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1961 Tigers-Yankees 9/3 Called by Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto It's 1961, the Yankees are driving towards their sixth pennant in seven years, and Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris are chasing Babe Ruth's magical 60 home run record. In this game, the Yankees win in the ninth and Mantle connects twice. Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org They have a fantastic website, be sure to check it out. |
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DET A 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 - 5 9 0
NY A 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 8 10 1
BATTING
Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Wood 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0 4 0
Bruton cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
Kaline rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Colavito lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 1
McAuliffe 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 2
Roarke c 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Osborne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bertoia pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
House c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Regan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morton ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Staley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4 4 3 26 5
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Cash-Fernandez-Cash.
BATTING -
2B: Cash (22,off Stafford).
HR: Cash (33,6th inning off Stafford 0 on 2 out).
IBB: Morton (1,by Arroyo).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Bruton (22,2nd base off Stafford/Blanchard).
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Richardson 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 5
Kubek ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
Maris rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Mantle cf 4 2 2 3 0 2 1 0
Berra lf 4 2 3 1 0 0 3 0
Blanchard c 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Tresh pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Skowron 1b 3 1 0 0 1 3 12 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 6
Stafford p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howard ph,c 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 0
Totals 32 8 10 8 2 10 27 17
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Richardson-Kubek-Skowron, Kubek-Richardson-Skowron.
E: Skowron (6).
BATTING -
HR: Mantle 2 (50,1st inning off Bunning 1 on 2 out,9th inning off Staley 0
on 0 out); Berra (19,1st inning off Bunning 0 on 2 out); Howard (15,9th
inning off Kline 2 on 2 out).
SH: Stafford (3,off Bunning); Arroyo (3,off Kline).
IBB: Skowron (6,by Kline).
Team LOB: 2.
BASERUNNING -
CS: Richardson (5,2nd base by Bunning/Roarke).
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bunning 6 6 4 4 0 7 2 22
Regan 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Fox 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
Staley L(2-5) 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 2
Kline 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 1 4
Totals 8.2 10 8 8 2 10 4 36
Regan faced 2 batters in the 7th inning
Staley faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
IBB: Kline (6,Skowron).
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Stafford 7 6 2 2 2 1 1 28
Arroyo W(13-3) 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 11
Totals 9 9 5 4 4 3 1 39
IBB: Arroyo (7,Morton).
Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Cal Drummond, 2B - Joe Paparella, 3B - Ed Runge