Yankees @ Tigers
September 17, 1961

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Yankees 4 7 2
Tigers 4 12 0
Top 12 R H E
Yankees 4 7 2
Tigers 4 12 0

Bobby Richardson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .271
OBP .400 .301
At Bats 5 627
Hits 2 170
• Singles 2 146
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 48

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Tiger Stadium - September 17, 1961
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Out
Terry Fox
Mike Roarke
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Steve Boros
Dick McAuliffe
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Bobby Richardson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Richardson hits a line drive into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 12 Arroyo strikes out.
Bottom 11 Cash strikes out.
Bottom 11 Colavito strikes out.
Bottom 11 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 11 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Skowron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Berra hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Wood is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Mantle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Roarke strikes out.
Bottom 9 Boros takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to third. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cash strikes out.
Bottom 9 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 9 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Richardson. The throw from Roarke and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag.
Top 9 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Arroyo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Fox covering, for the out.
Top 9 Terry Fox now pitching. Mike Roarke now catching. Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Morton strikes out.
Bottom 8 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Bubba Morton pinch hits for Jim Bunning. Arroyo fires over to first and Skowron drops the ball. That's an error on Skowron. Wood goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maxwell scores.
Bottom 8 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Dick Brown. Maxwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Maxwell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Boros hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skowron strikes out.
Top 8 Blanchard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 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.
Bottom 7 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Maris reaches third base with a triple. Kubek goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Richardson hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stafford strikes out.
Bottom 6 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bunning strikes out.
Bottom 6 Wood hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Skowron strikes out.
Top 6 Blanchard strikes out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Boros takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mantle strikes out.
Top 5 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bunning strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stafford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Skowron is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Blanchard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Boros takes first base on ball four. Kaline scores. Colavito moves to third. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cash is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a line drive into center field. Mantle picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mantle. Kaline moves to third. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Berra strikes out.
Top 3 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Kubek moves to second.
Top 3 Maris strikes out.
Top 3 Kubek takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bunning hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stafford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boyer strikes out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boros takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Colavito moves to third.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Berra is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields it and throws to second for the out. Richardson moves to third.
Top 1 Maris takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to second.
Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton 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.