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New York Yankees 7 Minnesota Twins 3

May 3,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (11-6)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (10-8)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

18,158

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

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

New York Yankees 7 Minnesota Twins 3

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4th inning: E3/TH2.1-2;B-1 **Harmon Killebrew's throw hit Hector Lopez**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	11-6		0	0	0		3	0	0		4	0	0			7	12	1		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	10-8		1	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	0			3	6	3		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Tony Kubek	ss	25.203	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.323		17	561
2	Hector Lopez	lf	31.299	R	4	2	1	1		1	0	.209		17	827
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.235	L	4	1	1	3		1	0	.214		17	536
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.195	B	5	1	2	0		0	0	.339		17	1388
5	Bill Skowron	1b	30.136	R	4	1	2	1		1	1	.313		17	810
6	Johnny Blanchard	c	28.066	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.111		5	108
7	Clete Boyer	3b	24.083	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.190		15	307
8	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.257	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.239		17	486
9	Bob Turley	p	30.226	R	3	1	0	0		0	1	.222		4	233
Totals

Errors: Bobby Richardson

2B: Clete Boyer (1)

HR: Roger Maris (2)

RBI: Hector Lopez (5), Roger Maris 3 (7), Bill Skowron (11), Johnny Blanchard (1), Clete Boyer (3)

SH: Tony Kubek (2), Bob Turley (2)

GDP: Roger Maris (4), Bill Skowron (2), Johnny Blanchard (1), Bob Turley (1)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.136	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.319		16	60
	Jose Valdivielso	ss	26.346	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.100		5	329
2	Lenny Green	cf	28.117	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.286		18	347
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	24.308	R	2	0	0	1		1	0	.333		8	398
4	Jim Lemon	lf	33.041	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.281		16	809
5	Earl Battey	c	26.118	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.345		17	305
6	Bob Allison	rf	26.296	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.232		18	324
7	Billy Gardner	2b	33.288	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.274		18	860
8	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.115	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.231		18	526
9	Pedro Ramos	p	26.005	B	2	0	0	0		0	2	.188		6	314
	Elmer Valo	ph	40.059	L	1	0	0	1		0	0	.000		8	945
Totals

Errors: Harmon Killebrew 2, Reno Bertoia

RBI: Harmon Killebrew (6), Reno Bertoia (5), Elmer Valo (2)

SF: Harmon Killebrew (2)

HBP: Earl Battey (1)

GDP: Jim Lemon (3), Billy Gardner (2)

CS: Lenny Green (4)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Turley	R	W 3-1	9.0	6	3	3	3	2	0		3.72	1.48		4	244
Totals				0.0

HB: Bob Turley (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Turley (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pedro Ramos	R	L 2-1	6.1	9	3	3	1	2	1		3.29	1.17		5	252
2	Ted Sadowski	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		9.00	2.29		4	13
3	Bill Pleis	L		2.0	2	0	0	3	1	0		2.08	1.38		6	6
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pedro Ramos (0-0-0), Ted Sadowski (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (0-0-0)