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July 1, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 9 14 2
Athletics 3 6 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 9 14 2
Athletics 3 6 3

Leo Posada Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .268
OBP .250 .351
At Bats 3 142
Hits 0 38
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 0 26

Jim Kaat Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 7 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 1, 1961
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Out
Jim Kaat
Earl Battey
Harmon Killebrew
Billy Martin
Bill Tuttle
Zoilo Versalles
Dan Dobbek
Lenny Green
Bob Allison
Leo Posada
Dick Howser

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 9 14 2 5
Kansas City Athletics 3 6 3 11
Winning Pitcher Jim Kaat
Losing Pitcher Bob Shaw
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Earl Battey
Attendance 4,921
Time of Game 2 hours 52 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Posada hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it and throws to second for the out. Bertoia scores.
Bottom 9 Klimchock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bertoia moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bertoia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dobbek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Allison 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 9 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 9 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Howser. Kaat moves to third. Versalles moves to second.
Top 9 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser.
Top 9 Kaat hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Posada. Kaat reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Tuttle 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 8 Bobby Prescott pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Prescott strikes out.
Bottom 8 Pignatano hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dan Dobbek now playing left field. Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Top 8 Green hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Battey strikes out.
Top 8 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Posada takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 7 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 7 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ed Rakow now pitching. Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pignatano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia juggles the ball. That's an error on Bertoia. Tuttle scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Kaat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third.
Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. There goes Green. The throw from Pignatano and he is out, Bertoia applying the tag.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Battey scores. Green moves to second.
Top 6 Green hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey moves to third.
Top 6 Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it and throws to second for the out. Bertoia moves to third.
Bottom 5 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Klimchock bunts towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. Bertoia moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bertoia takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Versalles moves to third.
Top 5 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kaat hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Shaw hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tuttle 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 4 Green hits a line drive towards first. Klimchock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Battey hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 3 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaat scores. Martin moves to third.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Kaat moves to second.
Top 3 Versalles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Klimchock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaat takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Klimchock scoops it up and throws to first, with Shaw covering, for the out.
Top 2 Battey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Battey reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Allison 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 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Posada hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Howser scores. Posada moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Klimchock scores. Howser moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a fly ball towards center. Green settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Green. Klimchock moves to third. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Klimchock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bertoia for the out.
Top 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Martin hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Versalles hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.