Yankees @ Tigers
June 17, 1961

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Top 2	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	1
Tigers	4	3	0

Top 2	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	1
Tigers	4	3	0

Elston Howard Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.354
OBP	.000	.380
At Bats	0	130
Hits	0	46
• Singles	0	38
• Doubles	0	7
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	4
RBI’s	0	15

Don Mossi Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	1	0

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Tiger Stadium - June 17, 1961

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Don Mossi

Dick Brown

Norm Cash

Jake Wood

Ozzie Virgil

Chico Fernandez

Rocky Colavito

Bill Bruton

Al Kaline

Elston Howard

Mickey Mantle

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Virgil hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Boyer, and towards Kubek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Daley covering, for the out. Cash moves to third.

Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Colavito tags and scores. Cash tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 1 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Kaline scores. Colavito moves to third.

Bottom 1 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Wood scores. Bruton moves to third. Kaline moves to second.

Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood moves to third. Bruton moves to second.

Bottom 1 Bruton takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to second.

Bottom 1 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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