Chicago Remains In Hunt For AL Title. Sweep Five Game Series From Washington. 4 of 5 Games by 1-Run

 GAME 5: (Game 2 -DH)

Game MVP:Juan Pizarro

Griffith Stadium     Game 2 (Game 1 - ChW 6, Was 5)    (01-25-2026 09:24:51)       Time 2:49, 68ø  Night Game

Sep 3, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10 11    R  H  E
1961 Chicago(A) 91-47         0 0 0   1 0 0   1 0 0    0  1    3  9  0
1961 Washington 55-80         0 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 0    0  0    2  6  1

Recap

Was  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Was      Pete Daley hit a liner scoring 1 to take the lead.  ChW  0 Was 1.

Was  3rd: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Was      Gene Green doubled scoring Hinton.  ChW  0 Was 2.

ChW  4th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

ChW      Al Pilarcik singled scoring Smith.  ChW  1 Was 2.

ChW  7th: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error.

ChW      Juan Pizarro hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score.  ChW  2 Was 2.

ChW 11th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

ChW      Sammy Esposito hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  ChW  3 Was 2.

ChW  Floyd Robinson: 1 for 2, 3 W.

ChW  Warren Hacker picked up the win: 1 IP. He's 2-0 on the year.

ChW  Turk Lown pitched a shutout 11th to earn his 17th save.

Was  Dave Sisler pitched 2 innings and took the loss: 2 IP, 1 earned run, 1 hit, 2 BB, 0 K. He drops to 3-5 on the year.

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Chicago(A)                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Pizarro                       9.0  6  2  2  0  2 12  126  93  33   2.62  34 145(153)       77

 Hacker W(2-0)                1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   14  10   4   0.00   3   25(30)   -

 Lown S(17)                   1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0   14   7   7   5.29   4   20(22)   +

                             11.0  6  2  2  0  3 12  154 110  44   3.35  41

Washington                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Gabler                        8.0  6  2  1  0  3  1  109  63  46   5.26  32 105(106)       62

 Heiser                       1.0  2  0  0  0  1  0   21  14   7  21.60   5   40(40)

 Sisler L(3-5)                2.0  1  1  1  0  2  0   29  17  12   3.81   8   60(65)

                             11.0  9  3  2  0  6  1  159  94  65   4.11  45

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  E-Veal(7)

 2B-Smith,A(20), Esposito(3), Goodman(9), Green(19), O'Connell(20), Zipfel(2)

 SB-ChW Minoso(11) off Sisler(4) + Retzer(1), 11th

    Was Hinton(21) off Pizarro(6) + Carreon(19), 3rd

    Was Hinton(22) off Lown(2) + Carreon(20), 11th

RBI-ChW  - Esposito(5), Pilarcik(5), Pizarro(6)

    Was  - Green(38), Daley(14)

IBB-ChW Robinson off Gabler

        Robinson off Heiser

        Carreon off Sisler

 SF-Pizarro(1), Daley(2)

 SH-Aparicio(1), Pilarcik(7), Pizarro(3)

 WP-Gabler(8)

Great-Minoso(27), Esposito(1)

Poor-Esposito(4)

OfA-Pilarcik(3)

LOB-Chicago(A) 9 Washington 6

 DP-Washington 4

GWRBI-Esposito