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September 14, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 2
Tigers 2 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 2
Tigers 2 9 1

Rocky Colavito Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .288
OBP .250 .405
At Bats 4 521
Hits 1 150
• Singles 1 78
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 42
Walks 0 105
RBI’s 0 130

Bob Shaw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 12 0
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Tiger Stadium - September 14, 1961
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Out
Bob Shaw
Haywood Sullivan
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Bobby Del Greco
Jim Rivera
Rocky Colavito
Al Kaline
Chico Fernandez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 5 8 2 5
Detroit Tigers 2 9 1 11
Winning Pitcher Bob Shaw
Losing Pitcher Paul Foytack
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Haywood Sullivan
Attendance 2,269
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Hank Aguirre. Osborne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Shaw hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wood hits a line drive towards third. Causey catches it and throws to second to double up McAuliffe.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash scores. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Colavito hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lumpe is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Hank Aguirre now pitching. Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline 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 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Sullivan for a passed ball. Wood moves to third.
Bottom 7 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it and throws to first for the out. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 7 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Manny Montejo. Maxwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 There goes Rivera. The throw from Brown and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Shaw 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 Sullivan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Manny Montejo now pitching. Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Vic Wertz pinch hits for Ron Nischwitz. Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Siebern hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez catches it and steps on second to double up Rivera.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive towards third. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Rivera. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Top 5 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nischwitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shaw hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chico Fernandez now playing shortstop. Dick McAuliffe now playing third base. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebern. Boros moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nischwitz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Wood strikes out.
Top 3 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards left. Colavito fields it and throws to second to catch Siebern for the out. Johnson scores.
Top 3 Ron Nischwitz now pitching. Lumpe strikes out.
Top 3 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Rivera scores.
Top 3 Rivera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Rivera reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 2 Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boros. Sullivan scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Sullivan reaches second base with a double. Del Greco goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Causey strikes out.
Top 2 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Shaw covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boros hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Rivera. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Top 1 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.