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Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Cincinnati Reds 5

August 4,1961

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (46-50)

Home Team

Cincinnati Reds (67-40)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Crosley Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

27,383

Time of Game

2:42

Umpires

[HP]: Frank Dascoli [1B]: Mel Steiner [2B]: Ed Sudol [3B]: Frank Secory

Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Cincinnati Reds 5

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2nd inning: 763/AP **Bob Purkey out on appeal for missing 1B on an apparent double**
8th inning: 53 **the ball caromed off the 3B bag into Gene Freese's glove**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	46-50		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	3	0			4	7	1		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	67-40		0	0	0		0	1	0		1	2	1			5	15	2		1	1	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	30.056	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.289		91	856
2	Don Hoak	3b	33.180	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.334		90	933
3	Bob Skinner	lf	29.305	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.268		72	787
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.270	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.284		81	374
5	Roberto Clemente	rf	26.351	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.363		94	777
6	Smoky Burgess	c	34.179	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.281		63	1034
7	Dick Groat	ss	30.273	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.258		92	905
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.333	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.260		94	711
9	Joe Gibbon	p	26.116	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.139		21	47
	Rocky Nelson	ph	36.259	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.231		54	464
	Walt Moryn	ph	35.114	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.171		41	725
Totals

Errors: Don Hoak

HR: Dick Stuart (17)

RBI: Bob Skinner (16), Dick Stuart 2 (61)

SH: Don Hoak (3)

GDP: Dick Groat (16)

CS: Roberto Clemente (1)

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Elio Chacon	2b	24.282	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.325		30	79
2	Leo Cardenas	ss	22.230	R	5	0	2	1		0	0	.299		50	98
3	Vada Pinson	cf	22.358	L	5	1	2	1		0	1	.325		107	431
4	Frank Robinson	rf	25.338	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.343		106	830
5	Wally Post	lf	32.026	R	3	0	1	0		0	2	.287		69	1013
	Gus Bell	ph-lf	32.262	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.260		69	1459
6	Gene Freese	3b	27.208	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.294		106	694
7	Gordy Coleman	1b	27.030	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.294		106	178
8	Jerry Zimmerman	c	26.317	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.212		61	61
	Johnny Edwards	c	23.055	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.209		25	25
9	Bob Purkey	p	32.021	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.088		24	204
	Jerry Lynch	ph	31.018	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.307		55	606
Totals

Errors: Leo Cardenas, Wally Post

2B: Frank Robinson (22)

RBI: Leo Cardenas (15), Vada Pinson (55), Frank Robinson (97), Gene Freese (67), Gordy Coleman (65)

SH: Bob Purkey (5)

GDP: Jerry Zimmerman (10)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Gibbon	L		7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0		3.77	1.34		20	47
2	Al McBean	R		0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0		2.73	1.37		15	15
3	Roy Face	R		1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0		3.44	1.10		44	380
4	Clem Labine	R	L 2-1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		3.92	1.45		39	490
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Gibbon (0-0-0), Al McBean (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0), Clem Labine (0-0-0)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Purkey	R		8.0	6	1	1	2	1	1		3.61	1.21		24	215
2	Jim Brosnan	R	W 6-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.95	1.09		37	256
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Purkey (0-0-0), Jim Brosnan (0-0-0)