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August 7, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 4 8 1
Red Sox 4 9 0
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Twins 4 8 1
Red Sox 5 10 0

Carl Yastrzemski Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .252
OBP .250 .312
At Bats 3 401
Hits 0 101
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 36
RBI’s 0 56

Don Lee Season Stats

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3 2 2
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Fenway Park - August 7, 1961
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Single
Don Lee
Earl Battey
Harmon Killebrew
Billy Martin
Ted Lepcio
Zoilo Versalles
Lenny Green
Bill Tuttle
Bob Allison
Carl Yastrzemski
Gary Geiger
Mike Fornieles

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 4 8 1 6
Boston Red Sox 5 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Mike Fornieles
Losing Pitcher Don Lee
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Carl Yastrzemski
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fornieles scores. Geiger moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Geiger is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Schilling hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fornieles hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Fornieles reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Lee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Fornieles covering, for the out.
Top 9 Lepcio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hardy hits a fly ball into left field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into left field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wertz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Billy Martin now playing second base. Ted Lepcio now playing third base. Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Lenny Green now playing left field.Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Allison is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Geiger hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Schilling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fornieles strikes out.
Top 7 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Lee moves to third. Green moves to second.
Top 7 Green takes first base on ball four. Lee moves to second.
Top 7 Versalles hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Buddin strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Hardy. The throw from Battey and he is out, Lepcio applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lepcio strikes out.
Top 6 Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wertz hits a popup towards third. Tuttle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards first. Killebrew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second.
Top 5 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Mike Fornieles now pitching. Versalles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out.
Bottom 4 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Ike Delock. Green strikes out.
Bottom 4 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Battey scores.
Top 4 Lepcio is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Battey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Battey reaches second base with a double. Allison scores. Lemon scores.
Top 4 Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Allison moves to third.
Top 4 Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hardy hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pagliaroni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Green hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Versalles strikes out.
Top 3 Lee hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Bottom 2 Geiger hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Geiger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Killebrew.
Bottom 2 Schilling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Delock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Hardy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tuttle 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.
Top 2 Lepcio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Battey moves to third.
Top 2 Jim Pagliaroni now catching. Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Malzone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Green. Malzone reaches second base with a double. Geiger scores.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schilling scores. Geiger moves to third.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to first for the out. Schilling moves to third. Geiger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Allison is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 1 Green hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.