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August 30,1961

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (79-53)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (61-64)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

20,000

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Tom Gorman [1B]: Dusty Boggess [2B]: Stan Landes [3B]: Al Forman

Cincinnati Reds 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

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1st inning: E3 **dropped throw; need assist**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	79-53		0	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			1	4	1		1	1	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	61-64		2	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	x			3	8	2		6	6	11	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	Gene Freese	3b	27.234	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.283		131	719
2	Elio Chacon	2b	24.308	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.284		47	96
	Frank Robinson	ph	25.364	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.335		131	855
3	Vada Pinson	cf	23.019	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.335		132	456
4	Jerry Lynch	lf	31.044	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.336		74	625
5	Gordy Coleman	1b	27.056	L	4	1	2	0		0	1	.283		129	201
6	Gus Bell	rf	32.288	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.250		86	1476
7	Leo Cardenas	ss	22.256	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.306		64	112
8	Darrell Johnson	c	33.005	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.239		30	106
9	Bob Purkey	p	32.047	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.087		29	209
	Don Blasingame	ph	29.167	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.221		109	835
Totals

Errors: Jerry Lynch

SH: Elio Chacon (3)

GDP: Vada Pinson (8)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	30.082	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.267		120	885
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.299	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.265		120	933
3	Bob Skinner	lf	29.331	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.264		92	807
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.296	R	1	0	0	0		3	1	.285		109	402
5	Roberto Clemente	rf	27.012	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.360		123	806
6	Smoky Burgess	c	34.205	L	3	1	2	0		1	0	.304		83	1054
7	Don Hoak	3b	33.206	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.315		119	962
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.359	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.266		123	740
9	Tom Sturdivant	p	31.124	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.149		21	212
Totals

Errors: Dick Groat, Dick Stuart

3B: Dick Groat (5)

RBI: Dick Groat (47)

SB: Bob Skinner (3)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Purkey	R	L 14-10	7.0	7	2	2	4	5	0		3.98	1.24		30	221
2	Ken Hunt	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0		3.83	1.43		25	25
Totals				0.0

WP: Bob Purkey 3 (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Purkey (0-0-0), Ken Hunt (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Sturdivant	R	W 6-7	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0		3.69	1.26		21	212
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Sturdivant (0-0-0)