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Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 18, 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 18, 1961 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Whitey Ford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Lary |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 44,459 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Linsalata 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Bob Stewart 3B: Charlie Berry |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Yogi Berra | Left Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Johnny Blanchard | Catcher |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Whitey Ford | 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 |
| Frank Lary | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 18, 1961
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Lary
Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Lary
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Lary
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Lary
Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Lary
Berra hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it 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. Ford
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Ford
Bruton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blanchard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ford
Kaline hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Lary
Skowron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Lary
Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Lary
DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Lary
Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Richardson vs. Lary
Richardson bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. DeMaestri moves to third. Ford moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Lary
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DeMaestri tags and scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Lary
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ford moves to third. Richardson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mantle vs. Lary
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ford tags and scores. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Lary
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Ford
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Ford
Cash is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Ford
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Ford
Ford fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ford. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fernandez vs. Ford
Fernandez strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Lary
Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Skowron reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blanchard vs. Lary
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skowron moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DeMaestri vs. Lary
DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skowron scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Casale
Jerry Casale now pitching.
Ford hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richardson vs. Casale
Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Ford
Virgil strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casale vs. Ford
Casale strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Ford
Wood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Ford
Bruton 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, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Casale
George Thomas now playing shortstop.
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Casale
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Casale covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Casale
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casale juggles the ball. That's an error on Casale. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Casale
Berra takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skowron vs. Casale
Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ford
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Ford
Colavito takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Ford
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Ford
Brown hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri catches it and throws to first to double up Colavito. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Casale
Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Casale
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Virgil. Blanchard goes all the way around to score. DeMaestri moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Casale
Ford hits a line drive towards the mound. Casale catches it and throws to second to double up DeMaestri. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Casale
Richardson hits a popup towards third. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Ford
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Ford
Virgil strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casale vs. Ford
Casale strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Casale
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Casale
Maris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Casale
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Casale
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Ford
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Ford
Bruton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ford
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Casale
Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Casale
Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Casale
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Casale
Ford hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Ford
Colavito hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Ford
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Ford
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Casale
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Casale
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Casale
Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Casale
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Woodeshick
Hal Woodeshick now pitching.
Berra hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Woodeshick
Skowron strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Ford
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Ford
Virgil hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morton vs. Ford
Bubba Morton pinch hits for Hal Woodeshick.
Morton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Ford
Phil Regan pinch runs for Bubba Morton.
Wood strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Fox
Terry Fox now pitching.
Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Fox
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Fox
Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Whitey Ford.
Torgeson 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
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Arroyo
Luis Arroyo now pitching.
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Arroyo
Kaline hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Arroyo
Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Berra 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 6/18/1961 -- New York at Detroit (D)
New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Richardson B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Wood J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Boyer C, 3b 4 1 2 1 Bruton B, cf 4 0 0 0
Maris R, rf 4 1 2 2 Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 0
Mantle M, cf 3 0 1 1 Colavito R, lf 3 0 0 0
Berra Y, lf 4 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 0 0 0
Skowron B, 1b 5 2 2 1 Brown D, c 3 0 1 0
Blanchard J, c 5 3 3 2 Fernandez C, ss 1 0 0 0
DeMaestri J, ss 5 1 3 1 Thomas G, ss 2 0 0 0
Ford W, p 4 1 1 0 Virgil O, 3b 3 0 0 0
Torgeson E, ph 1 0 0 0 Lary F, p 0 0 0 0
Arroyo L, p 0 0 0 0 Casale J, p 2 0 0 0
Woodeshick H, p 0 0 0 0
Morton B, ph 1 0 1 0
Regan P, pr 0 0 0 0
Fox T, p 0 0 0 0
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39 9 15 8 29 0 3 0
New York 041 010 120 -- 9
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ford W (W) 8.0 3 0 0 2 12
Arroyo L (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Lary F (L) 2.1 9 5 5 1 0
Casale J 5.0 6 4 3 2 1
Woodeshick H 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Fox T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Ford W, Casale J, Virgil O
DP -- New York 1, Detroit 2
LOB -- New York 9, Detroit 4
2B -- Skowron B
HR -- Skowron B, Blanchard J 2, Maris R
SH -- Richardson B
SF -- Boyer C, Mantle M
T -- 2:27
A -- 44459
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