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Twins 6 @ Yankees 7
Yankee Stadium
August 6, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 6, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Twins with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1961 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 7 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 17
Runs: 7
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 17
Winning PitcherHal Reniff  
Losing PitcherRay Moore  
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Game Winning RBIYogi Berra 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1961 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherPedro Ramos  
Home Starting PitcherWhitey Ford  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game4 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Runge
1B: Sam Carrigan
2B: Cal Drummond
3B: Joe Paparella

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Lenny Green  Center Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Bob Allison  Right Fielder 
Jim Lemon  Left Fielder 
Earl Battey  Catcher 
Ted Lepcio  Second Baseman 
Bill Tuttle  Third Baseman 
Pedro Ramos  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Clete Boyer  Third Baseman 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Left Fielder 
Johnny Blanchard  Catcher 
Elston Howard  First Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Whitey Ford  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Twins 6 @ Yankees 7
Yankee Stadium
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         Game of 8/6/1961, game 1 -- Minnesota at New York (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Versalles Z, ss       6  1  3  1   Richardson B, 2b      8  2  3  0   
Green L, cf-lf        6  0  0  0   Boyer C, 3b-ss        8  1  2  0   
Killebrew H, 1b       6  0  1  0   Maris R, rf           8  0  1  0   
Allison B, rf         5  1  1  1   Mantle M, cf          6  3  4  3   
Lemon J, lf           3  1  0  0   Berra Y, lf           7  0  1  1   
Pleis B, p            0  0  0  0   Blanchard J, c        7  1  1  1   
Moore R, p            0  0  0  0   Howard E, 1b          7  0  4  1   
Battey E, c           6  1  1  0   DeMaestri J, ss       4  0  0  0   
Lepcio T, 2b-3b       6  1  1  2   Kubek T, ph           1  0  1  0   
Tuttle B, 3b-cf       5  1  2  2   Gardner B, pr-3b      1  0  0  0   
Ramos P, p            3  0  0  0   Ford W, p             2  0  0  0   
Martin B, 2b          3  0  0  0   Lopez H, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Arroyo L, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Skowron B, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Reniff H, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  6  9  6                        61  7 17  6

Minnesota        032 000 000 100 000 --  6
New York         201 020 000 100 001 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ramos P               8.0 10  5  5  3  3
Pleis B*              1.0  1  1  1  0  1
Moore R (L)           5.2  6  1  1  4  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ford W               10.0  9  6  6  1  7
Arroyo L              2.0  0  0  0  2  2
Reniff H (W)          3.0  0  0  0  3  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 10th

E -- Ramos P
DP -- Minnesota 1, New York 4
LOB -- Minnesota 4, New York 17
2B -- Howard E, Mantle M, Versalles Z, Kubek T
3B -- Lepcio T
HR -- Mantle M 2, Versalles Z, Allison B, Tuttle B, Blanchard J
SB -- Mantle M
WP -- Ramos P, Ford W
PB -- Blanchard J
T -- 4:16
A -- 0

    

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