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New York Yankees 5 Minnesota Twins 2

May 4,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (12-6)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (10-9)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

18,179

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

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

New York Yankees 5 Minnesota Twins 2

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7th inning: NP **Whitey Ford left feeling weak from a cold**

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	12-6		3	0	0		0	0	1		1	0	0			5	6	0		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	10-9		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	0			2	6	0		5	5	8	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	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.258	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.257		18	487
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.204	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.304		18	562
3	Hector Lopez	lf	31.300	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.200		18	828
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.196	B	4	2	2	2		0	0	.348		18	1389
5	Bill Skowron	1b	30.137	R	4	0	0	1		0	1	.294		18	811
6	Elston Howard	c	32.070	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.355		9	648
7	Roger Maris	rf	26.236	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.200		18	537
8	Clete Boyer	3b	24.084	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.200		16	308
9	Whitey Ford	p	32.195	L	1	0	0	0		1	0	.273		6	261
	Johnny Blanchard	ph	28.067	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.100		6	109
	Jim Coates	p	28.273	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		5	78
Totals

3B: Clete Boyer (1)

HR: Mickey Mantle (9)

RBI: Bobby Richardson (6), Mickey Mantle 2 (24), Bill Skowron (12), Elston Howard (2)

GDP: Tony Kubek (1)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.116	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.224		19	527
2	Lenny Green	cf	28.118	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.288		19	348
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	24.309	R	3	0	1	1		1	1	.333		9	399
4	Earl Battey	c	26.119	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.339		18	306
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.042	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.279		17	810
6	Bob Allison	rf	26.297	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.219		19	325
7	Billy Gardner	2b	33.289	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.288		19	861
8	Jose Valdivielso	ss	26.347	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.077		6	330
	Elmer Valo	ph	40.060	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		9	946
	Ted Sadowski	p	25.033	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.000		5	14
	Don Mincher	ph	22.314	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.216		15	42
	Dan Dobbek	ph	26.149	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		12	138
Totals

2B: Lenny Green (7)

RBI: Lenny Green (8), Harmon Killebrew (7)

GDP: Jose Valdivielso (1)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Whitey Ford	L	W 4-1	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	0		3.16	1.20		6	281
2	Jim Coates	R	SV 1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0		2.77	1.15		5	79
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Whitey Ford (0-0-0), Jim Coates (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Kaat	L	L 1-2	1.1	3	3	3	3	3	0		4.50	1.61		4	20
2	Ted Sadowski	R		5.2	3	2	2	0	0	1		6.39	1.50		5	14
3	Paul Giel	R		2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0		6.57	1.78		6	90
Totals				0.0

WP: Jim Kaat (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Kaat (0-0-0), Ted Sadowski (0-0-0), Paul Giel (0-0-0)