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August 5, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Indians 6 11 2
Tigers 7 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Indians 6 11 2
Tigers 7 10 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .297
OBP .500 .355
At Bats 4 417
Hits 2 124
• Singles 2 88
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 1 56

Jim Bunning Season Stats

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12 8 0
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Tiger Stadium - August 5, 1961
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Out
Jim Bunning
Mike Roarke
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Reno Bertoia
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Tito Francona
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Francona hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dick Stigman now pitching. Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunning fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ken Aspromonte pinch hits for Joe Schaffernoth. Aspromonte takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Bunning now pitching. Power hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Maxwell hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Roarke hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fernandez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schaffernoth juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaffernoth. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Francona scores.
Top 7 Gerry Staley now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Dillard scores. Francona moves to third.
Top 7 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Dillard moves to second.
Top 7 Dillard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Top 7 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bob Nieman pinch hits for Frank Funk. Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Held hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Roarke scores. Regan scores. Wood moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Frank Funk now pitching. Wood takes first base on ball four. Regan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Regan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fernandez scores. Roarke moves to third.
Bottom 6 Roarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Allen covering, for the out.
Top 6 Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Romano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Phillips hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Kirkland strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bob Allen now pitching. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Kaline goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Regan bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Roarke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Roarke takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dillard hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fernandez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash strikes out.
Top 4 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Romano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Colavito. The throw from Romano and he is out, Held applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 There goes Bruton. The throw from Romano and he is safe. Bruton steals second.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held misplays the ball. That's an error on Held.
Bottom 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Francona moves to second.
Top 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Wood fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Dillard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Temple hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Regan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Roarke hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Held hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Romano strikes out.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Wood hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillard moves to second.
Top 1 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.