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Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 17, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on June 17, 1961 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bud Daley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Mossi |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 51,509 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Berry 1B: Joe Linsalata 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Bob Stewart |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Tony Kubek | Shortstop |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Elston Howard | Catcher |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Bud Daley | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
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 |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Ozzie Virgil | Third Baseman |
| Don Mossi | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 17, 1961
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer 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 -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Mossi
Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Daley
Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Daley
Bruton takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Daley
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood moves to third. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Colavito vs. Daley
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Wood scores. Bruton moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cash vs. Daley
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Kaline scores. Colavito moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Daley
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Colavito tags and scores. Cash tags and moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fernandez vs. Daley
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Daley covering, for the out. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Virgil vs. Daley
Virgil hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Boyer, and towards Kubek, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Mossi
Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerv vs. Mossi
Cerv strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Richardson vs. Mossi
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mossi vs. Daley
Mossi is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Daley
Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Daley
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Daley
Kaline hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Wood scores. Bruton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Sheldon
Rollie Sheldon now pitching.
Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Sheldon
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Sheldon
Brown strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheldon vs. Mossi
Sheldon 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 -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Sheldon
Fernandez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Sheldon
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mossi vs. Sheldon
Mossi hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Sheldon
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Mossi
Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skowron vs. Mossi
Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerv vs. Mossi
Cerv hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Cerv reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Skowron moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Richardson vs. Mossi
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Mossi
Hector Lopez pinch hits for Rollie Sheldon.
Lopez hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skowron scores. Cerv moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cerv scores. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maris vs. Foytack
Paul Foytack now pitching.
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Turley
Bob Turley now pitching.
Bruton hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Turley
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Turley
Colavito hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris who is chasing the ball. Colavito reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cash vs. Turley
There's a wild pitch. Colavito scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Turley
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Turley
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Foytack
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Foytack
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Foytack
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil throws to second for one, and Wood throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Skowron moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerv vs. Foytack
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Foytack, and towards Wood, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Turley
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Turley
Virgil hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foytack vs. Turley
Foytack bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Virgil moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wood vs. Turley
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Foytack
Richardson hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Foytack
Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Bob Turley.
Torgeson hits a popup towards third. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Foytack
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Clevenger
Tex Clevenger now pitching.
Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Clevenger
Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Clevenger
Colavito is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Clevenger
Cash strikes out. There goes Colavito. The throw from Howard to Kubek, and Colavito is out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Clevenger
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Foytack
Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Foytack
Maris 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 -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Foytack
Mantle strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Clevenger
Fernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virgil vs. Clevenger
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foytack vs. Clevenger
Foytack bunts towards the mound. Clevenger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Richardson covering - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Foytack
Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Foytack
Skowron hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Foytack
Cerv hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Clevenger
Wood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Wood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bruton vs. Clevenger
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. Wood moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kaline vs. Clevenger
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Clevenger
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Foytack
Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Foytack
Johnny Blanchard pinch hits for Tex Clevenger.
Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Foytack
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Foytack
Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Foytack
Maris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Maris reaches second base with a double. Kubek moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mantle vs. Foytack
Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Fischer
Bill Fischer now pitching.
Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Fox
Terry Fox now pitching.
Skowron hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/17/1961 -- New York at Detroit (N)
New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Boyer C, 3b 5 1 2 2 Wood J, 2b 5 3 3 0
Kubek T, ss 5 1 2 1 Bruton B, cf 4 3 2 0
Maris R, rf 5 2 2 1 Kaline A, rf 5 3 4 5
Mantle M, cf 3 2 1 3 Colavito R, lf 4 2 1 1
Howard E, c 5 2 3 1 Cash N, 1b 3 0 2 3
Skowron B, 1b 5 1 2 1 Brown D, c 3 0 0 1
Cerv B, lf 4 1 1 1 Fernandez C, ss 3 1 1 1
Richardson B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Virgil O, 3b 4 0 1 0
Daley B, p 0 0 0 0 Mossi D, p 2 0 0 0
Sheldon R, p 1 0 0 0 Foytack P, p 1 0 0 0
Lopez H, ph 1 0 0 0 Fischer B, p 0 0 0 0
Turley B, p 0 0 0 0 Fox T, p 0 0 0 0
Torgeson E, ph 1 0 0 0
Clevenger T, p 0 0 0 0
Blanchard J, ph 1 0 0 0
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40 10 13 10 34 12 14 11
New York 000 500 005 -- 10
Detroit 431 102 01x -- 12
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Daley B (L) 1.1 6 7 6 1 1
Sheldon R 1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Turley B 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Clevenger T 3.0 4 3 3 1 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi D 3.2 7 5 5 2 2
Foytack P (W) 5.0 5 4 4 0 1
Fischer B* 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Fox T (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Boyer C, Wood J
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- New York 5, Detroit 4
2B -- Kaline A, Cerv B, Wood J, Maris R
3B -- Colavito R
HR -- Fernandez C, Maris R, Kaline A, Boyer C, Mantle M, Howard E
CS -- Colavito R
SH -- Foytack P
SF -- Brown D
HBP -- by Clevenger T (Colavito R)
WP -- Turley B
T -- 2:58
A -- 51509
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