Yankees @ Tigers
June 17, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Yankees 10 13 1
Tigers 12 14 1
Top 9 R H E
Yankees 10 13 1
Tigers 12 14 1

Bill Skowron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .270
OBP .500 .318
At Bats 4 237
Hits 2 64
• Singles 2 41
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 40

Terry Fox Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 3
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Tiger Stadium - June 17, 1961
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Out
Terry Fox
Dick Brown
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Ozzie Virgil
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Bill Skowron

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 10 13 1 5
Detroit Tigers 12 14 1 4
Winning Pitcher Paul Foytack
Losing Pitcher Bud Daley
Save Terry Fox
Game Winning RBI Rocky Colavito
Attendance 51,509
Time of Game 2 hours 58 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Terry Fox now pitching. Skowron hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bill Fischer now pitching. Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Maris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Maris reaches second base with a double. Kubek moves to third.
Top 9 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Johnny Blanchard pinch hits for Tex Clevenger. Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood scores.
Bottom 8 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. Wood moves to third.
Bottom 8 Wood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Wood reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Cerv hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skowron hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Foytack bunts towards the mound. Clevenger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Richardson covering - double play.
Bottom 7 Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mantle strikes out.
Top 7 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash strikes out. There goes Colavito. The throw from Howard to Kubek, and Colavito is out.
Bottom 6 Colavito is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Bob Turley. Torgeson hits a popup towards third. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Richardson hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Foytack bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Virgil moves to second.
Bottom 5 Virgil hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Foytack, and towards Wood, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil throws to second for one, and Wood throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Skowron moves to second.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Colavito scores.
Bottom 4 Colavito hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris who is chasing the ball. Colavito reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bob Turley now pitching. Bruton hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Paul Foytack now pitching. Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Top 4 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cerv scores. Boyer moves to third.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skowron scores. Cerv moves to third.
Top 4 Hector Lopez pinch hits for Rollie Sheldon. Lopez hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cerv hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Cerv reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Skowron moves to third.
Top 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Top 4 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mossi hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fernandez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Kubek strikes out.
Top 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sheldon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline scores.
Bottom 2 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kaline hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Wood scores. Bruton goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mossi is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 2 Cerv strikes out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Top 2 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Virgil hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Boyer, and towards Kubek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Daley covering, for the out. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Colavito tags and scores. Cash tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Kaline scores. Colavito moves to third.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Wood scores. Bruton moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood moves to third. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bruton takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 1 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.