Pirates @ Dodgers
April 16, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 14 1
Dodgers 13 14 2
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 14 1
Dodgers 13 14 2

Bill Mazeroski Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .208
OBP .250 .269
At Bats 4 24
Hits 1 5
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 2

Ed Palmquist Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - April 16, 1961
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Out
Ed Palmquist
Norm Sherry
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Maury Wills
Tommy Davis
Carl Warwick
Don Demeter
Bill Mazeroski
Hal Smith
Don Hoak
Dick Stuart

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 14 1 11
Los Angeles Dodgers 13 14 2 10
Winning Pitcher Stan Williams
Losing Pitcher Vern Law
Save Ed Palmquist
Game Winning RBI Charlie Neal
Attendance 27,716
Time of Game 3 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Smith is hit by the pitch. Hoak moves to second.
Top 9 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Stuart moves to third.
Top 9 Ed Palmquist now pitching. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Stuart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Stuart reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Skinner moves to third.
Top 9 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Don Demeter now playing right field. Carl Warwick now playing center field. Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mazeroski scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Red Witt now pitching. Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sherry hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Groat. Warwick scores. Gilliam scores. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hodges takes first base on ball four. Warwick moves to third. Gilliam moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Carl Warwick pinch runs for Duke Snider. There's a wild pitch. Warwick moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tom Cheney now pitching. Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Joe Christopher pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Bobby Shantz. Burgess hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tommy Davis now playing left field. Jim Gilliam now playing third base. Gil Hodges now playing first base. Hoak hits a line drive towards short. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sherry scores. Williams moves to third. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to home to get Neal. Sherry moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 7 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Sherry moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sherry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Neal moves to third.
Bottom 7 Neal hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gil Hodges pinch hits for Norm Larker. Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Moon strikes out.
Top 7 Clemente strikes out.
Top 7 Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second.
Top 7 Groat hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Neal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Don Demeter now playing center field. Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to second for the out. Wills scores.
Bottom 6 Don Demeter pinch hits for Willie Davis. Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Skinner who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Fred Green. Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Smith reaches second base with a double. Clemente scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Norm Sherry now catching. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Williams. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fred Green now pitching. Norm Sherry pinch hits for John Roseboro. Sherry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Neal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis scores. Snider scores. Moon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Larker hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Davis moves to third. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 5 Snider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wills scores. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 5 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards second. Neal scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 4 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out. Neal moves to third.
Bottom 4 Neal hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Neal reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Larker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Larker for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Law strikes out.
Top 4 Mazeroski strikes out.
Bottom 3 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third.
Top 3 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stuart strikes out.
Top 3 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams takes first base on ball four. Larker moves to third. Neal moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roseboro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Neal takes first base on ball four. Larker moves to second.
Bottom 2 Larker hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Mazeroski scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Law hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Mazeroski moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third.
Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis juggles the ball. That's an error on Davis.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clemente strikes out.
Top 1 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Virdon scores. Groat moves to second.
Top 1 Skinner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon moves to third.
Top 1 Virdon takes first base on ball four.