Game of 9/15/1961, game 1 -- New York at Detroit (N) New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Richardson B, 2b 4 1 2 1 Fernandez C, ss 4 0 1 0 Kubek T, ss 5 1 1 0 Bruton B, cf 4 0 2 0 Maris R, rf 5 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 3 0 2 0 Mantle M, cf 3 2 1 1 Colavito R, lf 4 0 0 0 Reed J, cf 0 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 1 0 0 Howard E, c 4 1 1 0 Brown D, c 4 0 1 0 Berra Y, lf 3 3 2 3 Wood J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Skowron B, 1b 4 2 1 3 Bertoia R, 3b 4 0 1 1 Boyer C, 3b 3 1 1 2 Mossi D, p 2 0 0 0 Ford W, p 2 0 0 0 Aguirre H, p 0 0 0 0 Morton B, ph 1 0 0 0 Montejo M, p 0 0 0 0 Nischwitz R, p 0 0 0 0 Alusik G, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 11 9 10 33 1 8 1 New York 000 200 432 -- 11 Detroit 010 000 000 -- 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Ford W (W) 9.0 8 1 1 3 6 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Mossi D (L) 6.1 6 6 6 3 4 Aguirre H 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 Montejo M 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 Nischwitz R 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 E -- Wood J DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 5, Detroit 8 2B -- Mantle M, Richardson B, Berra Y HR -- Berra Y, Skowron B CS -- Boyer C SH -- Ford W SF -- Mantle M, Berra Y WP -- Montejo M T -- 2:47 A -- 0
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