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September 14, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 1
Tigers 2 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 1
Tigers 2 9 1

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .254
OBP .500 .328
At Bats 3 532
Hits 1 135
• Singles 1 103
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 1 57
RBI’s 0 58

Bob Shaw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 12 0
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Tiger Stadium - September 14, 1961
Out
Bob Shaw
Haywood Sullivan
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Bobby Del Greco
Jim Rivera
Bill Bruton
Chico Fernandez
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Hank Aguirre. Osborne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Shaw hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wood hits a line drive towards third. Causey catches it and throws to second to double up McAuliffe.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash scores. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Colavito hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lumpe is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Hank Aguirre now pitching. Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Sullivan for a passed ball. Wood moves to third.
Bottom 7 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it and throws to first for the out. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 7 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Manny Montejo. Maxwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 There goes Rivera. The throw from Brown and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sullivan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Manny Montejo now pitching. Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Vic Wertz pinch hits for Ron Nischwitz. Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Siebern hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez catches it and steps on second to double up Rivera.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive towards third. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Rivera. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Top 5 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nischwitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shaw hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chico Fernandez now playing shortstop. Dick McAuliffe now playing third base. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebern. Boros moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nischwitz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Wood strikes out.
Top 3 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards left. Colavito fields it and throws to second to catch Siebern for the out. Johnson scores.
Top 3 Ron Nischwitz now pitching. Lumpe strikes out.
Top 3 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Rivera scores.
Top 3 Rivera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Rivera reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 2 Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boros. Sullivan scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Sullivan reaches second base with a double. Del Greco goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Causey strikes out.
Top 2 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Shaw covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boros hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Rivera. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Top 1 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.