Yankees @ Twins
August 30, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 4 7 0
Twins 0 4 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 4 7 0
Twins 0 4 1

Jim Lemon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .255
OBP .333 .331
At Bats 3 369
Hits 1 94
• Singles 1 58
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 46

Bill Stafford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 7 2
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 30, 1961
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Out
Bill Stafford
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Jim Lemon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 4 7 0 5
Minnesota Twins 0 4 1 5
Winning Pitcher Bill Stafford
Losing Pitcher Jim Kaat
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Elston Howard
Attendance 41,357
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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Bottom 9 Allison hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Stafford strikes out.
Top 9 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Cerv moves to second.
Top 9 Cerv takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Skowron strikes out.
Top 9 Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Ray Moore now pitching. Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Green hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Julio Becquer pinch hits for Jim Kaat. Becquer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Battey fires to third and picks off Richardson.
Top 8 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stafford scores. Richardson moves to third.
Top 8 Kubek strikes out.
Top 8 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stafford moves to third.
Top 8 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Boyer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Versalles strikes out.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Battey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Allison strikes out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Green. The throw from Howard and he is out, Kubek applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Green takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 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 6 Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lemon strikes out.
Top 5 Stafford strikes out.
Top 5 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Cerv is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Mantle moves to third.
Top 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles throws to second for one, and Martin throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Mantle moves to second.
Top 4 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Kubek 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 3 Green hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stafford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Allison. Stafford reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Boyer strikes out.
Top 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Battey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Allison strikes out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maris strikes out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Richardson strikes out.