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New York Yankees 4 Minnesota Twins 5

August 31,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (87-46)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (57-74)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

33,709

Time of Game

2:57

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Stewart [1B]: Charlie Berry [2B]: Joe Linsalata [3B]: Frank Umont

New York Yankees 4 Minnesota Twins 5

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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	87-46		0	0	0		2	0	2		0	0	0			4	11	3		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	57-74		0	0	5		0	0	0		0	0	x			5	10	1		7	7	13	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	26.012	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.268		133	602
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.323	L	5	0	3	0		0	0	.279		126	670
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.355	L	4	0	0	0		1	1	.271		131	650
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.315	B	4	2	3	1		0	0	.324		131	1502
5	Elston Howard	c	32.189	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.351		100	739
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.256	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.278		122	915
7	Hector Lopez	lf	32.054	R	4	1	1	2		0	2	.218		73	883
8	Clete Boyer	3b	24.203	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.226		120	412
9	Rollie Sheldon	p	24.257	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.122		29	29
	Jim Coates	p	29.027	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.036		35	108
	Bob Cerv	ph	35.118	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.214		69	768
	Yogi Berra	ph	36.111	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.271		100	1553
Totals

Errors: Bill Skowron, Clete Boyer 2

2B: Clete Boyer (16)

HR: Mickey Mantle (48), Bill Skowron (23), Hector Lopez (3)

RBI: Mickey Mantle (114), Bill Skowron (73), Hector Lopez 2 (21)

SB: Mickey Mantle (12)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lenny Green	cf-lf	28.237	L	3	1	1	0		2	0	.299		128	457
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.107	R	3	1	3	0		1	0	.237		84	954
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.063	R	4	1	1	1		1	2	.299		120	510
4	Bob Allison	rf	27.051	R	5	1	1	2		0	0	.241		129	435
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.161	R	3	1	1	2		1	1	.255		112	905
	Joe Altobelli	ph	29.097	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.242		16	142
6	Earl Battey	c	26.238	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.297		109	397
7	Bill Tuttle	3b-cf	32.058	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.244		108	1105
8	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.256	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.274		102	146
9	Jack Kralick	p	26.091	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.158		28	67
Totals

Errors: Jim Lemon

HR: Jim Lemon (13)

RBI: Harmon Killebrew (99), Bob Allison 2 (92), Jim Lemon 2 (48)

SH: Billy Martin (4)

GDP: Harmon Killebrew (11), Bill Tuttle (11)

SB: Billy Martin (1)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rollie Sheldon	R	L 9-4	2.0	5	4	4	1	2	0		3.29	1.24		29	29
2	Jim Coates	R		3.0	1	1	1	3	4	1		4.16	1.36		36	110
3	Hal Reniff	R		3.0	4	0	0	2	2	0		3.31	1.50		19	19
Totals				0.0

WP: Hal Reniff (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rollie Sheldon (0-0-0), Jim Coates (0-0-0), Hal Reniff (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 12-9	9.0	11	4	4	1	8	3		3.53	1.31		28	69
Totals				0.0

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