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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
May 16, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 16, 1961 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frank Lary |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Barber |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 12,813 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Al Smith 3B: Bill McKinley |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Bubba Morton | Left Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Frank Lary | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Adair | Shortstop |
| Russ Snyder | Center Fielder |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Dave Philley | Left Fielder |
| Dick Williams | First Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Right Fielder |
| Clint Courtney | Catcher |
| Marv Breeding | Second Baseman |
| Steve Barber | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
May 16, 1961
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Barber
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Barber
Bruton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morton vs. Barber
Morton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Lary
Adair hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Lary
Snyder strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Lary
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Barber
Colavito hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Barber
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boros vs. Barber
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair fields it and throws to second for the out. Colavito scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Barber
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boros moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Barber
Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boros moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lary vs. Barber
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Breeding misplays the ball. That's an error on Breeding. Boros scores. Brown moves to third. Fernandez moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wood vs. Barber
Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown scores. Fernandez scores. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bruton vs. Barber
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morton vs. Barber
Morton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Lary
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Lary
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lary
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Barber
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Barber
Cash hits a popup towards short. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Barber
Boros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Barber
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Lary
Courtney strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Breeding vs. Lary
Breeding hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Lary
Barber strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Barber
Fernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Barber
Lary bunts towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wood vs. Barber
Wood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fernandez moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bruton vs. Barber
The ball gets by Courtney for a passed ball. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bruton vs. Barber
Bruton hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Courtney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Morton vs. Barber
Morton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snyder who is chasing the ball. Morton reaches third base with a triple. Fernandez scores. Wood scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Barber
Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Barber
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Barber
Boros hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Breeding settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Lary
Adair takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Lary
Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adair moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Lary
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adair scores. Snyder moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Philley vs. Lary
Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snyder tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Lary
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Lary
Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Courtney vs. Lary
Courtney hits a fly ball into left field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Barber
Brown hits a popup towards short. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Barber
Fernandez strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Barber
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Breeding vs. Lary
Breeding hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Lary
Barber hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Lary
Adair hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Barber
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Barber
Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morton vs. Barber
Morton hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Lary
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Lary
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Lary
Philley hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Barber
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Barber
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Barber
Boros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Barber
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boros moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Barber
Fernandez hits a line drive towards first. Williams reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Lary
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lary
Herzog strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Lary
Courtney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Morton. Courtney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Breeding vs. Lary
Breeding hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Courtney scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephens vs. Lary
Gene Stephens pinch hits for Steve Barber.
Stephens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito. Stephens reaches second base with a double. Breeding moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Adair vs. Lary
There's a wild pitch. Breeding scores. Stephens moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adair vs. Lary
Adair hits a fly ball into left field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Estrada
Chuck Estrada now pitching.
Lary strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Estrada
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Estrada
Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Lary
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Lary
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Lary
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Philley for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morton vs. Estrada
Morton hits a popup towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Estrada
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Estrada
Cash hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Estrada
Boros hits a line drive into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Estrada
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 10 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Lary
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lary
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Lary
Courtney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1961 -- Detroit at Baltimore (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Wood J, 2b 5 1 2 2 Adair J, ss 3 1 0 0
Bruton B, cf 5 0 0 0 Snyder R, cf 4 1 1 0
Morton B, lf 5 1 1 2 Robinson B, 3b 4 0 1 1
Colavito R, rf 4 3 2 2 Philley D, lf 3 0 0 1
Cash N, 1b 4 1 2 2 Williams D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Boros S, 3b 4 1 1 1 Herzog W, rf 4 0 1 0
Brown D, c 5 1 2 0 Courtney C, c 4 1 1 0
Fernandez C, ss 4 2 2 0 Breeding M, 2b 3 1 1 1
Lary F, p 3 0 0 1 Barber S, p 2 0 0 0
Stephens G, ph 1 0 1 0
Estrada C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 10 12 10 32 4 6 3
Detroit 040 400 002 -- 10
Baltimore 000 200 200 -- 4
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Lary F (W) 9.0 6 4 4 1 5
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Barber S (L) 7.0 11 8 7 2 5
Estrada C 2.0 1 2 2 1 2
E -- Breeding M
LOB -- Detroit 6, Baltimore 3
2B -- Courtney C, Stephens G
3B -- Morton B
HR -- Colavito R, Cash N
SH -- Lary F
SF -- Philley D
WP -- Lary F
PB -- Courtney C
T -- 2:30
A -- 12813
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