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Tigers 17 @ Athletics 14
Municipal Stadium
July 23, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 23, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 17 to 14.

Game Summary

DateJuly 23, 1961 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 17 H: 17 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 17
Hits: 17
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 14 H: 17 E: 4 LOB: 13
Runs: 14
Hits: 17
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherBill Fischer  
Losing PitcherArt Ditmar  
SavePhil Regan  
Game Winning RBINorm Cash 

Game Info

DateJuly 23, 1961 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherFrank Lary  
Home Starting PitcherEd Rakow  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance17,852 
Time of Game3 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Runge
1B: Sam Carrigan
2B: Cal Drummond
3B: Joe Paparella

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jake Wood  Second Baseman 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Left Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Steve Boros  Third Baseman 
Dick McAuliffe  Shortstop 
Frank House  Catcher 
Frank Lary  Pitcher 
Bob Scheffing  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Howser  Shortstop 
Wayne Causey  Third Baseman 
Lou Klimchock  Left Fielder 
Norm Siebern  First Baseman 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Leo Posada  Right Fielder 
Joe Pignatano  Catcher 
Bobby Del Greco  Center Fielder 
Ed Rakow  Pitcher 
Hank Bauer  Manager 

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Tigers 17 @ Athletics 14
Municipal Stadium
July 23, 1961

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         Game of 7/23/1961, game 2 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Wood J, 2b            6  2  2  0   Howser D, ss          3  1  1  0   
Bruton B, cf          3  3  2  0   Johnson D, 3b         2  1  1  3   
Kaline A, rf          4  3  1  2   Causey W, 3b-ss       5  3  3  4   
Morton B, rf          0  0  0  0   Klimchock L, lf       5  1  1  2   
Colavito R, lf        6  2  3  4   Siebern N, 1b         5  1  3  1   
Cash N, 1b            5  4  4  5   Lumpe J, 2b           5  1  1  0   
Boros S, 3b           1  1  1  0   Posada L, rf          5  0  2  3   
Fernandez C, 3b       5  0  2  0   Rivera J, ph-rf       1  0  0  0   
McAuliffe D, ss       5  1  1  1   Pignatano J, c        5  2  2  0   
House F, c            4  0  1  3   Del Greco B, cf       5  3  3  0   
Roarke M, ph-c        1  0  0  0   Rakow E, p            1  1  0  0   
Lary F, p             1  0  0  0   Bass N, p             1  0  0  0   
Bruce B, p            0  0  0  0   Ditmar A, p           0  0  0  0   
Woodeshick H, p       1  1  0  0   Kunkel B, p           0  0  0  0   
Fischer B, p          2  0  0  0   McDermott M, ph-p     1  0  0  0   
Aguirre H, p          0  0  0  0   Staley G, p           0  0  0  0   
Regan P, p            1  0  0  0   Nuxhall J, ph-p       2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45 17 17 15                        46 14 17 13

Detroit          023 642 000 -- 17
Kansas City      242 110 040 -- 14

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lary F                2.0  7  6  3  0  1
Bruce B               0.1  1  2  2  1  1
Woodeshick H*         0.2  2  1  1  2  1
Fischer B (W)         4.2  7  5  4  1  5
Aguirre H+            0.0  0  0  0  3  0
Regan P (S)           1.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rakow E               2.2  6  5  4  1  2
Bass N#               0.1  1  3  3  2  1
Ditmar A (L)          0.1  3  3  3  0  0
Kunkel B              0.2  1  0  0  0  0
McDermott M           1.0  2  4  2  2  1
Staley G              1.0  3  2  2  1  0
Nuxhall J             3.0  1  0  0  2  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
  # Pitched to 3 batters in 4th

E -- Wood J, Siebern N 2, Lary F, McDermott M, McAuliffe D, Pignatano J
LOB -- Detroit 10, Kansas City 13
2B -- Causey W, Colavito R, Cash N 2, Pignatano J, Kaline A, Lumpe J, Posada L, Del Greco B
3B -- House F
HR -- Johnson D, Causey W
SB -- Siebern N, Kaline A, Wood J
SF -- House F
HBP -- by Bruce B (Del Greco B)
WP -- Fischer B
T -- 3:54
A -- 17852

    

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