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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 21, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 21, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wynn Hawkins |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pedro Ramos |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Linsalata 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Bob Stewart 3B: Charlie Berry |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Wynn Hawkins | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Dan Dobbek | Left Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Billy Gardner | Second Baseman |
| Pedro Ramos | Pitcher |
| Cookie Lavagetto | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 21, 1961
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Ramos
Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Ramos
Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Ramos
Francona bunts towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Temple moves to third. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Power vs. Ramos
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Piersall moves to third. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kirkland vs. Ramos
Kirkland strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Romano vs. Ramos
Romano strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Held vs. Ramos
Held hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Hawkins
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hawkins
Green strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobbek vs. Hawkins
Dobbek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dobbek for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Ramos
Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hawkins vs. Ramos
Hawkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Ramos
Temple hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Allison who is chasing the ball. Temple reaches third base with a triple. Hawkins goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piersall vs. Giel
Paul Giel now pitching.
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Francona vs. Giel
Giel fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Giel. Temple scores. Piersall moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Francona vs. Giel
Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Giel
Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Giel
Kirkland hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dobbek. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Francona moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Romano vs. Giel
Romano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Francona scores. Kirkland scores. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Sadowski
Ted Sadowski now pitching.
Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Romano moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Sadowski
Phillips strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hawkins
Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Hawkins
Allison strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Hawkins
Battey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Hawkins
Mincher 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
Top 3
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Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hawkins vs. Sadowski
Hawkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Sadowski
Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Sadowski
Piersall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Sadowski
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Sadowski
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Hawkins
Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadowski vs. Hawkins
Sadowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Hawkins
Versalles hits a line drive towards short. Held catches it and throws to first to double up Sadowski. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Sadowski
Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romano vs. Sadowski
Romano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dobbek. Romano reaches second base with a double. Kirkland moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Held vs. Sadowski
Held hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kirkland tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Phillips vs. Sadowski
Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hawkins vs. Sadowski
There's a wild pitch. Romano moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hawkins vs. Sadowski
Hawkins hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hawkins
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobbek vs. Hawkins
Dobbek hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hawkins
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Sadowski
Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Sadowski
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Sadowski
Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Hawkins
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Hawkins
Battey hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Hawkins
Mincher 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
Top 6
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Sadowski
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Sadowski
Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Sadowski
Romano is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Sadowski
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. Romano moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Sadowski
Phillips hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Hawkins
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Hawkins
Elmer Valo pinch hits for Ted Sadowski.
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Hawkins
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hawkins vs. Kaat
Jim Kaat now pitching.
Hawkins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Kaat
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Kaat
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hawkins
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobbek vs. Hawkins
Dobbek 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, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hawkins
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Hawkins
Allison strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Kaat
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Kaat
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Dobbek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Kaat
Kirkland is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Hawkins
Battey hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Hawkins
Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Hawkins covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Hawkins
Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Kaat
Romano is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Kaat
Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Kaat
Phillips strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hawkins vs. Kaat
Hawkins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Held moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Temple vs. Kaat
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Hawkins
Hal Naragon pinch hits for Jim Kaat.
Naragon hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Hawkins
Versalles strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hawkins
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dobbek vs. Hawkins
Dobbek hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Kirkland 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 5/21/1961, game 1 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 6 3 4 1 Versalles Z, ss 4 0 0 0
Piersall J, cf 5 2 3 2 Green L, cf 4 0 1 0
Francona T, lf 5 1 2 1 Dobbek D, lf 4 0 0 0
Power V, 1b 5 0 1 1 Killebrew H, 3b 2 0 0 0
Kirkland W, rf 5 2 2 0 Allison B, rf 3 0 0 0
Romano J, c 4 0 2 2 Battey E, c 2 0 0 0
Held W, ss 4 0 2 1 Mincher D, 1b 3 0 0 0
Phillips B, 3b 5 0 1 0 Gardner B, 2b 3 0 1 0
Hawkins W, p 4 1 1 0 Ramos P, p 0 0 0 0
Giel P, p 0 0 0 0
Sadowski T, p 1 0 0 0
Valo E, ph 1 0 0 0
Kaat J, p 0 0 0 0
Naragon H, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
43 9 18 8 28 0 2 0
Cleveland 152 100 000 -- 9
Minnesota 000 000 000 -- 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins W (W) 9.0 2 0 0 2 4
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos P (L) 1.1 6 3 3 0 2
Giel P 0.1 4 3 3 0 0
Sadowski T 4.1 6 3 3 0 1
Kaat J 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
E -- Giel P, Killebrew H
DP -- Cleveland 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Cleveland 10, Minnesota 3
2B -- Kirkland W, Romano J
3B -- Temple J
HR -- Piersall J
SF -- Held W
HBP -- by Sadowski T (Romano J)
WP -- Sadowski T
T -- 2:43
A -- 0
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