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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 27, 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 September 27, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Perry |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Schroll |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 2,992 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 13 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Linsalata 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Bob Stewart |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Ty Cline | Center Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Mike de la Hoz | Third Baseman |
| Jim Perry | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Joe Altobelli | Left Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Bill Tuttle | Third Baseman |
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Al Schroll | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 27, 1961
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Schroll
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Schroll
Cline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Schroll
Francona hits a popup towards third. Tuttle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Perry
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Perry
Martin hits a popup towards third. de la Hoz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Perry
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altobelli vs. Perry
Altobelli 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 2
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Schroll
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Schroll
Romano is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Schroll
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Perry
Battey 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, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Perry
Allison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Allison reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tuttle vs. Perry
There's a wild pitch. Allison moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tuttle vs. Perry
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Versalles vs. Perry
Versalles hits a line drive towards short. Held catches it and throws to first to double up Tuttle. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Schroll
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
de la Hoz vs. Schroll
de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perry vs. Schroll
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Held moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Temple vs. Schroll
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schroll vs. Perry
Schroll hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Perry
Green 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, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Perry
Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Perry
Killebrew hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Schroll
Cline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cline for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Schroll
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Schroll
Kirkland strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Perry
Altobelli hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Perry
Battey hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Perry
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Perry
Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allison moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Versalles vs. Perry
Versalles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allison scores. Tuttle moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schroll vs. Perry
Jose Valdivielso pinch runs for Zoilo Versalles.
Schroll is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Schroll
Jose Valdivielso now playing shortstop.
Romano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Schroll
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Schroll
Held is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
de la Hoz vs. Schroll
de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Perry
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Perry
Martin bunts in front of the plate. Romano fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Perry
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altobelli vs. Perry
Altobelli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Schroll
Perry strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Schroll
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Schroll
Cline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Perry
Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Perry
Allison hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Perry
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Battey moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Valdivielso vs. Perry
Valdivielso takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schroll vs. Perry
Schroll hits a line drive to left field. Francona throws towards Temple. Temple fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Temple. Battey scores. Tuttle scores. Valdivielso moves to third. Schroll moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Green vs. Perry
Green hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Green reaches second base with a double. Valdivielso scores. Schroll moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Martin vs. Dailey
Bill Dailey now pitching.
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Power. Green moves to third. Martin moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. Dailey
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Green scores. Martin scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altobelli vs. Dailey
There's a wild pitch. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altobelli vs. Dailey
Altobelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Dailey
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Schroll
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Schroll
Kirkland hits a line drive towards first. Killebrew reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Schroll
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Dailey
Allison 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, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Dailey
Tuttle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland who is chasing the ball. Tuttle reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Valdivielso vs. Dailey
Valdivielso hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tuttle tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schroll vs. Dailey
Schroll hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Dailey
There's a wild pitch. Schroll moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Dailey
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Dailey
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Schroll
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Altobelli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Schroll
Held strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
de la Hoz vs. Schroll
de la Hoz hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Schaffernoth
Joe Schaffernoth now pitching.
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Schaffernoth
Altobelli hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Schaffernoth
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schaffernoth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Schaffernoth
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schaffernoth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Schaffernoth
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. Allison moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Valdivielso vs. Schaffernoth
Valdivielso hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillard vs. Schroll
Dan Dobbek now playing center field. Lenny Green now playing left field. Joe Altobelli now playing first base. Don Dillard pinch hits for Joe Scha
Dillard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bond vs. Schroll
Walt Bond pinch hits for Johnny Temple.
Bond takes first base on ball four. Dillard moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cline vs. Schroll
Cline takes first base on ball four. Dillard moves to third. Bond moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Francona vs. Schroll
Francona hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Green who is chasing the ball. Francona reaches third base with a triple. Dillard scores. Bond scores. Cline goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kirkland vs. Schroll
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Francona scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Schroll
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Schroll
Power hits a popup, foul, towards first. Altobelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/27/1961 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Green L, cf-lf 4 1 2 1
Bond W, ph 0 1 0 0 Martin B, 2b 4 2 1 1
Cline T, cf 3 1 0 0 Killebrew H, 1b 5 2 3 3
Francona T, lf 4 1 1 3 Dobbek D, cf 0 0 0 0
Kirkland W, rf 4 0 0 1 Altobelli J, lf-1b 5 0 1 1
Romano J, c 3 0 0 0 Battey E, c 5 1 1 0
Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0 Allison B, rf 4 1 2 0
Held W, ss 1 0 0 0 Tuttle B, 3b 3 2 3 0
de la Hoz M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Versalles Z, ss 2 0 1 1
Perry J, p 2 0 0 0 Valdivielso J, pr-ss 1 1 0 1
Dailey B, p 0 0 0 0 Schroll A, p 4 0 2 2
Schaffernoth J, p 0 0 0 0
Dillard D, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 4 2 4 37 10 16 10
Cleveland 000 000 004 -- 4
Minnesota 001 106 11x -- 10
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Perry J (L) 5.1 10 7 4 3 2
Dailey B 1.2 4 2 1 1 0
Schaffernoth J 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Schroll A (W) 9.0 2 4 4 4 4
E -- Temple J, Power V
DP -- Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Cleveland 2, Minnesota 10
2B -- Allison B, Green L
3B -- Tuttle B, Francona T
HR -- Martin B, Killebrew H
SH -- Martin B
SF -- Valdivielso J
HBP -- by Schroll A (Held W)
WP -- Perry J, Dailey B 2
T -- 2:13
A -- 2992
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