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White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 4, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, played on July 4, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 4, 1961 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 4, 1961 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cal McLish |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Kralick |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 23,592 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Al Smith 3B: Hank Soar |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
Floyd Robinson | Right Fielder |
Jim Landis | Center Fielder |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
Al Smith | Third Baseman |
Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
Sammy Esposito | Second Baseman |
Cal McLish | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
Earl Battey | Catcher |
Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
Bill Tuttle | Third Baseman |
Jack Kralick | Pitcher |
Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 4, 1961
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Kralick
Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kralick
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landis vs. Kralick
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Kralick
Minoso hits a popup towards third. Tuttle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. McLish
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Versalles for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McLish
Killebrew hits a line drive towards the mound. McLish reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Kralick
Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kralick
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Kralick
Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. McLish
Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. McLish
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. McLish
Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. McLish
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Esposito scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Esposito vs. Kralick
Esposito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Kralick
McLish strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Kralick
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. McLish
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kralick vs. McLish
Kralick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Esposito scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. McLish
Versalles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. McLish
There goes Versalles. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Aparicio applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kralick
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landis vs. Kralick
Landis bunts towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Minoso vs. Kralick
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kralick fields it and throws to second for the out. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sievers vs. Kralick
Sievers strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Kralick
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Versalles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McLish
Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. McLish
Allison strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Kralick
Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Esposito vs. Kralick
Esposito hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Kralick
McLish hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Kralick
Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. McLish
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lemon for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. McLish
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. McLish
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. McLish
Tuttle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kralick
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Kralick
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Kralick
Minoso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kralick vs. McLish
Kralick hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. McLish
Versalles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Martin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. McLish
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Kralick
Sievers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Sievers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Kralick
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lollar vs. Kralick
Lollar hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sievers moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Esposito vs. Kralick
Esposito strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McLish vs. Kralick
McLish strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. McLish
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. McLish
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. McLish
Pedro Ramos pinch runs for Jim Lemon.
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Kralick
Jose Valdivielso now playing third base. Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Lenny Green now playing left field.
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kralick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kralick
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landis vs. Kralick
Landis takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Minoso vs. Kralick
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to third. Landis moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sievers vs. Kralick
Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. McLish
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. McLish
Tuttle bunts towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kralick vs. McLish
Kralick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Green scores. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. McLish
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kralick moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kralick moves to third. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. McLish
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Landis is chasing the ball. Killebrew rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. McLish
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdivielso vs. McLish
Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kralick
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valdivielso picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Valdivielso. Smith moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lollar vs. Kralick
Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Esposito vs. Kralick
Esposito is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roselli vs. Kralick
Bob Roselli pinch hits for Cal McLish.
Roselli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valdivielso fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith scores. Lollar moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aparicio vs. Kralick
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kralick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lollar moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Kralick
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lollar scores. Aparicio moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carreon vs. Kralick
Cam Carreon pinch hits for Jim Landis.
Carreon hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/4/1961, game 2 -- Chicago at Minnesota (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Aparicio L, ss 5 0 1 0 Versalles Z, ss 4 1 2 0 Robinson F, rf 5 0 4 1 Martin B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Landis J, cf 3 0 1 0 Killebrew H, 1b 4 1 1 3 Carreon C, ph 1 0 0 0 Allison B, rf 4 0 1 0 Minoso M, lf 4 0 0 0 Lemon J, lf 3 0 1 0 Sievers R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Ramos P, pr 0 0 0 0 Smith A, 3b 3 1 1 0 Valdivielso J, 3b 1 0 0 0 Lollar S, c 4 1 1 0 Battey E, c 3 0 1 0 Esposito S, 2b 4 0 0 0 Green L, cf-lf 3 1 2 0 McLish C, p 3 0 1 0 Tuttle B, 3b-cf 2 0 0 0 Roselli B, ph 1 0 0 1 Kralick J, p 3 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 2 10 2 31 4 10 4 Chicago 000 000 002 -- 2 Minnesota 000 000 04x -- 4 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO McLish C (L) 8.0 10 4 4 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Kralick J (W) 9.0 10 2 2 2 6 E -- Valdivielso J DP -- Chicago 1 LOB -- Chicago 10, Minnesota 4 2B -- Martin B, Sievers R HR -- Killebrew H CS -- Versalles Z SH -- Tuttle B T -- 2:35 A -- 23592
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