April 21, 1962 San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 4
DET 3 KCA 9
@CHW 6 MIN 5
@LAA 2 NYY 3
CLE 1 BAL 3
@WSA 0 SFG 8
@CIN 6 PHI 3
@HOU 1 LAD 4
@MLN 1 PIT 8
NYM 4 STL 8
CHC 0

Standings at end of play this day

Crosley Field, Attendance: 6,006

Saturday, April 21, 1962
Time of Game: 3:26

Giants

8-3

Won 2

3rd, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          0  1  0   0  0  2   2  2  1    8 16  1
Reds            1  1  1   3  0  0   0  0  0    6 10  0

W: D Larsen (2-0), L: J Brosnan (0-1), S: D LeMay (1)

Reds

4-7

Lost 2

7th, 6 GB

BATTING

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Kuenn LF                    5   1   3   2    0   1  .375  .919    0    4   1   2B
C Hiller 2B                   1   0   1   0    0   0  .326  .711    0    1   3   
  M Mota PH-2B                4   0   1   1    0   0  .143  .286    0    2   2   SB
W Mays CF                     4   1   0   0    1   0  .205  .892    0    2   0   
O Cepeda 1B                   4   1   3   0    0   0  .333 1.015    0    5   0   CS,HBP
F Alou RF                     5   1   2   3    0   1  .455 1.297    0    3   0   HR
E Bailey C                    4   1   2   2    1   0  .250  .926    0    7   0   HR
  D LeMay P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Pagan SS                    5   0   2   0    0   1  .356  .859    0    2   0   GDP
J Davenport 3B                4   2   2   0    0   0  .289  .883    0    1   1   2B
B O'Dell P                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .393    0    0   1   
  J Duffalo P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  M Alou PH                   0   0   0   0    1   0  .286  .730    0    0   0   
  J Marichal PR               0   1   0   0    0   0  .286  .873         0   0   
  D Larsen P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  W McCovey PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  S Miller P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  B Bolin P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M McCormick P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Haller C                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .250 1.250         0   0   
Totals                       39   8  16   8    3   3                    27   8

BATTING

2B: H Kuenn (3, off J Brosnan); J Davenport (3, off J Brosnan).

HR: E Bailey (2, off B Purkey; 6th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF); F Alou (4, off B Henry; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

HBP: O Cepeda (1, by B Purkey).

TB: F Alou 5; E Bailey 5; H Kuenn 4; J Davenport 3; O Cepeda 3; J Pagan 2; M Mota; C Hiller.

GIDP: J Pagan (2).

RBI: F Alou 3 (15); H Kuenn 2 (9); E Bailey 2 (9); M Mota (1).

2-out RBI: F Alou 2; H Kuenn 2; E Bailey 2; M Mota.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Davenport-C Hiller-O Cepeda.

E: J Pagan (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: M Mota (1, 2nd base off D Sisler/J Edwards).

CS: O Cepeda (1, 2nd base by B Purkey/J Edwards).

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Cardenas SS                 5   1   2   1    0   2  .238  .571    0    2   1   
E Kasko 3B                    5   1   2   0    0   1  .286  .661    0    2   4   GDP
V Pinson CF                   5   2   2   3    0   0  .356  .980    0    2   1   HR,2B
F Robinson RF                 3   0   1   1    2   0  .200  .652    0    4   0   2B
W Post LF                     3   0   1   1    2   0  .257  .880    0    2   0   
G Coleman 1B                  4   0   1   0    1   0  .262  .676    0    7   0   
J Edwards C                   3   1   0   0    1   1  .161  .542    0    4   2   
  D Pavletich PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
C Rojas 2B                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .063  .230    0    2   2   
  D Blasingame PH-2B          1   0   0   0    0   0  .227  .673    0    2   0   
B Purkey P                    2   1   0   0    1   1  .250  .583    0    0   2   
  J Brosnan P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D Sisler P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Lynch PH                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .333 1.166    0    0   0   
  J Gaines PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Henry P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       36   6  10   6    7   5                    27  12

BATTING

2B: F Robinson (5, off B O'Dell); V Pinson (3, off B O'Dell).

HR: V Pinson (2, off B O'Dell; 4th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: V Pinson 6; L Cardenas 2; F Robinson 2; E Kasko 2; W Post; G Coleman; J Lynch.

GIDP: E Kasko (2).

RBI: V Pinson 3 (16); W Post (8); F Robinson (5); L Cardenas (1).

2-out RBI: V Pinson 3; W Post.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. E Kasko-C Rojas-G Coleman.

