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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1961-06-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5205 · 2:29

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 10–5. Cincinnati Reds put up 6 in the 7th. Bob Purkey earned the win. Gordy Coleman went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	10	15
PHI	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	10

W: Bob Purkey L: Robin Roberts SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Ed Vargo · 2B: Al Forman · 3B: Shag Crawford · LF: Al Barlick · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Kasko	5	2	1	0	0	0
Don Blasingame	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vada Pinson	5	1	3	1	0	1
Frank Robinson	5	1	3	1	0	1
Gus Bell	5	2	2	1	0	0
Gordy Coleman	5	2	4	4	0	0
Gene Freese	4	1	0	1	1	0
Bob Schmidt	4	1	1	2	1	2
Bob Purkey	5	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bobby Del Greco	5	1	2	1	1
Tony Taylor	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Callison	3	0	0	1	0
Pancho Herrera	4	1	2	0	1
Don Demeter	4	0	1	0	2
Charley Smith	4	1	2	1	0
Clay Dalrymple	4	0	0	0	0
Ruben Amaro	4	1	2	0	0
Robin Roberts	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Baldschun	1	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	1	1	1	2	0
Ken Walters	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Purkey	9.0	10	0	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	4.1	7	0	4
Jack Baldschun	2.2	6	1	0
Ken Lehman	2.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Kasko: E5/G
Don Blasingame: 63.1-2
Vada Pinson: 8.2-3
Frank Robinson: S7.3-H(UR)
Gus Bell: 8/L

Bot 1

Bobby Del Greco: D7
Tony Taylor: 31.2-3
Johnny Callison: 8/SF.3-H
Pancho Herrera: S8
Don Demeter: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Gordy Coleman: HR/9D
Gene Freese: 6/P
Bob Schmidt: K
Bob Purkey: K

Bot 2

Charley Smith: 53
Clay Dalrymple: 9/L
Ruben Amaro: D7
Robin Roberts: 7/7S

Top 3

Eddie Kasko: 8/L
Don Blasingame: 5/P
Vada Pinson: S8/78
Frank Robinson: K/C

Bot 3

Bobby Del Greco: 63
Tony Taylor: 63
Johnny Callison: 8/8S

Top 4

Gus Bell: D8/89D
Gordy Coleman: HR/9D.2-H
Gene Freese: 31
Bob Schmidt: 7
Bob Purkey: K/C

Bot 4

Pancho Herrera: S1
Don Demeter: D8.1-3
Charley Smith: 63.3-H
Clay Dalrymple: 8
Ruben Amaro: 63

Top 5

Eddie Kasko: 3/FL
Don Blasingame: S1/BG
Vada Pinson: S9.1-2
Frank Robinson: 43.2-3;1-2
Gus Bell: 13

Bot 5

Jack Baldschun: 2/FL
Bobby Del Greco: 63
Tony Taylor: 53

Top 6

Gordy Coleman: 31
Gene Freese: 9
Bob Schmidt: W
Bob Purkey: PO1(E2).1-2
Bob Purkey: 23

Bot 6

Johnny Callison: 7
Pancho Herrera: 9
Don Demeter: K

Top 7

Eddie Kasko: D8/89D
Don Blasingame: 34/SH.2-3
Vada Pinson: S8.3-H
Frank Robinson: S9.1-3
Gus Bell: S8.3-H;1-2
Gordy Coleman: S9.2-H;1-3
Gene Freese: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Bob Schmidt: HR/78XD.1-H
Bob Purkey: 63

Bot 7

Charley Smith: S5
Clay Dalrymple: 6/P
Ruben Amaro: S9.1-2
Elmer Valo: D9.2-H;1-H
Bobby Del Greco: S8.2-H
Tony Taylor: E1/TH.1-2
Johnny Callison: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 8

Eddie Kasko: 63
Don Blasingame: K
Vada Pinson: K

Bot 8

Pancho Herrera: K
Don Demeter: K
Charley Smith: S7
Clay Dalrymple: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Frank Robinson: S9
Gus Bell: 6/P
Gordy Coleman: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Gene Freese: IW
Bob Schmidt: K
Bob Purkey: 7

Bot 9

Ruben Amaro: 63
Ken Walters: 53
Bobby Del Greco: K