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September 5, 1961

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Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .290
OBP .333 .361
At Bats 3 431
Hits 1 125
• Singles 0 76
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 26
Walks 0 48
RBI’s 0 69

Tom Sturdivant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 7 0
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Wrigley Field - September 5, 1961
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Out
Tom Sturdivant
Smoky Burgess
Dick Stuart
Bill Mazeroski
Don Hoak
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Ernie Banks
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Banks hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Don Zimmer now playing second base. Don Elston now pitching. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Zimmer pinch hits for Dick Drott. Zimmer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sturdivant hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rodgers reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hoak takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Top 7 Burgess hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ed Bouchee now playing first base. Andre Rodgers now playing second base. Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ed Bouchee pinch hits for Mel Roach. Bouchee hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stuart strikes out.
Top 6 Stuart hits a popup, foul, towards first. Rodgers settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Rodgers.
Top 6 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Groat is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altman for the out. Rodgers scores. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Banks reaches second base with a double. Rodgers moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Altman throws the ball in to Roach who tags Virdon trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mazeroski scores. Sturdivant moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Sturdivant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roach fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Roach. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burgess hits a popup towards third. Santo juggles the ball. That's an error on Santo.
Bottom 4 Drott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sturdivant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Sturdivant covering, for the out.
Top 4 Clemente strikes out.
Top 4 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Skinner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Altman trying to get to third. Clemente throws the ball in to Hoak, who tags Altman for the out.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodgers scores.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sturdivant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rodgers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Rodgers reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoak tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Sturdivant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burgess scores. Hoak moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoak takes first base on ball four. Burgess moves to second.
Top 3 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rodgers fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rodgers.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Bottom 2 Drott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Roach moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski misplays the ball. That's an error on Mazeroski. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams strikes out.
Top 2 Dick Drott now pitching. Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stuart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner scores.
Top 2 Skinner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Skinner reaches third base with a triple. Virdon scores. Groat goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Groat takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Top 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rodgers fields the ball and throws to Hobbie covering. Safe.
Top 2 Sturdivant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sturdivant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rodgers strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Ashburn reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Hoak hits a line drive towards third. Santo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Top 1 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to third.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.