Yankees @ Twins
May 3, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 12 1
Twins 3 6 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 12 1
Twins 3 6 3

Billy Gardner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .279
OBP .333 .362
At Bats 3 61
Hits 1 17
• Singles 1 13
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 3

Bob Turley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 3, 1961
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Bob Turley
Johnny Blanchard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Hector Lopez
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Billy Gardner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 7 12 1 8
Minnesota Twins 3 6 3 4
Winning Pitcher Bob Turley
Losing Pitcher Pedro Ramos
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Johnny Blanchard
Attendance 18,158
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Allison hits a line drive into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Battey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Skowron is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 9 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Lopez hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Green hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first, with Pleis covering, for the out.
Top 8 Turley bunts towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Top 8 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bill Pleis now pitching. Blanchard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Valdivielso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blanchard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Ted Sadowski. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out. Gardner scores.
Bottom 7 Bertoia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Battey scores. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 7 Gardner bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Battey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Battey is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Ted Sadowski now pitching. Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Turley moves to third.
Top 7 Kubek bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Gardner covering, for the out. Richardson moves to third. Turley moves to second.
Top 7 Turley bunts towards first. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. Richardson moves to second.
Top 7 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Green hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blanchard hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Valdivielso hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ramos is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Bertoia hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jose Valdivielso now playing shortstop. Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gardner hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Battey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Turley strikes out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Skowron scores. Blanchard moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia juggles the ball. That's an error on Bertoia. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Mantle moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. Lopez moves to third.
Top 4 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Killebrew. Lopez moves to second.
Top 4 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 That's a pickoff. Green moves to second.
Bottom 3 Green takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Versalles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ramos is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out.
Top 3 Turley bunts towards first. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Gardner covering. It's a double play.
Top 3 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gardner 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. Battey moves to third.
Bottom 2 Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey moves to second.
Bottom 2 Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Skowron strikes out.
Top 2 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Green. The throw from Blanchard and he is out, Richardson applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Versalles tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Versalles moves to third.
Bottom 1 Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Kubek for the double play.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.