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Athletics
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 12, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Athletics, played on September 12, 1961 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 12, 1961 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 12, 1961 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jerry Walker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Lary |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 10,984 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 59 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: John Rice 3B: Harry Schwarts |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick Howser | Shortstop |
Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
Deron Johnson | Left Fielder |
Norm Siebern | First Baseman |
Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
Wayne Causey | Third Baseman |
Frank Cipriani | Right Fielder |
Gordon MacKenzie | Catcher |
Jerry Walker | Pitcher |
Hank Bauer | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Dick McAuliffe | Shortstop |
Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
Dick Brown | Catcher |
Frank Lary | Pitcher |
Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 12, 1961
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Lary
Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Lary
Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Lary
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. Del Greco moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Lary
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Walker
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Walker
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Walker
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe 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 -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Lary
Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cipriani vs. Lary
Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Walker
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Walker
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Walker
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Walker
Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
MacKenzie vs. Lary
MacKenzie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Lary
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Lary
Howser 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
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Walker
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Walker
Lary hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Walker
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Walker
Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Walker
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Lary
Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lary
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Lary
Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Lary
There goes Siebern. The throw from Brown and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe 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
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Walker
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Walker
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Cipriani settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Walker
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cipriani. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boros vs. Walker
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Lary
Causey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cipriani vs. Lary
Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
MacKenzie vs. Lary
MacKenzie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats MacKenzie for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Walker
Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Walker
Lary hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. MacKenzie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Walker
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bruton vs. Walker
Bruton hits a fly ball towards center. Del Greco catches it and throws to second to double up Wood. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Lary
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Lary
Howser 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 -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Lary
Del Greco strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Walker
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Walker
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Walker
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lary
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Lary
Siebern 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 -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Walker
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Walker
Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Walker
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lary vs. Walker
Lary hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxwell vs. Walker
Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Jake Wood.
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Lary
Reno Bertoia now playing second base.
Causey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cipriani vs. Lary
Cipriani hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bryan vs. Lary
Billy Bryan pinch hits for Gordon MacKenzie.
Bryan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Lary
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Walker
Haywood Sullivan now catching.
Bruton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cipriani who is chasing the ball. Bruton reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kaline vs. Walker
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Walker
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Walker
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bruton tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Walker
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boros vs. Walker
Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Colavito scores. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Walker
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Lary
Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Lary
Gene Stephens pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco.
Stephens is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Lary
Jay Hankins pinch runs for Gene Stephens.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hankins moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Lary
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/12/1961 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Howser D, ss 4 0 0 0 Wood J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 3 0 1 0 Maxwell C, ph 1 0 0 0 Stephens G, ph 0 0 0 0 Bertoia R, 2b 0 0 0 0 Hankins J, pr 0 0 0 0 Bruton B, cf 4 1 2 0 Johnson D, lf 4 1 1 1 Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 0 Siebern N, 1b 4 0 1 0 Colavito R, lf 3 1 0 0 Lumpe J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 0 1 1 Causey W, 3b 3 0 2 0 McAuliffe D, ss 4 0 3 0 Cipriani F, rf 3 0 0 0 Boros S, 3b 4 0 1 1 MacKenzie G, c 2 0 0 0 Brown D, c 4 1 2 1 Bryan B, ph 1 0 0 0 Lary F, p 3 0 1 0 Sullivan H, c 0 0 0 0 Walker J, p 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 1 5 1 33 3 11 3 Kansas City 000 100 000 -- 1 Detroit 000 010 02x -- 3 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Walker J (L) 8.0 11 3 3 1 3 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lary F (W) 9.0 5 1 1 0 3 E -- Howser D DP -- Kansas City 2, Detroit 1 LOB -- Kansas City 3, Detroit 8 2B -- McAuliffe D 3B -- Bruton B HR -- Johnson D, Brown D CS -- Siebern N SF -- Cash N HBP -- by Lary F (Stephens G) T -- 1:59 A -- 10984
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