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August 31, 1961

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Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .274
OBP .000 .329
At Bats 2 237
Hits 0 65
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 1 39

Bob Gibson Season Stats

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9 10 1
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 31, 1961
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Bob Gibson
Jimmie Schaffer
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Stan Musial
Curt Flood
Charlie James
Wes Covington
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gibson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grammas hits a fly ball into left field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Herrera strikes out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mahaffey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mahaffey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jimmie Schaffer now catching. Amaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Amaro for the out.
Top 7 James strikes out.
Top 7 Sawatski hits a popup towards short. Amaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Herrera scoops it up and throws to first, with Mahaffey covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dalrymple hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to third.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pancho Herrera now playing first base. Don Demeter now playing left field. Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores.
Top 6 Gibson bunts towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to third.
Top 6 Grammas hits a line drive into left field. Callison picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Callison. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Callison for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor is called out on strikes.
Top 5 James hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sawatski is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mahaffey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Amaro takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Demeter is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Boyer hits a fly ball towards left. Callison catches it, throws to Amaro, who relays to second to get White, who can't get back to the bag on time. Double play.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Covington. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dalrymple hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Covington hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Callison moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. Callison moves to second.
Bottom 3 Callison is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gibson strikes out.
Top 3 Grammas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Mahaffey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Amaro bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Demeter hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dalrymple hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sawatski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Callison. Sawatski reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Sawatski and he is out, Grammas applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Callison tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Callison moves to third.
Bottom 1 Callison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taylor strikes out.
Top 1 White hits a popup towards short. Amaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.