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August 20, 1961

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Tigers 6 14 3
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Russ Nixon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .286
OBP .333 .323
At Bats 3 210
Hits 1 60
• Singles 0 46
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 17

Frank Lary Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
17 6 0
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Tiger Stadium - August 20, 1961
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Out
Frank Lary
Frank House
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Dick McAuliffe
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Russ Nixon
Pete Runnels
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Nixon 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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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Runnels moves to third.
Top 8 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Top 8 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood misplays the ball. That's an error on Wood.
Bottom 7 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Vic Wertz now playing first base. Pete Runnels now playing second base. Chet Nichols now pitching. Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Schilling 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 7 Vic Wertz pinch hits for Billy Muffett. Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buddin moves to second.
Top 7 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hardy 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.
Top 7 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wood strikes out.
Top 6 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lary strikes out.
Bottom 5 House takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Fernandez strikes out.
Bottom 5 McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash moves to third. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito scores.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Bruton scores.
Bottom 5 Kaline bunts towards the mound. Muffett fields it and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Billy Muffett now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out.
Top 5 Schilling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Gene Conley. Green strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lary hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 House hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Buddin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jensen moves to second.
Top 4 Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Nixon 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 4 Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash 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. Kaline scores.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wood scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Fernandez.
Bottom 2 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. House scores.
Bottom 2 Lary hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. House moves to third.
Bottom 2 House hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. House reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Buddin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hardy moves to third.
Top 2 Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon scores.
Top 2 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Nixon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Nixon reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Yastrzemski. Bruton moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 1 There goes Bruton. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Bruton steals second.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 1 Runnels 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.
Top 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe juggles the ball. That's an error on McAuliffe.