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Indians
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 3, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, played on September 3, 1961 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 3, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 3, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gary Bell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Barber |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 8,100 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Schwarts 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Johnny Stevens 3B: John Rice |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Chuck Essegian | Center Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Valmy Thomas | Catcher |
| Gary Bell | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Russ Snyder | Right Fielder |
| Jackie Brandt | Center Fielder |
| Jim Gentile | First Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Left Fielder |
| Ron Hansen | Shortstop |
| Charlie Lau | Catcher |
| Jerry Adair | Second Baseman |
| Steve Barber | Pitcher |
| Lum Harris | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 3, 1961
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Barber
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Barber
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Barber
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Bell
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Bell
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brandt vs. Bell
Brandt strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gentile vs. Bell
Gentile hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Barber
Power hits a line drive into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Barber
Kirkland strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Barber
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Bell
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Bell
Hansen strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lau vs. Bell
Lau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adair vs. Bell
Adair hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Barber
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Barber
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Barber
Bell hits a fly ball towards center. Brandt settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Brandt. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Temple vs. Barber
Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Bell
Barber is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Bell
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Bell
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brandt vs. Bell
Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Barber
Essegian hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Barber
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile scoops it up and throws to first, with Barber covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Barber
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power is thrown out after the base hit. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentile vs. Bell
Gentile hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Bell
Herzog takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Bell
Hansen hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lau vs. Bell
Lau hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Barber
Kirkland hits a fly ball into left field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Barber
Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Barber
Phillips hits a line drive into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Barber
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Bell
Adair takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barber vs. Bell
Barber bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Adair moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Bell
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Bell
Snyder hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Barber
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Barber
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Barber
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Bell
Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gentile vs. Bell
Gentile strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Bell
Herzog hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Bell
Hansen takes first base on ball four. Brandt moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lau vs. Bell
Lau hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Barber
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Barber
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Barber
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile scoops it up and throws to first, with Barber covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Bell
Adair is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Bell
Barber strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Bell
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Barber
Held is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Barber
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Barber
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Bell
Snyder hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Bell
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentile vs. Bell
Gentile hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Barber
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Barber
Temple bunts towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Barber
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Barber
Francona hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Barber
Power hits a line drive into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Bell
Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Bell
Marv Breeding pinch runs for Whitey Herzog.
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lau vs. Bell
Lau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Bell covering, for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Barber
Earl Robinson now playing right field. Russ Snyder now playing left field.
Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Barber
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Barber
Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gentile settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Barber
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adair vs. Bell
Adair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barber vs. Bell
Barber bunts towards the mound. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Bell
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Bell
Snyder is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 11
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Barber
Bob Nieman pinch hits for Gary Bell.
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Barber
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Barber
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Allen
Bob Allen now pitching.
Brandt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gentile vs. Allen
There's a wild pitch. Brandt moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gentile vs. Allen
Gentile takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Funk
Frank Funk now pitching.
Robinson bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Brandt moves to third. Gentile moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hansen vs. Funk
Hansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brandt scores. Gentile moves to third. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/3/1961 -- Cleveland at Baltimore (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 5 0 2 0 Robinson B, 3b 5 0 0 0
Essegian C, cf 5 0 1 0 Snyder R, rf-lf 3 0 0 0
Francona T, lf 4 0 0 0 Brandt J, cf 4 1 1 0
Power V, 1b 4 0 1 0 Gentile J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Kirkland W, rf 4 0 0 0 Herzog W, lf 3 0 1 0
Held W, ss 3 0 1 0 Breeding M, pr 0 0 0 0
Phillips B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Robinson E, rf 0 0 0 0
Thomas V, c 4 0 0 0 Hansen R, ss 4 0 1 1
Bell G, p 3 0 0 0 Lau C, c 4 0 1 0
Nieman B, ph 1 0 0 0 Adair J, 2b 3 0 1 0
Allen B, p 0 0 0 0 Barber S, p 3 0 0 0
Funk F, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 0 5 0 33 1 5 1
Cleveland 000 000 000 00 -- 0
Baltimore 000 000 000 01 -- 1
1 out when winning run was scored.
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Bell G 10.0 4 0 0 5 8
Allen B (L)* 0.0 0 1 1 2 0
Funk F 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Barber S (W) 11.0 5 0 0 1 4
* Pitched to 2 batters in 11th
E -- Brandt J
DP -- Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1
LOB -- Cleveland 5, Baltimore 10
SH -- Barber S, Robinson E
WP -- Allen B
T -- 2:43
A -- 8100
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