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June 20, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 9 1
Athletics 2 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 9 1
Athletics 2 8 1

Reno Bertoia Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .236
OBP .250 .318
At Bats 4 174
Hits 1 41
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 16

Jim Coates Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 2
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Municipal Stadium - June 20, 1961
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Jim Coates
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Reno Bertoia
Haywood Sullivan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 6 9 1 7
Kansas City Athletics 2 8 1 9
Winning Pitcher Bill Stafford
Losing Pitcher Joe Nuxhall
Save Jim Coates
Game Winning RBI Tony Kubek
Attendance 19,928
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bertoia hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bobby Prescott pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. Prescott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Joe Pignatano. Sullivan hits a fly ball towards center. Mantle settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mantle.
Top 9 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out.
Top 9 Maris hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kubek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Kubek reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kunkel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howard fields it and throws to first for the out. Siebern moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jim Coates now pitching. Covington is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Siebern reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Stafford hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howser is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jerry Walker now pitching. Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Art Ditmar. Klimchock hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pignatano takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jim Rivera now playing center field. Boyer hits a line drive into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Rivera pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out. Skowron moves to third.
Top 5 Art Ditmar now pitching. Cerv hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skowron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stephens. Skowron reaches second base with a double. Mantle scores. Howard goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nuxhall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Nuxhall reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores.
Bottom 4 Pignatano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stafford bunts towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Lumpe covering, for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Top 4 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Stephens hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Skowron strikes out.
Top 3 Howard takes first base on ball four. Kubek moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Kubek moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson. Stafford tags and scores. Boyer tags and moves to third.
Top 3 The ball gets by Pignatano for a passed ball. Richardson scores. Stafford moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 3 Boyer takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to third. Stafford moves to second.
Top 3 Stafford takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Richardson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Richardson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nuxhall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Nuxhall reaches third base with a triple. Lumpe goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 1 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bertoia hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.