Tigers @ Indians
June 25, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 6 1
Indians 3 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 6 1
Indians 4 10 1

Chuck Essegian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .298
OBP .000 .382
At Bats 0 57
Hits 0 17
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 17

Bill Fischer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 3
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - June 25, 1961
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Out
Bill Fischer
Mike Roarke
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Steve Boros
Dick McAuliffe
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Chuck Essegian
Vic Power
Don Dillard
Mike de la Hoz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 3 6 1 7
Cleveland Indians 4 10 1 11
Winning Pitcher Frank Funk
Losing Pitcher Hank Aguirre
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Chuck Essegian
Attendance 34,979
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Chuck Essegian pinch hits for Willie Kirkland. Bill Fischer now pitching. Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards right. Kaline fields it and throws to second to catch Power for the out. de la Hoz scores. Dillard moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Power is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Francona bunts towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. de la Hoz moves to third. Dillard moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dillard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. de la Hoz moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mike Roarke now catching. Hank Aguirre now pitching. de la Hoz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bubba Morton pinch runs for Dick Brown. Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Bob Bruce. Maxwell is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Frank Funk now pitching. Wood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. de la Hoz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Hale pinch hits for Gary Bell. Hale is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Held is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Phillips reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cash hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Colavito 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.
Bottom 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Francona for the double play.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dillard is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McAuliffe 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.
Bottom 6 de la Hoz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Bell bunts between the mound and first base. Bruce scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Held moves to second.
Bottom 6 Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bruce hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. de la Hoz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Kirkland trying to get to third. Cash throws to Boros who tags Kirkland for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McAuliffe fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second.
Top 5 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dillard for the out.
Bottom 4 de la Hoz is hit by the pitch. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Held is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bruce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held misplays the ball. That's an error on Held. Boros moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito scores. Boros moves to second.
Top 4 Wood hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. Colavito moves to third.
Top 4 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito moves to second.
Top 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Francona tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to third to get the runner. Francona is safe. de la Hoz scores. Francona moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wood throws to second for one, and McAuliffe throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bell scores. de la Hoz moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dillard takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. de la Hoz moves to second.
Bottom 3 de la Hoz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bruce strikes out.
Top 3 Brown hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 2 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Kirkland moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boros hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dillard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 de la Hoz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. de la Hoz reaches second base with a double. de la Hoz is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. de la Hoz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McAuliffe is called out on strikes.