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Baltimore Orioles 13 Minnesota Twins 5

May 9,1961

Visiting Team

Baltimore Orioles (13-10)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (11-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

4,514

Time of Game

3:10

Umpires

[HP]: Ed Runge [1B]: Sam Carrigan [2B]: Cal Drummond [3B]: Joe Paparella

Baltimore Orioles 13 Minnesota Twins 5

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2nd inning: HR/9D.3-H;2-H(UR);1-H **Jim Gentile the first player to hit grand slams in consectutive atbats**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	13-10		4	5	0		0	2	0		0	2	0			13	11	0		3	3	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	11-11		0	0	0		3	0	0		0	1	1			5	10	1		5	5	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Baltimore Orioles - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Whitey Herzog	rf	29.181	L	2	2	1	0		2	1	.250		17	382
	Earl Robinson	ph-rf	24.187	R	2	1	1	0		0	1	.212		14	22
2	Jackie Brandt	cf	27.011	R	5	3	3	0		0	0	.423		13	414
3	Brooks Robinson	3b	23.356	R	2	2	1	1		2	0	.333		23	479
4	Jim Gentile	1b	26.340	L	3	2	2	9		1	1	.353		23	177
5	Dick Williams	lf	32.002	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.188		19	714
6	Gus Triandos	c	30.283	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.286		21	812
7	Ron Hansen	ss	23.034	R	5	1	1	2		0	2	.256		23	190
8	Marv Breeding	2b	27.062	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.136		15	167
9	Chuck Estrada	p	23.083	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.091		4	40
	Walt Dropo	1b	38.099	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.286		8	1226
Totals

2B: Whitey Herzog (1), Jackie Brandt 2 (6), Brooks Robinson (8), Gus Triandos (6)

HR: Jim Gentile 2 (9), Ron Hansen (3)

RBI: Brooks Robinson (7), Jim Gentile 9 (30), Ron Hansen 2 (12)

SF: Brooks Robinson (2), Jim Gentile (2)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.142	R	4	0	3	0		1	0	.346		18	62
2	Lenny Green	cf	28.123	L	3	0	1	0		0	1	.301		22	351
	Reno Bertoia	ph	26.121	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.230		22	530
	Jim Lemon	ph	33.047	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.269		20	813
3	Dan Dobbek	lf-cf	26.154	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.095		15	141
4	Harmon Killebrew	3b	24.314	R	4	1	1	1		1	1	.341		12	402
5	Don Mincher	1b	22.319	L	3	1	0	0		2	2	.204		17	44
6	Earl Battey	c	26.124	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.338		21	309
	Elmer Valo	ph-lf	40.065	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.083		11	948
7	Bob Allison	rf	26.302	R	4	2	3	3		0	0	.244		22	328
8	Billy Gardner	2b	33.294	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.266		22	864
	Hal Naragon	ph-c	32.220	L	4	1	2	1		0	1	.313		7	346
Totals

2B: Lenny Green (8)

HR: Harmon Killebrew (6), Bob Allison 2 (5), Hal Naragon (2)

RBI: Harmon Killebrew (13), Bob Allison 3 (16), Hal Naragon (2)

HBP: Dan Dobbek (2)

Baltimore Orioles - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Estrada	R	W 2-1	7.0	7	3	3	5	8	2		4.24	1.71		5	41
2	Gordon Jones	R	SV 1	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	2		6.75	1.00		2	102
Totals				0.0

WP: Chuck Estrada 2 (3)

HB: Chuck Estrada (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Chuck Estrada (0-0-0), Gordon Jones (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 2-2	1.1	3	6	6	3	1	1		4.46	1.28		6	253
2	Paul Giel	R		0.2	1	2	2	1	0	1		7.62	1.85		7	91
3	Don Lee	R		2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0		4.50	1.00		2	58
4	Bill Pleis	L		2.0	3	2	2	1	3	1		3.86	1.71		8	8
5	Chuck Stobbs	L		2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0		7.20	1.40		6	403
6	Ray Moore	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		3.86	1.54		10	249
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pedro Ramos (0-0-0), Paul Giel (0-0-0), Don Lee (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (0-0-0), Chuck Stobbs (0-0-0), Ray Moore (0-0-0)