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Kansas City Athletics 6 Detroit Tigers 4

May 31,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (19-20)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (29-16)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,397

Time of Game

2:58

Umpires

[HP]: Nestor Chylak [1B]: Al Smith [2B]: Bill McKinley [3B]: Hank Soar

Kansas City Athletics 6 Detroit Tigers 4

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7th inning: PO3(25) **DIFF: Boyd's official records give him a caught stealing**
8th inning: PO3(25) **DIFF: Pignatano's official records give him a caught stealing**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	19-20		0	2	0		1	0	0		3	0	0			6	13	0		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	29-16		0	0	1		0	0	2		0	0	1			4	7	2		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.017	R	3	1	1	1		2	0	.281		39	39
2	Al Pilarcik	rf	30.332	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.186		26	610
3	Jerry Lumpe	2b	27.363	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.269		39	451
	Hank Bauer	ph	38.304	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.204		23	1348
	Wayne Causey	2b	24.156	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.158		13	149
4	Bob Boyd	1b	41.242	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.222		18	647
5	Norm Siebern	lf	27.309	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.266		36	488
	Jay Hankins	pr-cf	25.205	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.177		23	23
6	Leo Posada	cf-lf	25.046	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.340		21	31
7	Andy Carey	3b	29.225	R	5	1	1	0		0	2	.237		30	811
8	Joe Pignatano	c	31.300	R	4	2	4	3		0	0	.294		21	199
9	Joe Nuxhall	p	32.305	L	3	0	2	0		0	0	.250		8	324
Totals

2B: Dick Howser (11), Andy Carey (6), Joe Pignatano (2)

3B: Leo Posada (1)

HR: Joe Pignatano (3)

RBI: Dick Howser (13), Bob Boyd (5), Norm Siebern (20), Joe Pignatano 3 (9)

SH: Al Pilarcik (2), Joe Nuxhall (3)

HBP: Leo Posada (2)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jake Wood	2b	23.343	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.272		44	44
2	Bill Bruton	cf	35.203	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.247		45	943
3	Al Kaline	rf	26.163	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.307		40	1091
4	Rocky Colavito	lf	27.294	R	2	0	1	0		2	0	.265		45	723
5	Norm Cash	1b	26.202	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.333		45	237
6	Steve Boros	3b	24.270	R	2	1	1	2		2	0	.299		45	75
7	Dick Brown	c	26.134	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.299		43	206
8	Chico Fernandez	ss	29.090	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.245		45	550
	Bobo Osborne	ph	25.231	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.250		19	118
9	Frank Lary	p	31.051	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.257		12	233
	Ozzie Virgil	ph	29.014	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.400		7	207
	Charlie Maxwell	ph	34.053	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.323		19	900
Totals

Errors: Bill Bruton, Steve Boros

2B: Bill Bruton (7), Al Kaline (10)

3B: Jake Wood (6)

HR: Steve Boros (3), Chico Fernandez (1)

RBI: Bill Bruton (20), Steve Boros 2 (36), Chico Fernandez (15)

HBP: Norm Cash (3)

GDP: Norm Cash (6)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Nuxhall	L	W 3-1	7.2	5	3	3	4	5	2		3.18	1.35		7	334
2	Bill Kunkel	R	SV 2	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0		2.96	1.27		13	13
Totals				0.0

HB: Joe Nuxhall (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Lary	R	L 7-3	6.1	7	6	6	3	2	1		3.98	1.27		11	240
2	Hank Aguirre	L		0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0		3.26	1.29		13	127
3	Bill Fischer	R		2.0	4	0	0	1	1	0		3.96	1.60		13	165
Totals				0.0

HB: Hank Aguirre (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Frank Lary (0-0-0), Hank Aguirre (0-0-0), Bill Fischer (0-0-0)