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May 24, 1961

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Red Sox 2 3 0
Yankees 2 7 0
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Red Sox 2 3 0
Yankees 2 8 0

Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .375
OBP .000 .400
At Bats 0 56
Hits 0 21
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 7

Chet Nichols Season Stats

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0 0 1
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Yankee Stadium - May 24, 1961
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Single
Chet Nichols
Russ Nixon
Vic Wertz
Pete Runnels
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Carl Yastrzemski
Gary Geiger
Jackie Jensen
Elston Howard
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Elston Howard pinch hits for Johnny Blanchard. Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Vic Wertz now playing first base. Pete Runnels now playing second base. Chet Nichols now pitching. Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards short. Kubek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Vic Wertz pinch hits for Chuck Schilling. Wertz hits a line drive into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Gene Conley. Ginsberg hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Malzone 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 7 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Berra reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blanchard hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 6 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Terry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schilling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blanchard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Conley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lopez. Conley reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Malzone hits a line drive into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Runnels strikes out.
Top 4 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yastrzemski tags and scores. Jensen tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Jensen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lopez. Jensen reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 4 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Terry covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Terry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Conley strikes out.
Top 3 Buddin is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Maris hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Malzone 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 2 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Terry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Blanchard hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kubek is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Schilling strikes out.