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Cincinnati Reds 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 8

May 12,1961

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (14-11)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (13-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

20,662

Time of Game

2:43

Umpires

[HP]: Jocko Conlan [1B]: Augie Donatelli [2B]: Ken Burkhart [3B]: Chris Pelekoudas

Cincinnati Reds 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 8

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	14-11		1	0	0		1	3	0		0	0	0			5	12	0		4	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	13-10		0	1	3		1	3	0		0	0	x			8	13	0		3	3	6	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	29.057	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.176		15	741
	Dick Gernert	ph	32.226	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.167		7	775
2	Vada Pinson	cf	22.274	L	5	1	2	0		0	2	.250		25	349
3	Frank Robinson	lf	25.254	R	4	1	2	1		1	0	.244		25	749
4	Wally Post	rf	31.307	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.313		21	965
5	Gene Freese	3b	27.124	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.253		25	613
6	Leo Cardenas	ss	22.146	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.259		19	67
7	Gordy Coleman	1b	26.311	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.287		25	97
8	Bob Schmidt	c	28.020	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.182		11	311
9	Bob Purkey	p	31.302	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.143		6	186
	Hal Bevan	ph	30.178	R	1	1	1	1		0	0	.500		2	13
	Marshall Bridges	p	29.344	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		4	63
	Eddie Kasko	ph-2b	29.319	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.348		14	489
Totals

2B: Gene Freese (5), Gordy Coleman (8)

HR: Frank Robinson (6), Hal Bevan (1)

RBI: Frank Robinson (16), Gene Freese (8), Gordy Coleman (16), Bob Schmidt (3), Hal Bevan (1)

SB: Don Blasingame (3), Vada Pinson (7)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Christopher	lf	25.150	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.333		8	70
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.189	R	5	1	3	1		0	1	.313		23	836
3	Bill Virdon	cf	29.337	L	5	1	1	0		0	1	.342		18	783
4	Smoky Burgess	c	34.095	L	4	0	0	0		1	0	.310		14	985
5	Roberto Clemente	rf	26.267	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.365		23	706
6	Rocky Nelson	1b	36.175	L	3	2	3	3		0	0	.280		10	420
7	Don Hoak	3b	33.096	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.308		21	864
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.249	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.195		23	640
9	Vinegar Bend Mizell	p	30.272	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		4	188
	Dick Stuart	ph	28.186	R	1	1	1	3		0	0	.284		20	313
	Bobby Shantz	p	35.228	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.500		6	343
Totals

2B: Joe Christopher (1), Rocky Nelson (2)

HR: Rocky Nelson (3), Dick Stuart (2)

RBI: Dick Groat (11), Rocky Nelson 3 (7), Bill Mazeroski (7), Dick Stuart 3 (13)

SH: Vinegar Bend Mizell (2)

HBP: Rocky Nelson (2)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Purkey	R		3.0	7	4	4	0	1	1		3.00	1.16		6	197
2	Marshall Bridges	L	L 0-1	1.2	4	4	4	1	2	1		5.40	1.20		4	63
3	Jay Hook	R		2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0		7.80	1.67		5	61
4	Howie Nunn	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.32	1.92		6	22
Totals				0.0

HB: Marshall Bridges (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Purkey (0-0-0), Marshall Bridges (0-0-0), Jay Hook (0-0-0), Howie Nunn (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vinegar Bend Mizell	L		4.2	9	5	5	2	1	2		3.71	1.27		4	203
2	George Witt	R		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.70	0.78		3	45
3	Bobby Shantz	L	W 1-0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0		2.25	0.83		6	312
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vinegar Bend Mizell (0-0-0), George Witt (0-0-0), Bobby Shantz (0-0-0)