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September 15, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Yankees 10 9 0
Tigers 1 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Yankees 10 9 0
Tigers 1 8 1

Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .365
OBP .250 .402
At Bats 4 403
Hits 1 147
• Singles 1 107
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 73

Ron Nischwitz Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Tiger Stadium - September 15, 1961
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Intentional Walk
Ron Nischwitz
Dick Brown
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Reno Bertoia
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Elston Howard
Roger Maris
Tony Kubek
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Howard is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richardson tags and scores. Kubek tags and moves to third. Maris tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood misplays the ball. That's an error on Wood. Richardson moves to third. Kubek moves to second.
Top 9 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richardson moves to second.
Top 9 Ron Nischwitz now pitching. Richardson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 8 Colavito hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Boyer. The throw from Brown and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag.
Top 8 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Skowron scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Mantle scores. Berra moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Top 8 Skowron is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Berra hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Berra reaches second base with a double. Mantle moves to third.
Top 8 Howard strikes out.
Top 8 Manny Montejo now pitching. Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bubba Morton pinch hits for Hank Aguirre. Morton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Maris strikes out.
Top 7 Hank Aguirre now pitching. Kubek strikes out.
Top 7 Richardson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Richardson reaches second base with a double. Boyer scores.
Top 7 Ford bunts towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Top 7 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Skowron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Berra takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second.
Top 7 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash strikes out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maris strikes out.
Top 6 Kubek hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra throws the ball in to Richardson who tags Fernandez, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 5 Mossi hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ford strikes out.
Top 5 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bertoia strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wood takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Ford scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wood reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mossi strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Colavito strikes out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mantle strikes out.
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 right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.