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Kansas City Athletics 4 Minnesota Twins 9

August 15,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (42-76)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (51-67)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

17,614

Time of Game

2:19

Umpires

[HP]: Larry Napp [1B]: Johnny Stevens [2B]: John Rice [3B]: Harry Schwarts

Kansas City Athletics 4 Minnesota Twins 9

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4th inning: WP.1-2 **Bill Kunkel almost beaned Bob Allison with the 0-2 pitch;**
4th inning: WP.1-2 **HP umpire Larry Napp restrained Allison**

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	42-76		2	0	0		0	1	0		0	1	0			4	9	1		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	51-67		2	0	0		5	0	2		0	0	x			9	12	0		7	7	13	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	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.130	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.224		73	394
2	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.074	L	5	2	3	0		0	0	.280		110	522
3	Dick Howser	ss	25.093	R	4	2	3	2		0	0	.273		116	116
4	Deron Johnson	rf	23.029	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.177		52	58
5	Leo Posada	lf	25.122	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.253		82	92
6	Norm Siebern	1b	28.020	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.285		111	563
7	Joe Pignatano	c	32.011	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.257		76	254
8	Wayne Causey	3b	24.232	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.275		66	202
9	Jim Archer	p	29.082	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.087		27	27
	Gordon Mackenzie	ph	24.037	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		3	3
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.243	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.276		85	144
Totals

Errors: Jim Archer

2B: Jerry Lumpe (23), Dick Howser (21), Jim Archer (1)

HR: Dick Howser (3)

RBI: Dick Howser 2 (38), Deron Johnson (14), Leo Posada (37)

SF: Leo Posada (10)

HBP: Dick Howser (5)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lenny Green	cf-lf	28.221	L	5	2	2	0		0	0	.306		115	444
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.091	R	5	1	1	3		0	0	.226		71	941
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.047	R	4	2	3	2		0	0	.310		107	497
4	Bob Allison	rf	27.035	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.237		116	422
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.145	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.254		104	897
6	Earl Battey	c	26.222	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.303		96	384
7	Bill Tuttle	3b-cf	32.042	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.229		95	1092
8	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.240	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.282		89	133
9	Jack Kralick	p	26.075	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.162		25	64
Totals

2B: Lenny Green (24), Earl Battey (20)

HR: Billy Martin (4), Harmon Killebrew (35), Bob Allison (25)

RBI: Billy Martin 3 (27), Harmon Killebrew 2 (91), Bob Allison 2 (85), Jack Kralick (5)

HBP: Jim Lemon (4)

GDP: Lenny Green (4)

CS: Earl Battey (1)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Archer	L	L 8-8	3.2	7	3	3	2	0	2		3.28	1.35		28	28
2	Bill Kunkel	R		2.1	3	2	2	0	2	1		4.33	1.49		44	44
3	Bill Fischer	R		2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0		4.28	1.45		31	183
Totals				0.0

WP: Bill Kunkel (4)

HB: Jim Archer (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Archer (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0), Bill Fischer (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Kralick	L	W 11-8	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	1		3.17	1.26		25	66
Totals				0.0

HB: Jack Kralick (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Kralick (0-0-0)