 2 0 4
Moeller R 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Thomas L, Pearson A, Foiles H
DP -- Baltimore 2
LOB -- Baltimore 10, Los Angeles 5
2B -- Robinson B, Thomas G, Wagner L
3B -- Robinson B
HR -- Gentile J, Hansen R
SH -- Brown H
PB -- Foiles H
T -- 2:27
A -- 3472
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