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Miley BB CD 1961 Yankees-Tigers 9/17
Called by Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto

The Yankees win this game in the 12th inning when, with two out, Tony Kubek singles and Roger Maris hits his 58th home run of the season.

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New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 4

Game Played on Sunday, September 17, 1961 (D) at Briggs Stadium

NY  A    0  1  0    2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   6  9  2
DET A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 12 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Richardson 2b 6 0 2 0 0 0 4 6
Kubek ss 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 3
Maris rf 4 1 2 3 2 1 2 0
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0 2 1 4 0
Berra lf 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Blanchard c 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
Howard ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 4 2 2 1 0 2 10 0
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 3
Stafford p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 44 6 9 6 6 10 36 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Kubek-Richardson-Skowron, Richardson-Kubek-Skowron.
E: Mantle (6), Skowron (10).
BATTING - 
3B: Maris (4,off Bunning).
HR: Skowron (26,2nd inning off Bunning 0 on 1 out); Boyer (11,4th inning off
Bunning 1 on 1 out); Maris (58,12th inning off Fox 1 on 2 out).
HBP: Skowron (8,by Bunning).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Richardson (7,2nd base by Fox/Roarke).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McAuliffe ss 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 1
Bruton cf 6 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Kaline rf 5 1 2 0 1 0 4 0
Colavito lf 5 0 3 0 1 1 3 0
Cash 1b 5 0 2 1 1 2 5 1
Boros 3b 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 1
Brown c 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Maxwell ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Roarke c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Wertz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 2b 6 1 1 1 0 1 5 1
Bunning p 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Morton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fox p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Aguirre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Regan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osborne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 12 3 8 8 36 5
BATTING - 
2B: Maxwell (4,off Stafford).
GDP: Brown 2 (9,off Stafford 2).
IBB: Cash (19,by Stafford).
Team LOB: 14.
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Stafford 7.1 10 4 3 5 2 0 35
Arroyo W(15-4) 4.2 2 0 0 3 6 0 19
Totals 12 12 4 3 8 8 0 54
IBB: Stafford (4,Cash).
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Bunning 8 5 4 4 4 9 2 34
Fox L(4-2) 3.2 4 2 2 2 1 1 16
Aguirre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Regan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 12 9 6 6 6 10 3 51
HBP: Bunning (8,Skowron).
Umpires: HP - Johnny Stevens, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Nestor Chylak