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Indians 12 @ Athletics 5
Municipal Stadium
July 26, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 26, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 12 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 26, 1961 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 12 H: 17 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 12
Hits: 17
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 5 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherGary Bell  
Losing PitcherNorm Bass  
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Game Winning RBITito Francona 

Game Info

DateJuly 26, 1961 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherGary Bell  
Home Starting PitcherJim Archer  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance7,690 
Time of Game2 hours 49 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Napp
1B: Johnny Stevens
2B: John Rice
3B: Harry Schwarts

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Tito Francona  First Baseman 
Bubba Phillips  Third Baseman 
Willie Kirkland  Right Fielder 
Chuck Essegian  Left Fielder 
John Romano  Catcher 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Gary Bell  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Del Greco  Center Fielder 
Wayne Causey  Shortstop 
Jim Rivera  Right Fielder 
Norm Siebern  First Baseman 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Reno Bertoia  Third Baseman 
Haywood Sullivan  Catcher 
Jay Hankins  Left Fielder 
Jim Archer  Pitcher 
Hank Bauer  Manager 

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Indians 12 @ Athletics 5
Municipal Stadium
July 26, 1961

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         Game of 7/26/1961 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Temple J, 2b          5  2  2  0   Del Greco B, cf       4  0  0  0   
Piersall J, cf        6  3  4  1   Causey W, ss          4  2  1  0   
Francona T, 1b-lf     3  1  1  1   Rivera J, rf          0  1  0  0   
Phillips B, 3b        6  0  1  2   Stephens G, ph-rf     4  0  0  0   
Kirkland W, rf        4  2  1  0   Siebern N, 1b         5  1  2  2   
Essegian C, lf        5  1  1  2   Lumpe J, 2b           3  1  2  1   
Power V, 1b           0  0  0  0   Bertoia R, 3b         3  0  1  2   
Romano J, c           5  1  2  1   Sullivan H, c         3  0  1  0   
Held W, ss            5  2  4  2   Hankins J, lf         4  0  1  0   
Bell G, p             4  0  1  0   Archer J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   McDermott M, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Bass N, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Nuxhall J, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Rakow E, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Posada L, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Kunkel B, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 12 17  9                        33  5  8  5

Cleveland        021 102 132 -- 12
Kansas City      201 000 002 --  5

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bell G (W)            9.0  8  5  3  6  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Archer J              3.0  5  3  1  2  2
Bass N (L)            2.1  5  3  3  0  1
Nuxhall J             2.1  5  4  4  2  0
Rakow E               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Kunkel B              1.0  2  2  2  0  0

E -- Francona T, Archer J, Del Greco B, Sullivan H
LOB -- Cleveland 11, Kansas City 10
2B -- Siebern N, Lumpe J
3B -- Lumpe J, Piersall J, Essegian C, Temple J, Francona T, Siebern N
HR -- Held W
SB -- Kirkland W
CS -- Temple J
SH -- Bell G, Del Greco B, Francona T
SF -- Bertoia R 2
HBP -- by Archer J (Francona T)
WP -- Kunkel B
T -- 2:49
A -- 7690

    

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