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Tigers 5 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
September 3, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 3, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 3, 1961 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 2
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 2
Winning Pitcher—Luis Arroyo  
Losing Pitcher—Gerry Staley  
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Game Winning RBI—Elston Howard 

Game Info

DateSeptember 3, 1961 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Bunning  
Home Starting PitcherBill Stafford  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance55,676 
Time of Game2 hours 42 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Cal Drummond
2B: Joe Paparella
3B: Ed Runge

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 McAuliffe  Third Baseman 
Chico Fernandez  Shortstop 
Mike Roarke  Catcher 
Jim Bunning  Pitcher 
Bob Scheffing  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Tony Kubek  Shortstop 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Left Fielder 
Johnny Blanchard  Catcher 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Clete Boyer  Third Baseman 
Bill Stafford  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
September 3, 1961

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         Game of 9/3/1961 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wood J, 2b            5  0  2  2   Richardson B, 2b      4  0  2  1   
Bruton B, cf          4  2  1  0   Kubek T, ss           4  0  0  0   
Kaline A, rf          5  0  2  0   Maris R, rf           4  1  1  0   
Colavito R, lf        4  0  1  1   Mantle M, cf          4  2  2  3   
Cash N, 1b            4  1  2  1   Berra Y, lf           4  2  3  1   
McAuliffe D, 3b       3  1  1  0   Blanchard J, c        2  0  0  0   
Fernandez C, ss       3  0  0  0   Tresh T, pr           0  0  0  0   
Roarke M, c           2  0  0  0   Arroyo L, p           0  0  0  0   
Osborne B, ph         1  0  0  0   Skowron B, 1b         3  1  0  0   
Brown D, c            1  0  0  0   Boyer C, 3b           4  1  1  0   
Bertoia R, pr         0  1  0  0   Stafford B, p         1  0  0  0   
House F, c            0  0  0  0   Howard E, ph-c        2  1  1  3   
Bunning J, p          2  0  0  0                                      
Maxwell C, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Regan P, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Fox T, p              0  0  0  0                                      
Morton B, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
Staley G, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Kline R, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  9  4                        32  8 10  8

Detroit          100 001 012 --  5
New York         300 010 004 --  8
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bunning J             6.0  6  4  4  0  7
Regan P*              0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Fox T                 2.0  0  0  0  0  3
Staley G (L)+         0.0  2  2  2  0  0
Kline R               0.2  1  2  2  1  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Stafford B            7.0  6  2  2  2  1
Arroyo L (W)          2.0  3  3  2  2  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Skowron B
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 2
LOB -- Detroit 7, New York 2
2B -- Cash N
HR -- Mantle M 2, Berra Y, Cash N, Howard E
SB -- Bruton B
CS -- Richardson B
SH -- Stafford B, Arroyo L
T -- 2:42
A -- 55676

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