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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
May 17, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 17, 1961 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Phil Regan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Fisher |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 11,701 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Al Smith 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Hank Soar |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Phil Regan | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Williams | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Herzog | Right Fielder |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Walt Dropo | First Baseman |
| Gus Triandos | Catcher |
| Ron Hansen | Shortstop |
| Russ Snyder | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Adair | Second Baseman |
| Jack Fisher | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
May 17, 1961
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Fisher
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Fisher
Bruton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Fisher
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kaline for the out. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Fisher
Colavito hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bruton moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Fisher
Cash hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boros vs. Fisher
Boros is hit by the pitch. Colavito moves to third. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Fisher
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Regan
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Regan
Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Regan
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Regan
Dropo strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Fisher
Fernandez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regan vs. Fisher
Regan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Fisher
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Fisher
There goes Wood. The throw from Triandos and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bruton vs. Fisher
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Regan
Triandos strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Regan
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Regan
Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adair vs. Regan
Adair hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Fisher
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Fisher
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Fisher
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Fisher
There goes Cash. The throw from Triandos and he is safe. Cash steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boros vs. Fisher
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Regan
Fisher is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Regan
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Regan
Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Fisher
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Fisher
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regan vs. Fisher
Regan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Regan
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Regan
Dropo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Triandos vs. Regan
Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Regan
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Regan
There goes Hansen. The throw from Brown and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Fisher
Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Fisher
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Fisher
Kaline hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snyder who is chasing the ball. Kaline reaches third base with a triple. Wood goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Fisher
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Fisher
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Fisher
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Regan
Chuck Cottier now playing second base.
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Regan
Adair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisher vs. Regan
Fisher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Regan
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Fisher
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Fisher
Fernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Regan vs. Fisher
Regan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cottier vs. Fisher
Cottier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Regan
Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Regan
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Regan
Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Fisher
Bruton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Fisher
Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Bruton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Fisher
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Fisher
Cash is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boros vs. Fisher
Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Kaline trying to get to third. Snyder throws the ball in to Hansen who relays the ball to Robinson who tags Kaline for the out. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Fisher
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cash scores. Boros moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fernandez vs. Fisher
Fernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herzog. Fernandez reaches second base with a double. Herzog throws the ball in to Triandos who tags Fernandez trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Boros scores. Brown goes all the way around to score. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Regan
Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fernandez. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Regan
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Regan
Bobo Osborne now playing first base.
Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regan vs. Stock
Dave Philley now playing left field. Dick Williams now playing center field. Clint Courtney now catching. Wes Stock now pitching.
Regan hits a fly ball into right field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cottier vs. Stock
Cottier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Stock
Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cottier moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Stock
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cottier scores. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Stock
Colavito hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Bruton scores. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Osborne vs. Stock
Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Stock covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Regan
Adair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. Regan
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Regan
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Stock
Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams throws the ball in to Adair who tags Boros trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Stock
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Stock
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Regan
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Regan
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Regan
Dropo hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Courtney vs. Regan
Courtney hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/17/1961 -- Detroit at Baltimore (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Wood J, 2b 3 1 1 0 Williams D, lf-cf 4 0 0 0
Cottier C, 2b 2 1 1 0 Herzog W, rf 4 0 0 0
Bruton B, cf 5 3 3 0 Robinson B, 3b 3 1 2 1
Kaline A, rf 5 1 2 3 Dropo W, 1b 4 0 1 0
Colavito R, lf 5 0 3 2 Triandos G, c 3 0 0 0
Cash N, 1b 2 1 1 1 Courtney C, c 1 0 0 0
Osborne B, 1b 1 0 0 0 Hansen R, ss 3 0 0 0
Boros S, 3b 4 1 2 0 Snyder R, cf 3 0 1 0
Brown D, c 5 1 1 1 Stock W, p 0 0 0 0
Fernandez C, ss 4 0 1 2 Adair J, 2b 3 0 2 0
Regan P, p 3 0 0 0 Fisher J, p 2 0 0 0
Philley D, lf 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 9 15 9 31 1 6 1
Detroit 100 020 420 -- 9
Baltimore 000 100 000 -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Regan P (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 3
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher J (L) 7.0 11 7 7 4 7
Stock W 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
E -- Triandos G, Fernandez C
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 8, Baltimore 4
2B -- Kaline A, Fernandez C, Colavito R
3B -- Kaline A
HR -- Robinson B
SB -- Wood J, Cash N
CS -- Hansen R
HBP -- by Fisher J (Boros S)
T -- 2:31
A -- 11701
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