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1961 Angels-Yankees 6/11 (Game 2) Called by Phil Rizzuto, Mel Allen, and Red Barber This is the season of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, and their famous home run chase of Babe Ruth's record. In this game, Mantle hits a homer in the first, and Maris hits two - one in the third, and one in the seventh. Sheldon wins and Arroyo saves. Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org They have a fantastic website, be sure to check it out. |
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LA A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3
NY A 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 5 5 0
BATTING
Los Angeles Angels AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leek 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
L. Thomas rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Wagner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunt cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Aspromonte 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bridges ph,2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bilko 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 9 0
Sadowski c 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Averill ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hamlin ss 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0
Grba p 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Pearson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
James p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Yost ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1 6 6 24 10
FIELDING -
E: Leek (12), Bilko (3), Sadowski (1).
BATTING -
2B: Hamlin (3,off Sheldon).
3B: Bilko (1,off Sheldon).
GDP: Leek (7,off Arroyo).
Team LOB: 10.
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Boyer 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
Kubek ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 4
Maris rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
Mantle cf 3 1 1 3 1 2 4 0
Berra lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 1
Howard c 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Richardson 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 3
Sheldon p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 5 5 3 5 27 13
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Kubek-Richardson-Skowron.
BATTING -
HR: Mantle (18,1st inning off Grba 2 on 1 out); Maris 2 (20,3rd inning off
Grba 0 on 1 out,7th inning off James 0 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Kubek (1,2nd base off James/Sadowski).
PITCHING
Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Grba L(5-5) 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 16
James 5 2 1 1 1 4 1 18
Totals 8 5 5 2 3 5 3 34
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Sheldon W(3-2) 8 6 1 1 6 6 0 36
Arroyo SV(10) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9 6 1 1 6 6 0 38
Sheldon faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Al Smith, 2B - Bill McKinley, 3B - Hank Soar