Yankees @ Athletics
August 27, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 11 0
Athletics 7 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 11 0
Athletics 7 12 0

Norm Siebern Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .283
OBP .500 .365
At Bats 4 448
Hits 2 127
• Singles 1 82
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 2 76

Luis Arroyo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 3 24
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Municipal Stadium - August 27, 1961
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Strikeout
Luis Arroyo
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Norm Siebern
Deron Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 8 11 0 4
Kansas City Athletics 7 12 0 7
Winning Pitcher Whitey Ford
Losing Pitcher Bob Shaw
Save Luis Arroyo
Game Winning RBI Elston Howard
Attendance 34,065
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Siebern strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Del Greco scores.
Bottom 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Del Greco moves to third.
Bottom 9 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Del Greco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Del Greco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Joe Nuxhall pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. Nuxhall hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sheldon scores.
Top 9 Richardson bunts towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Lumpe covering, for the out. Sheldon moves to second.
Top 9 Sheldon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
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.