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August 27, 1961

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Yankees 7 10 0
Athletics 4 8 0
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Yankees 7 10 0
Athletics 4 8 0

Leo Posada Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .252
OBP .000 .319
At Bats 2 262
Hits 0 66
• Singles 0 52
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 40

Rollie Sheldon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 3 0
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Municipal Stadium - August 27, 1961
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Out
Rollie Sheldon
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Leo Posada
Haywood Sullivan
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 8 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson scores.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Howser hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores.
Top 8 Howard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Howard reaches second base with a double. Berra scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Berra moves to second.
Top 8 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mantle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Causey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Rivera pinch hits for Bob Shaw. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out. Lumpe moves to third.
Bottom 7 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sheldon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Posada hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Skowron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howard is called out on strikes.
Top 6 There goes Mantle. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Causey applying the tag.
Top 6 Berra is hit by the pitch. Mantle moves to second.
Top 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 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 5 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Top 5 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores.
Top 5 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada who is chasing the ball. Boyer reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Posada bunts towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Siebern hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser scores.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Howser reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second.
Top 4 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Causey takes first base on ball four. Shaw moves to second.
Bottom 3 Shaw hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Bottom 3 Posada hits a line drive towards the mound. Ford reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lumpe scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Ford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Skowron 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 2 Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Causey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
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 ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Richardson strikes out.