Sep 29, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 Cincinnati 82-70 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 7 14 1 1961 Pittsburgh 83-69 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 1 Cincinnati AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Pittsburgh AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Blasingame 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Christopher CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Kasko SS 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .270 Virdon PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Pinson CF 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340 Groat SS 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 .281 Robinson,F LF 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Clendenon RF-LF 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Coleman 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .249 Stuart 1B 4 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 .287 Post RF 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .271 Hoak 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .294 Lynch PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Skinner LF 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Bell RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Clemente PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .321 Freese 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277 Smith,H C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .186 Johnson,D C 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .345 Burgess PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .318 Zimmerman C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Mazeroski 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .261 O'Toole P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Foss P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Maloney P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Haddix P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 38 7 14 7 3 5 2 1 1 12 .265 McBean P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Schofield PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shantz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Logan PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .192 35 5 7 5 4 9 0 0 2 15 .268 Cincinnati IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc O'Toole W(18-9) 6.2 5 3 3 1 3 7 124 85 39 3.30 28 125(123) 56 Maloney S(3) 2.1 2 2 2 1 1 2 41 27 14 3.06 11 70(75) 9.0 7 5 5 2 4 9 165 112 53 3.94 39 Pittsburgh IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Foss L(1-2) 4.2 5 5 5 0 2 4 83 53 30 9.77 20 105(104) 36 Haddix 0.1 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 8 4 3.93 4 60(75) ++ McBean 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 15 11 3.98 8 75(75) -- Face 1.2 4 2 1 1 0 0 25 19 6 3.56 9 35(39) Shantz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.67 1 75(75) 9.0 14 7 6 1 3 5 148 97 51 3.92 42 Cin: Lynch hit for Post in the 8th Lynch moved to RF in the 8th Zimmerman moved to C in the 8th Bell moved to RF in the 8th Pit: Clemente hit for Skinner in the 6th Clendenon moved to LF in the 7th Clemente moved to RF in the 7th Schofield hit for McBean in the 7th Burgess hit for Smith,H in the 8th Burgess moved to C in the 9th Logan hit for Shantz in the 9th Virdon hit for Christopher in the 9th E-Kasko(24), Clendenon(1) 2B-Robinson,F(35), Johnson,D(3) 3B-Coleman(3) HR-Cin Freese(31) off Face(9) in the 8th with bases empty, 385 feet Pit Stuart(40) off O'Toole(18) in the 3rd with 2 on base, 390 feet Pit Groat(7) off Maloney(11) in the 9th with 1 on base, 400 feet SB-Cin Robinson(25) off Foss(1) + Smith(33), 4th Cin Pinson(23) off McBean(2) + Smith(34), 7th CS-Cin Kasko(2) by McBean(2) and Smith(15), 7th RBI-Cin - Blasingame 2(19), Freese(96), Pinson 2(87), Robinson,F(112), Johnson,D(5) Pit - Stuart 3(132), Groat 2(55) IBB-Cin Robinson off McBean SH-O'Toole(4) WP-McBean(5) Great-Coleman 2(11), Kasko(17), Mazeroski(45) Poor-Kasko(38) OfA-Skinner(8) LOB-Cincinnati 8 Pittsburgh 7 DP-Pittsburgh 1 GWRBI-Pinson Game MVP:Vada Pinson Forbes Field (02-26-2026 12:38:28) Time 3:06, 68ø, Cloudy, Threatening Night Game