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May 28, 1961

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Athletics 1 5 1
Indians 9 13 0
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Athletics 1 5 1
Indians 9 13 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .309
OBP .500 .369
At Bats 3 152
Hits 1 47
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 20

Don Larsen Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - May 28, 1961
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Don Larsen
Haywood Sullivan
Marv Throneberry
Jerry Lumpe
Lou Klimchock
Dick Howser
Norm Siebern
Jay Hankins
Al Pilarcik
Tito Francona
Jim Piersall
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Francona hits a fly ball towards right. Pilarcik catches it and throws to first to double up Piersall.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hankins hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Klimchock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Phillips is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klimchock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Larsen now pitching. Romano hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Don Larsen pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Larsen strikes out.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Throneberry hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Piersall bunts towards first. Throneberry fields the ball and throws to Rakow covering. Safe.
Top 6 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. de la Hoz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mike de la Hoz now playing second base. Pilarcik hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mike de la Hoz pinch hits for Johnny Temple. de la Hoz hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell bunts towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to first for the out. Romano moves to third. Held moves to second.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romano moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lou Klimchock now playing third base. Ed Rakow now pitching. Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser.
Top 5 Hankins strikes out.
Top 5 Howser hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Ray Herbert. Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Power hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Throneberry strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romano scores. Held scores.
Bottom 3 Held hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hankins. Held reaches second base with a double. Power scores. Kirkland scores. Romano moves to third.
Bottom 3 Romano takes first base on ball four. Kirkland moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piersall scores. Francona scores. Power moves to third.
Bottom 3 Power takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Francona reaches second base with a double. Piersall moves to third.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Siebern hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hankins hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Held hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 2 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Herbert strikes out.
Top 2 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Throneberry moves to second.
Top 2 Throneberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Siebern hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Power hits a line drive towards third. Causey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hankins. Piersall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hankins hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howser is called out on strikes.