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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 28, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 28, 1961 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 28, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 28, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Sanford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Glen Hobbie |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 13,309 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Ed Vargo 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Al Barlick |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Harvey Kuenn | Third Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Orlando Cepeda | Left Fielder |
| Hobie Landrith | Catcher |
| Chuck Hiller | Second Baseman |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Jack Sanford | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
| Bob Will | Right Fielder |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | Left Fielder |
| George Altman | First Baseman |
| Sammy Taylor | Catcher |
| Don Zimmer | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Kindall | Shortstop |
| Glen Hobbie | Pitcher |
| Vedie Himsl | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 28, 1961
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Hobbie
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Hobbie
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Hobbie
Mays hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Sanford
Ashburn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Will vs. Sanford
Will hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Santo vs. Sanford
Santo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hiller catches it and throws to first to double up Ashburn. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hobbie
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Hobbie
Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Hobbie
Landrith hits a line drive into right field. Will settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Sanford
Banks hits a popup towards third. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Sanford
Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Sanford
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. Hobbie
Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hobbie, and towards Kindall, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Hobbie
Pagan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanford vs. Hobbie
There goes Pagan. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Pagan steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Sanford vs. Hobbie
Sanford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Hobbie
Alou hits a popup towards first. Altman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Sanford
Zimmer hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Sanford
Kindall strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hobbie vs. Sanford
Hobbie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashburn vs. Sanford
Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hobbie moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Will vs. Sanford
Will takes first base on ball four. Hobbie moves to third. Ashburn moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Santo vs. Sanford
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Hobbie
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Hobbie
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hobbie
McCovey is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Sanford
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Banks for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Sanford
Altman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Sanford
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Hobbie
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Hobbie
Landrith hits a popup towards short. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. Hobbie
Hiller hits a line drive towards short. Kindall reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Hobbie
Pagan hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Sanford
Zimmer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Sanford
Kindall hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hobbie vs. Sanford
Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Hobbie
Sanford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Hobbie
Alou hits a popup towards short. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Hobbie
Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Sanford
Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Will vs. Sanford
Will hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Sanford
Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Sanford
Banks hits a popup towards third. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Hobbie
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hobbie
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Hobbie
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Landrith vs. Hobbie
Landrith takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hiller vs. Hobbie
Hiller hits a line drive to right field. Will throws towards the plate. Taylor fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Taylor. McCovey scores. Landrith goes all the way around to score. Hiller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Pagan vs. Hobbie
Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks throws the ball in to Zimmer who tags Pagan, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hiller scores. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Sanford
Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Sanford
Taylor hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Sanford
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Hobbie
Sanford hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Hobbie
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Hobbie
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Hobbie
Mays hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Sanford
Ed Bouchee pinch hits for Jerry Kindall.
Bouchee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Sanford
Billy Williams pinch hits for Glen Hobbie.
Williams hits a line drive into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Ashburn vs. Sanford
Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Will vs. Sanford
Will hits a line drive into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Santo vs. Sanford
Santo takes first base on ball four. Bouchee moves to third. Ashburn moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Banks vs. Miller
Stu Miller now pitching.
Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Miller
Altman hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altman for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Brewer
Andre Rodgers now playing shortstop. Ed Bouchee now playing first base. Jim Brewer now pitching.
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Banks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Brewer
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Brewer
Eddie Bressoud pinch hits for Hobie Landrith.
Bressoud hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Amalfitano vs. Brewer
Joey Amalfitano pinch hits for Chuck Hiller.
Amalfitano hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn who is chasing the ball. Amalfitano reaches third base with a triple. Bressoud scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Pagan vs. Brewer
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Amalfitano scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Schaffernoth
Joe Schaffernoth now pitching.
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Miller
Jim Davenport now playing third base. Tom Haller now catching. Joey Amalfitano now playing second base.
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Miller
Zimmer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Miller
Bouchee hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
Rodgers strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/28/1961 -- San Francisco at Chicago (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Alou F, rf 4 0 1 0 Ashburn R, cf 3 1 2 0
Kuenn H, 3b 4 0 0 0 Will B, rf 3 0 0 0
Davenport J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Santo R, 3b 3 1 1 0
Mays W, cf 4 0 0 0 Banks E, lf 4 1 1 4
McCovey W, 1b 4 1 1 0 Altman G, 1b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda O, lf 4 1 1 1 Brewer J, p 0 0 0 0
Landrith H, c 2 1 0 0 Schaffernoth J, p 0 0 0 0
Bressoud E, ph 1 1 1 0 Taylor S, c 4 0 0 0
Haller T, c 0 0 0 0 Zimmer D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Hiller C, 2b 3 1 1 1 Kindall J, ss 2 0 0 0
Amalfitano J, ph-2b 1 1 1 1 Bouchee E, ph-1b 1 2 1 1
Pagan J, ss 4 0 3 2 Hobbie G, p 1 0 0 0
Sanford J, p 3 0 0 0 Williams B, ph 1 0 0 0
Miller S, p 1 0 0 0 Rodgers A, ss 1 0 0 0
Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0
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35 6 9 5 30 5 6 5
San Francisco 000 010 302 -- 6
Chicago 000 000 041 -- 5
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford J 7.2 4 3 3 6 2
Miller S (W) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Bolin B (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie G 8.0 6 4 4 1 2
Brewer J (L) 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
Schaffernoth J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Taylor S
DP -- San Francisco 3
LOB -- San Francisco 3, Chicago 4
2B -- Bressoud E
3B -- Amalfitano J
HR -- Cepeda O, Banks E, Bouchee E
SB -- Pagan J
T -- 2:37
A -- 13309
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