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May 31, 1961

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Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .318
OBP .750 .431
At Bats 3 132
Hits 2 42
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 14
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 2 33

Chet Nichols Season Stats

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Fenway Park - May 31, 1961
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Walk
Chet Nichols
Jim Pagliaroni
Vic Wertz
Chuck Schilling
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Carroll Hardy
Gary Geiger
Jackie Jensen
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mantle takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Carroll Hardy now playing left field. Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pagliaroni strikes out.
Bottom 8 Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hardy scores. Jensen moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jensen takes first base on ball four. Hardy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carroll Hardy pinch hits for Carl Yastrzemski. Hardy bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Arroyo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Arroyo reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Chet Nichols now pitching. Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Nixon scores. Schilling moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Boyer. Buddin scores. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Russ Nixon pinch hits for Ted Wills. Nixon takes first base on ball four. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive towards short. Kubek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling catches it and throws to first to double up Skowron.
Top 7 Skowron takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second.
Top 7 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Wertz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Geiger hits a line drive towards first. Skowron reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ted Wills now pitching. Maris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kubek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen who is chasing the ball. Kubek reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Sheldon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Schilling hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Muffett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Malzone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Sheldon covering, for the out.
Top 4 Berra hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 4 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out. Richardson scores. Boyer scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 4 Kubek is hit by the pitch. Richardson moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Howard scores. Richardson moves to second.
Top 4 Sheldon strikes out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Geiger hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schilling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Muffett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Skowron hits a line drive towards first. Wertz catches it and steps on first to double up Berra.
Top 3 Berra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pagliaroni is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wertz scores.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wertz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Wertz reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Kubek hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boyer strikes out.
Top 2 Billy Muffett now pitching. Sheldon strikes out.
Top 2 Richardson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Richardson reaches second base with a double. Howard moves to third.
Top 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 1 Schilling strikes out.
Top 1 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out. Kubek scores. Maris moves to third.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Kubek moves to third. Maris moves to second.
Top 1 Maris takes first base on ball four. Kubek moves to second.
Top 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brewer fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Boyer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Boyer reaches second base with a double.