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Cincinnati Reds 2 Philadelphia Phillies 1

May 17,1961

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (17-12)

Home Team

Philadelphia Phillies (8-21)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Shibe Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

4,641

Time of Game

2:09

Umpires

[HP]: Augie Donatelli [1B]: Ken Burkhart [2B]: (none) [3B]: Chris Pelekoudas

Cincinnati Reds 2 Philadelphia Phillies 1

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**Umpire Jocko Conlan missed the game with a virus**
9th inning: NP **Tony Taylor pulled a muscle swinging at pitch in 8th**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	17-12		0	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	3	1		3	3	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	8-21		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			1	5	1		8	8	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Blasingame	2b	29.062	L	2	1	1	0		2	0	.200		19	745
2	Vada Pinson	cf	22.279	L	3	0	0	1		0	0	.259		29	353
3	Gus Bell	rf	32.183	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.240		16	1406
4	Frank Robinson	lf	25.259	R	2	0	1	1		2	0	.275		29	753
5	Gordy Coleman	1b	26.316	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.259		29	101
6	Gene Freese	3b	27.129	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.250		29	617
7	Eddie Kasko	ss	29.324	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.328		18	493
8	Bob Schmidt	c	28.025	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.156		15	315
9	Bob Purkey	p	31.307	R	2	1	0	0		1	0	.125		7	187
Totals

Errors: Gene Freese

2B: Don Blasingame (2), Frank Robinson (2)

RBI: Vada Pinson (8), Frank Robinson (21)

SF: Vada Pinson (2)

GDP: Vada Pinson (3), Bob Schmidt (4)

CS: Gene Freese (1)

Philadelphia Phillies - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Tony Taylor	2b	25.149	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.230		28	449
2	Charley Smith	ss	23.244	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.216		17	35
3	Johnny Callison	lf	22.066	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.330		29	195
4	Tony Gonzalez	rf	24.262	L	3	1	1	1		0	0	.325		25	142
5	Don Demeter	cf	25.326	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.196		21	259
6	Clay Dalrymple	c	24.165	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.169		23	105
7	Pancho Herrera	1b	26.335	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.224		29	203
	Bobby Gene Smith	ph	26.354	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.243		25	285
8	Jim Woods	3b	21.242	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.111		9	22
	Lee Walls	ph	28.131	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		11	591
9	John Buzhardt	p	24.273	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000		9	74
	Choo-Choo Coleman	ph	23.265	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.190		15	15
Totals

Errors: Charley Smith

2B: Don Demeter (1)

HR: Tony Gonzalez (3)

RBI: Tony Gonzalez (9)

HBP: Tony Gonzalez (2), Don Demeter (1)

GDP: Clay Dalrymple (2)

SB: Johnny Callison (5)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Purkey	R	W 4-1	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	1		2.67	1.07		7	198
Totals				0.0

HB: Bob Purkey 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Purkey (0-0-0)

Philadelphia Phillies - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	John Buzhardt	R	L 0-4	7.0	3	2	2	4	3	0		3.69	1.26		9	74
2	Chris Short	L		2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3.26	1.60		7	52
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: John Buzhardt (0-0-0), Chris Short (0-0-0)