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Yankees
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 3, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees, played on May 3, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 3, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 3, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Turley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pedro Ramos |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 18,158 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Al Smith 3B: Bill McKinley |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Kubek | Shortstop |
| Hector Lopez | Left Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Johnny Blanchard | Catcher |
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Bob Turley | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Billy Gardner | Second Baseman |
| Reno Bertoia | Third Baseman |
| Pedro Ramos | Pitcher |
| Cookie Lavagetto | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 3, 1961
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Ramos
Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Ramos
Lopez hits a line drive into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Ramos
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Kubek for the double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Turley
Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Turley
Green hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Versalles moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Turley
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Versalles tags and scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Turley
There goes Green. The throw from Blanchard and he is out, Richardson applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Turley
Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Ramos
Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Ramos
Skowron strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Ramos
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Ramos
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Turley
Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Turley
Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardner vs. Turley
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Battey moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bertoia vs. Turley
Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Ramos
Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turley vs. Ramos
Turley bunts towards first. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Gardner covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Ramos
Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Turley
Ramos is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Turley
Versalles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Green vs. Turley
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Turley
That's a pickoff. Green moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Turley
Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ramos
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Ramos
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Killebrew. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantle vs. Ramos
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Skowron vs. Ramos
Skowron hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Mantle moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blanchard vs. Ramos
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia juggles the ball. That's an error on Bertoia. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Ramos
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Skowron scores. Blanchard moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Richardson vs. Ramos
Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Turley vs. Ramos
Turley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Turley
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Turley
Battey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Turley
Allison hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Turley
Gardner hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Ramos
Jose Valdivielso now playing shortstop.
Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ramos
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Ramos
Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Turley
Bertoia hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Turley
Ramos is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdivielso vs. Turley
Valdivielso 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, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Ramos
Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Ramos
Skowron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanchard vs. Ramos
Blanchard hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Ramos
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Turley
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Turley
Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Turley
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Ramos
Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turley vs. Ramos
Turley bunts towards first. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. Richardson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kubek vs. Ramos
Kubek bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Gardner covering, for the out. Richardson moves to third. Turley moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Ramos
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Turley moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maris vs. Ramos
Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Sadowski
Ted Sadowski now pitching.
Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Sadowski
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Turley
Battey is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Turley
Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Turley
Gardner bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Battey moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bertoia vs. Turley
Bertoia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Battey scores. Gardner moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Valo vs. Turley
Elmer Valo pinch hits for Ted Sadowski.
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out. Gardner scores. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdivielso vs. Turley
Valdivielso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blanchard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Pleis
Bill Pleis now pitching.
Blanchard is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Pleis
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richardson vs. Pleis
Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Turley vs. Pleis
Turley bunts towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kubek vs. Pleis
Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first, with Pleis covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Turley
Green hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Turley
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Turley
Lemon 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, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Pleis
Lopez hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Pleis
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Pleis
Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Skowron vs. Pleis
Skowron is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blanchard vs. Pleis
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Turley
Battey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Turley
Allison hits a line drive into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Turley
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/3/1961 -- New York at Minnesota (D)
New York AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Kubek T, ss 4 0 1 0 Versalles Z, ss 2 1 1 0
Lopez H, lf 4 2 1 1 Valdivielso J, ss 2 0 0 0
Maris R, rf 4 1 1 3 Green L, cf 3 0 1 0
Mantle M, cf 5 1 2 0 Killebrew H, 1b 2 0 0 1
Skowron B, 1b 4 1 2 1 Lemon J, lf 3 0 0 0
Blanchard J, c 5 0 1 1 Battey E, c 3 1 1 0
Boyer C, 3b 3 0 1 1 Allison B, rf 4 0 1 0
Richardson B, 2b 4 1 3 0 Gardner B, 2b 4 1 1 0
Turley B, p 3 1 0 0 Bertoia R, 3b 3 0 1 1
Ramos P, p 2 0 0 0
Sadowski T, p 0 0 0 0
Valo E, ph 1 0 0 1
Pleis B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 12 7 29 3 6 3
New York 000 300 400 -- 7
Minnesota 100 000 200 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Turley B (W) 9.0 6 3 3 3 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos P (L) 6.1 9 7 3 1 2
Sadowski T 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Pleis B 2.0 2 0 0 3 1
E -- Richardson B, Killebrew H 2, Bertoia R
DP -- New York 2, Minnesota 4
LOB -- New York 8, Minnesota 4
2B -- Boyer C
HR -- Maris R
CS -- Green L
SH -- Turley B, Kubek T
SF -- Killebrew H
HBP -- by Turley B (Battey E)
T -- 2:32
A -- 18158
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