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July 17, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 9 0
Tigers 7 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 9 0
Tigers 7 10 1

Wayne Causey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .256
OBP .000 .319
At Bats 4 86
Hits 0 22
• Singles 0 16
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 11

Terry Fox Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 7
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Tiger Stadium - July 17, 1961
Out
Terry Fox
Mike Roarke
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Steve Boros
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Lou Klimchock

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 4 9 0 7
Detroit Tigers 7 10 1 6
Winning Pitcher Paul Foytack
Losing Pitcher Joe Nuxhall
Save Terry Fox
Game Winning RBI Norm Cash
Attendance 12,736
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Causey hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Fox scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Causey for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fernandez. Sullivan scores. Klimchock moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Terry Fox now pitching. Deron Johnson pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Jay Hankins. Klimchock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Klimchock reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores. Sullivan moves to third.
Top 9 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lumpe moves to third.
Top 9 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 9 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fernandez hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Foytack bunts towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Wood moves to third. Roarke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Roarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 8 Boros bunts towards the mound. Kunkel fields it and throws to first for the out. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howser hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nuxhall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lumpe scores. Hankins moves to second.
Top 7 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Lumpe moves to third.
Top 7 Sullivan is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Stephens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 7 Bill Bruton now playing center field. Al Kaline now playing right field. Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Fernandez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Foytack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Roarke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Boros scores.
Bottom 6 Wood 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 6 Boros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera who is chasing the ball. Boros reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morton tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morton moves to third.
Bottom 5 Morton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howser is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Nuxhall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hankins hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foytack is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Roarke hits a line drive into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boros hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Foytack covering, for the out.
Top 3 Rivera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Causey hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foytack strikes out.
Bottom 2 Roarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nuxhall strikes out.
Top 2 Hankins hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 2 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Morton moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nuxhall fires to first and has Fernandez trapped. There's the throw to Howser who tags Fernandez for the out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Siebern hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Howser. The throw from Roarke and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag.
Top 1 Howser takes first base on ball four.