PITCHING

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B O'Dell                       3.2   7   6   5    4   2   1   4.98   21     -       ·  ·      5· 3· 0· 7     23    -     1.06  -0.32
J Duffalo                      2.1   1   0   0    1   2   0   0.00    9     -       ·  ·      1· 4· 0· 1          0-0    0.24   0.03
D Larsen, W (2-0)              1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    3     -       ·  ·      0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.62   0.05
S Miller, H (1)                1.1   2   0   0    1   1   0   3.38    7     -       ·  ·      0· 3· 0· 2          0-0    2.36   0.04
B Bolin, H (1)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    4.83   0.11
M McCormick                    0     0   0   0    1   0   0  15.43    1     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    3.69  -0.09
D LeMay, S (1)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 0          3-0    7.05   0.18
Totals                         9    10   6   5    7   5   1          43     -       ·  ·      7·14· 0·10          7-0

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Purkey                       6.2  10   5   5    3   2   1   4.22   31     -       ·  ·      7· 8· 0·10     33    -     0.90   0.06
J Brosnan, BS (1), L (0-1)     1     4   2   2    0   1   0   6.75    7     -       ·  ·      0· 2· 0· 4          3-2    2.71  -0.52
D Sisler                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.17   0.03
B Henry                        1     2   1   1    0   0   1   4.15    4     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 2          0-0    0.47  -0.07
Totals                         9    16   8   8    3   3   2          43     -       ·  ·      8·12· 0·16          4-2

M McCormick faced 1 batter in the 9th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: B Purkey (1; O Cepeda).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Al Forman, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Jackowski, 3B - Ed Sudol.

Time of Game: 3:26.

