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Twins 3 @ Indians 2
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 15, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 15, 1961 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 15, 1961 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 14
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 2 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Lee Stange  
Losing Pitcher—Frank Funk  
Save—Ray Moore  
Game Winning RBI—Jim Lemon 

Game Info

DateSeptember 15, 1961 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherJack Kralick  
Home Starting PitcherSam McDowell  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance4,503 
Time of Game3 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: John Rice
2B: Al Smith
3B: Harry Schwarts

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jake Jacobs  Center Fielder 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Bob Allison  Right Fielder 
Earl Battey  Catcher 
Jim Lemon  Left Fielder 
Bill Tuttle  Third Baseman 
Jim Snyder  Second Baseman 
Jack Kralick  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Chuck Essegian  Left Fielder 
Bob Nieman  Right Fielder 
Hal Jones  First Baseman 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Jack Kubiszyn  Third Baseman 
Valmy Thomas  Catcher 
Sam McDowell  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Indians 2
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 15, 1961

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         Game of 9/15/1961 -- Minnesota at Cleveland (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Jacobs J, cf          4  0  2  0   Temple J, 2b          3  1  1  0   
Dobbek D, ph-cf       1  0  0  0   Piersall J, cf        4  0  1  0   
Versalles Z, ss       5  1  1  0   Essegian C, lf        4  1  2  1   
Killebrew H, 1b       2  0  0  0   Nieman B, rf          4  0  2  1   
Allison B, rf         5  1  1  1   Jones H, 1b           4  0  0  0   
Battey E, c           3  0  1  1   Held W, ss            4  0  0  0   
Lemon J, lf           5  0  2  1   Kubiszyn J, 3b        3  0  1  0   
Kaat J, pr            0  0  0  0   Francona T, ph        1  0  0  0   
Martin B, 2b          0  0  0  0   Thomas V, c           3  0  1  0   
Tuttle B, 3b          3  0  0  0   Kirkland W, ph        1  0  0  0   
Snyder J, 2b          3  0  0  0   McDowell S, p         2  0  0  0   
Becquer J, ph         1  0  0  0   Funk F, p             1  0  0  0   
Valdivielso J, 2b     0  0  0  0   Dailey B, p           0  0  0  0   
Naragon H, ph         1  0  0  0   Dillard D, ph         1  0  0  0   
Moore R, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Kralick J, p          2  0  0  0                                      
Rollins R, ph         0  0  0  0                                      
Stange L, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Altobelli J, ph-lf    1  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  3  8  3                        35  2  8  2

Minnesota        000 000 003 --  3
Cleveland        001 001 000 --  2

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kralick J             6.0  6  2  2  0  6
Stange L (W)          2.0  2  0  0  1  4
Moore R (S)           1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
McDowell S            6.1  3  0  0  5  5
Funk F (L)            2.1  4  3  3  2  3
Dailey B              0.1  1  0  0  1  0

E -- Jones H
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 14, Cleveland 7
2B -- Essegian C, Lemon J
HR -- Essegian C
WP -- Kralick J
PB -- Thomas V
T -- 3:05
A -- 4503

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