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Baltimore Orioles 7 Minnesota Twins 4

August 26,1961

Visiting Team

Baltimore Orioles (76-55)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (55-72)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

19,397

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

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

Baltimore Orioles 7 Minnesota Twins 4

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2nd inning: BK.1-2 **Chuck Estrada dropped the ball while standing on the mound**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	76-55		4	0	0		1	1	0		0	1	0			7	8	0		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	55-72		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	2			4	7	2		7	7	13	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	Brooks Robinson	3b	24.100	R	4	1	0	0		1	1	.290		131	587
2	Whitey Herzog	lf	29.290	L	4	1	2	1		0	1	.300		89	454
	Dave Philley	ph	41.102	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.270		86	1317
3	Jackie Brandt	cf-lf	27.120	R	3	2	1	0		1	0	.312		109	510
4	Jim Gentile	1b	27.084	L	4	1	2	2		0	0	.325		117	271
5	Earl Robinson	rf	24.296	R	2	1	1	1		2	0	.274		75	83
6	Charlie Lau	c	28.136	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.212		29	85
7	Jerry Adair	ss	24.252	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.251		105	131
8	Marv Breeding	2b	27.171	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.205		75	227
9	Chuck Estrada	p	23.192	R	3	1	1	0		0	1	.121		24	60
	Dick Williams	ph	32.111	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.208		86	781
Totals

2B: Whitey Herzog (7), Chuck Estrada (1)

HR: Jim Gentile (39), Earl Robinson (6)

RBI: Whitey Herzog (28), Jim Gentile 2 (114), Earl Robinson (24)

SH: Charlie Lau (4)

GDP: Dave Philley (9), Chuck Estrada (2)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lenny Green	cf	28.232	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.301		124	453
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.102	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.238		80	950
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.058	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.303		116	506
4	Joe Altobelli	lf	29.092	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.267		14	140
5	Bob Allison	rf	27.046	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.240		125	431
6	Earl Battey	c	26.233	R	2	1	0	0		2	1	.296		105	393
7	Bill Tuttle	3b	32.053	R	4	2	2	0		0	1	.248		104	1101
8	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.251	R	4	0	1	2		0	0	.281		98	142
	Danny McDevitt	p	28.281	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		21	106
	Jim Lemon	ph	33.156	R	1	0	1	2		0	0	.253		109	902
	Julio Becquer	ph	29.249	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.238		56	474
	Hal Naragon	ph	32.329	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.298		44	383
Totals

Errors: Bill Tuttle, Zoilo Versalles

2B: Jim Lemon (23)

3B: Zoilo Versalles (3)

RBI: Zoilo Versalles 2 (37), Jim Lemon 2 (46)

GDP: Billy Martin (7)

Baltimore Orioles - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Estrada	R	W 11-7	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	0		4.08	1.44		27	63
2	Wes Stock	R	SV 3	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0		2.96	1.18		32	56
Totals				0.0

BK: Chuck Estrada (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Chuck Estrada (0-0-0), Wes Stock (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Al Schroll	R	L 1-3	0.0	3	3	3	2	0	1		4.71	1.62		5	29
2	Danny McDevitt	L		5.0	4	1	1	3	1	0		4.38	1.68		22	117
3	Don Lee	R		3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1		3.32	1.10		30	86
4	Bill Pleis	L		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		6.70	1.85		29	29
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Al Schroll (0-0-0), Danny McDevitt (0-0-0), Don Lee (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (0-0-0)