Attendance: 6,006.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   San Francisco Giants          Cincinnati Reds                      
1. H Kuenn              LF    1. L Cardenas           SS 
2. C Hiller             2B    2. E Kasko              3B 
3. W Mays               CF    3. V Pinson             CF 
4. O Cepeda             1B    4. F Robinson           RF 
5. F Alou               RF    5. W Post               LF 
6. E Bailey             C     6. G Coleman            1B 
7. J Pagan              SS    7. J Edwards            C  
8. J Davenport          3B    8. C Rojas              2B 
9. B O'Dell             P     9. B Purkey             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   2  6-5  -2-      25%  47% H Kuenn         J Brosnan       Double to CF; Davenport Scores
   t 8   2  6-6  -2-      24%  71% M Mota          J Brosnan       Single to RF; Kuenn Scores
   b 9   2  8-6  123      18% 100% D Pavletich     D LeMay         Groundout: 2B-1B
   t 7   2  6-3  123      16%  31% F Alou          J Brosnan       Single to CF; Cepeda to 3B; Mays Scores; Marichal Scores
   b 4   2  1-3  12-     -16%   6% V Pinson        B O'Dell        Home Run; Purkey Scores; Kasko Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Purkey facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  H Kuenn         Flyball: RF
          ---      50%  C Hiller        Single to RF
   O      1--      47%  W Mays          Flyball: LF
          1--      50%  O Cepeda        Single (CF-RF); Hiller to 3B
   O      1-3      45%  F Alou          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Billy O'Dell facing 1-2-3
          ---      42%  L Cardenas      Single to CF
   O      1--      45%  E Kasko         Strikeout
   O      1--      47%  V Pinson        Groundout: 2B-1B; Cardenas to 2B
          -2-      46%  F Robinson      Walk
   R      12-      36%  W Post          Single to RF; Robinson to 2B; Cardenas Scores
   O      12-      40%  G Coleman       Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 1.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-1, Bob Purkey facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      37%  E Bailey        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      40%  J Pagan         Single to LF
          1--      44%  J Davenport     Single; Pagan to 2B
   O      12-      39%  B O'Dell        Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; Davenport to 2B
   RO     12-      45%  H Kuenn         Single to CF; Davenport Scores; O'Dell out at 3B/CF-3B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Tied 1-1, Billy O'Dell facing 7-8-9
          ---      41%  J Edwards       Walk
          1--      32%  C Rojas         Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Edwards to 3B
   O      1-3      38%  B Purkey        Foul Flyball: C
   R      1-3      31%  L Cardenas      Single to LF; Rojas to 2B; Edwards Scores/unER
   OO     12-      39%  E Kasko         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 2.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Bob Purkey facing 2-3-4
                  Manny Mota pinch hits for Chuck Hiller batting 2nd
   O      ---      36%  M Mota          Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      34%  W Mays          Flyball: SS
          ---      36%  O Cepeda        Single (CF-RF)
   O      1--      33%  F Alou          Cepeda Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Ahead 2-1, Billy O'Dell facing 3-4-5
                  Manny Mota moves to 2B
          ---      28%  V Pinson        Double to CF
   RO     -2-      25%  F Robinson      Double to LF; Pinson Scores; Robinson out at 3B/LF-3B
          ---      24%  W Post          Walk
   O      1--      26%  G Coleman       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      27%  J Edwards       Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 3.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Bob Purkey facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      25%  F Alou          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      28%  E Bailey        Walk
   OO     1--      21%  J Pagan         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Ahead 3-1, Billy O'Dell facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      23%  C Rojas         Flyball: LF
          ---      21%  B Purkey        Walk
   O      1--      23%  L Cardenas      Strikeout Looking
          1--      22%  E Kasko         Single; Purkey to 2B
   RRR    12-       6%  V Pinson        Home Run; Purkey Scores; Kasko Scores
                  Jim Duffalo replaces Billy O'Dell pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---       6%  F Robinson      Flyball: 2B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 6.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-6, Bob Purkey facing 8-9-1
   O      ---       5%  J Davenport     Flyball: CF
   O      ---       4%  J Duffalo       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---       5%  H Kuenn         Single to RF
   O      1--       4%  M Mota          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-1, Jim Duffalo facing 5-6-7
          ---       4%  W Post          Walk
          1--       3%  G Coleman       Single to LF; Post to 2B
   O      12-       4%  J Edwards       Strikeout Looking
   O      12-       4%  C Rojas         Flyball: LF
   O      12-       5%  B Purkey        Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 6.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-6, Bob Purkey facing 3-4-5
   O      ---       4%  W Mays          Flyball: CF
          ---       5%  O Cepeda        Single to CF
   O      1--       4%  F Alou          Strikeout
   RR     1--      10%  E Bailey        Home Run; Cepeda Scores
          ---      11%  J Pagan         Single to LF
   O      1--       9%  J Davenport     Flyball: SS
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-3, Jim Duffalo facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      10%  L Cardenas      Flyball: 2B
   O      ---      10%  E Kasko         Flyball: LF
   O      ---      11%  V Pinson        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 6.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 3-6, Bob Purkey facing 9-1-2
                  Matty Alou pinch hits for Jim Duffalo batting 9th
          ---      15%  M Alou          Walk
                  Juan Marichal pinch runs for Matty Alou batting 9th
   O      1--      11%  H Kuenn         Strikeout
   O      1--       8%  M Mota          Flyball: RF
          1--      10%  W Mays          Walk; Marichal to 2B
          12-      14%  O Cepeda        Hit By Pitch; Marichal to 3B; Mays to 2B
                  Jim Brosnan replaces Bob Purkey pitching and batting 9th
   RR     123      31%  F Alou          Single to CF; Cepeda to 3B; Mays Scores; Marichal Scores
   O      1-3      21%  E Bailey        Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-5, Don Larsen facing 4-5-6
                  Don Larsen replaces Juan Marichal pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      23%  F Robinson      Flyball: LF
   O      ---      25%  W Post          Flyball: RF
   O      ---      26%  G Coleman       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Reds 6.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 5-6, Jim Brosnan facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      20%  J Pagan         Strikeout
          ---      30%  J Davenport     Double to LF
                  Willie McCovey pinch hits for Don Larsen batting 9th
   O      -2-      22%  W McCovey       Foul Flyball: C
   R      -2-      47%  H Kuenn         Double to CF; Davenport Scores
   R      -2-      71%  M Mota          Single to RF; Kuenn Scores
                  Dave Sisler replaces Jim Brosnan pitching and batting 9th
          1--      73%  W Mays          Mota Steals 2B
   O      -2-      69%  " "             Flyball: 1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 7, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Behind 6-7, Stu Miller facing 7-8-9
                  Stu Miller replaces Willie McCovey pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      75%  J Edwards       Flyball: RF
                  Don Blasingame pinch hits for Cookie Rojas batting 8th
   O      ---      80%  D Blasingame    Flyball: SS
                  Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Dave Sisler batting 9th
          ---      76%  J Lynch         Single to CF
                  Joe Gaines pinch runs for Jerry Lynch batting 9th
   O      1--      83%  L Cardenas      Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 7, Reds 6.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Ahead 7-6, Bill Henry facing 4-5-6
                  Bill Henry replaces Joe Gaines pitching and batting 9th; Don Blasingame moves to 2B
   O      ---      81%  O Cepeda        Flyball: RF
   R      ---      91%  F Alou          Home Run
          ---      92%  E Bailey        Single to RF
   O      1--      91%  J Pagan         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      90%  J Davenport     Baserunner Out Advancing; Pagan out at 2B/C-2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 8, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 6-8, Stu Miller facing 2-3-4
          ---      81%  E Kasko         Single to CF
   O      1--      89%  V Pinson        Flyball: RF
          1--      80%  F Robinson      Walk; Kasko to 2B
                  Bobby Bolin replaces Stu Miller pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-      91%  W Post          Foul Flyball: C
                  Mike McCormick replaces Bobby Bolin pitching and batting 9th
          12-      82%  G Coleman       Walk; Kasko to 3B; Robinson to 2B
                  Dick LeMay replaces Ed Bailey pitching and batting 6th; Tom Haller replaces Mike McCormick playing C batting 9th; Don Pavletich pinch hits for Johnny Edwards batting 7th
   O      123     100%  D Pavletich     Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Giants 8, Reds 6.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation