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Cubs
@ Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
July 23, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs, played on July 23, 1961 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 23, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 23, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Brewer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Art Mahaffey |
| Ballpark | Connie Mack Stadium |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 3,476 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Shag Crawford |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
| Don Zimmer | Second Baseman |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| George Altman | Right Fielder |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Sammy Taylor | Catcher |
| Jerry Kindall | Shortstop |
| Ed Bouchee | First Baseman |
| Jim Brewer | Pitcher |
| El Tappe | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Malkmus | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Callison | Left Fielder |
| Don Demeter | Center Fielder |
| Lee Walls | First Baseman |
| Charley Smith | Third Baseman |
| Tony Gonzalez | Right Fielder |
| Darrell Johnson | Catcher |
| Ruben Amaro | Shortstop |
| Art Mahaffey | Pitcher |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
July 23, 1961
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Mahaffey
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Mahaffey
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Mahaffey
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Malkmus vs. Brewer
Malkmus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Callison vs. Brewer
Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Malkmus for the double play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Brewer
Demeter strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Mahaffey
Altman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Mahaffey
Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Mahaffey
There's a wild pitch. Santo moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Mahaffey
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Santo moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Kindall vs. Mahaffey
Kindall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Callison throws the ball in to Malkmus who tags Kindall, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Santo scores. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Brewer
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brewer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Brewer
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Brewer
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brewer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Mahaffey
Bouchee hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brewer vs. Mahaffey
Brewer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Mahaffey
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Mahaffey
There goes Ashburn. The throw from Johnson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Zimmer vs. Mahaffey
Zimmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Mahaffey
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Mahaffey
Altman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Santo vs. Mahaffey
Santo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brewer
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Amaro vs. Brewer
Amaro hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Mahaffey vs. Brewer
Mahaffey strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malkmus vs. Brewer
Malkmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo juggles the ball. That's an error on Santo. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Callison vs. Brewer
Callison strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Mahaffey
Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Mahaffey
Kindall strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Mahaffey
Bouchee hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Brewer
Demeter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn who is chasing the ball. Demeter reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Walls vs. Brewer
Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Demeter scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Brewer
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Brewer
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Brewer
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brewer vs. Mahaffey
Brewer hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Mahaffey
Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Mahaffey
Zimmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Mahaffey
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walls scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Mahaffey
Altman hits a line drive towards left. Callison chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Callison. Altman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Santo vs. Lehman
Ken Lehman now pitching.
Santo is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taylor vs. Lehman
There's a wild pitch. Altman moves to third. Santo moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Taylor vs. Lehman
Taylor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Kindall vs. Lehman
Kindall strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Amaro vs. Brewer
Amaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Brewer
Bobby Smith pinch hits for Ken Lehman.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Malkmus vs. Brewer
Malkmus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Malkmus reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Callison vs. Brewer
Callison hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Callison reaches second base with a double. Malkmus scores. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Demeter vs. Brewer
Demeter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Elston
Don Elston now pitching.
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Brown
Paul Brown now pitching.
Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elston vs. Brown
Elston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Brown
Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Elston
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Elston
Gonzalez hits a popup towards short. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Elston
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Brown
Zimmer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Brown
Williams takes first base on ball four. Zimmer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Altman vs. Brown
Altman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Brown
Santo hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Brown
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Brown
Kindall hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Amaro vs. Elston
Amaro hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Elston
Clay Dalrymple pinch hits for Paul Brown.
Dalrymple hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malkmus vs. Elston
Malkmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Green
Clay Dalrymple now catching. Dallas Green now pitching.
Bouchee hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elston vs. Green
Elston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Green
Ashburn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Green
Zimmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 9 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Green
Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Demeter. Williams reaches second base with a double. Demeter throws the ball in to Smith who tags Williams trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Ashburn scores. Zimmer goes all the way around to score. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Elston
Callison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. Elston
Demeter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Elston
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Callison moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Elston
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Callison moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Elston
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields the ball and throws to Elston covering. Safe. Callison scores. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Valo vs. Elston
Elmer Valo pinch hits for Dallas Green.
Valo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Sullivan
Frank Sullivan now pitching.
Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Sullivan
Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Sullivan
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Amaro vs. Elston
Al Heist now playing center field. Bob Will now playing left field.
Amaro is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Elston
Dalrymple hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 11 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malkmus vs. Elston
Malkmus hits a popup towards short. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/23/1961 -- Chicago at Philadelphia (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Ashburn R, cf 4 3 2 0 Malkmus B, 2b 5 1 2 0
Heist A, cf 0 0 0 0 Callison J, lf 3 2 1 1
Zimmer D, 2b 4 4 3 4 Demeter D, cf 4 2 2 2
Williams B, lf 4 1 1 2 Walls L, 1b 4 0 1 1
Will B, lf 0 0 0 0 Smith C, 3b 4 0 1 0
Altman G, rf 5 1 2 3 Gonzalez T, rf 4 0 1 1
Santo R, 3b 4 1 2 0 Johnson D, c 3 0 1 0
Taylor S, c 4 0 0 0 Green D, p 0 0 0 0
Kindall J, ss 4 0 1 1 Valo E, ph 1 0 0 0
Bouchee E, 1b 4 1 1 1 Sullivan F, p 0 0 0 0
Brewer J, p 2 0 0 0 Amaro R, ss 4 0 0 0
Elston D, p 2 0 0 0 Mahaffey A, p 1 0 0 0
Lehman K, p 0 0 0 0
Smith B, ph 1 0 0 0
Brown P, p 0 0 0 0
Dalrymple C, ph-c 2 0 0 0
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37 11 12 11 36 5 9 5
Chicago 013 020 320 -- 11
Philadelphia 000 130 010 -- 5
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer J 4.2 7 4 4 0 3
Elston D (W) 4.1 2 1 1 1 2
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey A (L) 4.2 8 6 6 0 3
Lehman K 0.1 0 0 0 2 1
Brown P 2.0 1 3 3 2 0
Green D 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Sullivan F 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Johnson D, Santo R, Callison J
DP -- Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Chicago 4, Philadelphia 5
2B -- Malkmus B, Callison J, Williams B
3B -- Demeter D
HR -- Bouchee E, Zimmer D 2, Demeter D, Altman G
SB -- Ashburn R
WP -- Mahaffey A, Lehman K
T -- 2:55
A -- 3476
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