Athletics @ Tigers
May 30, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 15 1
Tigers 3 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 15 1
Tigers 3 5 1

Norm Cash Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .342
OBP .750 .481
At Bats 1 146
Hits 0 50
• Singles 0 34
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 3 38
RBI’s 0 41

Bill Kunkel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Tiger Stadium - May 30, 1961
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Out
Bill Kunkel
Haywood Sullivan
Bob Boyd
Jerry Lumpe
Andy Carey
Dick Howser
Leo Posada
Jay Hankins
Al Pilarcik
Norm Cash

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 9 15 1 8
Detroit Tigers 3 5 1 11
Winning Pitcher Jerry Walker
Losing Pitcher Paul Foytack
Save Bill Kunkel
Game Winning RBI Leo Posada
Attendance 51,791
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Jay Hankins now playing center field. Leo Posada now playing left field. Al Pilarcik now playing right field. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Carey hits a line drive towards short. Cottier reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hankins scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Hankins moves to second.
Top 9 Throneberry is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Jay Hankins pinch runs for Norm Siebern. Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hank Aguirre now pitching. Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ozzie Virgil pinch hits for Bill Fischer. Virgil hits a popup towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cottier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Boyd hits a fly ball towards right. Kaline catches it and throws to Cottier to double up Howser.
Top 8 Lumpe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Howser. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Howser steals second.
Top 8 Bill Fischer now pitching. Howser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Colavito moves to third. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kaline tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Colavito hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Bruton scores. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wood scores. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bruton takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wood is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Bubba Morton pinch hits for Jim Donohue. Morton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carey strikes out.
Top 7 Chuck Cottier now playing shortstop. Dick Brown now catching. Sullivan hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Mike Roarke. Osborne strikes out.
Bottom 6 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Chico Fernandez. Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boros takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Throneberry strikes out.
Top 6 Posada strikes out.
Top 6 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Throneberry. Bruton reaches second base with a double. Wood moves to third.
Bottom 5 Wood is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Donohue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Roarke takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Boyd hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a popup towards short. Fernandez catches it and steps on second to double up Walker.
Top 5 Howser takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second.
Top 5 Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boros hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Colavito strikes out.
Top 4 Carey hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sullivan strikes out.
Top 4 Jim Donohue now pitching. Throneberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Posada moves to second.
Top 4 Posada takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Siebern hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Boyd hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Boyd reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wood hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Carey trying to get to home. Colavito throws the ball in to Roarke who tags Carey, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Walker moves to second.
Top 3 Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Throneberry scores. Sullivan scores. Carey moves to second.
Top 3 Bob Bruce now pitching. Carey takes first base on ball four. Throneberry moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 3 Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Throneberry moves to second.
Top 3 Throneberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Posada strikes out.
Top 3 Siebern hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Boyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 3 Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foytack hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roarke hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boros takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carey strikes out.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe misplays the ball. That's an error on Lumpe. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Posada hits a line drive into center field. Bruton picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bruton. Here's the throw into the infield and Siebern is out. Boyd scores.
Top 1 Siebern hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyd moves to second.
Top 1 Boyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howser strikes out.