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June 11, 1961

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 3 7 1
Indians 4 9 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 3 7 1
Indians 7 10 0

Chuck Essegian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .379
OBP 1.000 .459
At Bats 1 29
Hits 1 11
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 2 10

Gerry Staley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - June 11, 1961
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Home Run
Gerry Staley
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Dick Howser
Leo Posada
Gene Stephens
Jim Rivera
Chuck Essegian
Johnny Temple
Bubba Phillips
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Essegian hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.

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Bottom 8 Temple bunts towards third. Bertoia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 8 Stigman strikes out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bertoia.
Bottom 8 Held hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pignatano strikes out.
Top 8 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gerry Staley now pitching. Romano hits a line drive into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Archer now pitching. Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Bottom 7 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Essegian hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jim Rivera now playing right field. Stigman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Posada strikes out.
Top 7 Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Romano takes first base on ball four.
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.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Walker bunts towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 6 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chuck Essegian now playing center field. Dick Stigman now pitching. Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Chuck Essegian pinch runs for Jim Piersall. Power hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Antonelli scores. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Antonelli moves to second.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Antonelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Siebern strikes out.
Top 5 Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores. Lumpe scores. Stephens moves to second.
Top 5 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to third. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser moves to second.
Top 5 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Walker hits a line drive into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Romano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bertoia strikes out.
Top 4 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Pignatano reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Siebern strikes out.
Top 4 Bauer hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Antonelli hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stephens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Stephens reaches second base with a double. Howser scores. Lumpe moves to third.
Top 3 Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Top 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Held strikes out.
Bottom 2 Romano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kirkland hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Siebern hits a popup in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Posada strikes out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Walker covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.