Angels @ Indians
August 12, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Angels 3 5 0
Indians 0 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Angels 3 5 0
Indians 0 3 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .300
OBP .000 .359
At Bats 3 440
Hits 0 132
• Singles 0 94
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 59

Ryne Duren Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 10 2
Close
Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 12, 1961
Out
Ryne Duren
Del Rice
Ted Kluszewski
Billy Moran
Tom Satriano
Joe Koppe
Lee Thomas
Ken Hunt
Albie Pearson
Tito Francona
Jim Piersall
Don Dillard

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Angels 3 5 0 6
Cleveland Indians 0 3 0 3
Winning Pitcher Ryne Duren
Losing Pitcher Mudcat Grant
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ted Kluszewski
Attendance 4,368
Time of Game 2 hours 8 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Dillard moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 9 Piersall bunts towards the mound. Duren fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dillard moves to second.
Bottom 9 Temple hits a line drive towards short. Koppe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Don Dillard pinch hits for Mudcat Grant. Dillard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Walt Bond pinch hits for Woodie Held. Bond hits a popup towards third. Satriano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Duren is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Moran hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Moran reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Satriano hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hunt strikes out.
Top 9 Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Power strikes out.
Bottom 8 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Satriano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Thomas hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Koppe strikes out.
Top 8 Duren strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kirkland strikes out.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Satriano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Satriano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grant hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Held strikes out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hunt hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Romano hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kirkland hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pearson hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Koppe is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Duren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona strikes out.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duren fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Moran hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Satriano hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rice takes first base on ball four. Hunt moves to second.
Top 4 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Grant hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Held strikes out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pearson hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Duren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Romano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Satriano hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pearson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Koppe hits a line drive into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.