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June 20, 1961

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Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .304
OBP .750 .421
At Bats 3 214
Hits 2 65
• Singles 2 36
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 1 45
RBI’s 1 50

Bill Kunkel Season Stats

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1 1 3
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Municipal Stadium - June 20, 1961
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Out
Bill Kunkel
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Jim Rivera
Wes Covington
Mickey Mantle
Tony Kubek
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Maris hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kubek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Kubek reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kunkel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howard fields it and throws to first for the out. Siebern moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jim Coates now pitching. Covington is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Siebern reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Stafford hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howser is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jerry Walker now pitching. Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Art Ditmar. Klimchock hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pignatano takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jim Rivera now playing center field. Boyer hits a line drive into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Rivera pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out. Skowron moves to third.
Top 5 Art Ditmar now pitching. Cerv hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skowron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stephens. Skowron reaches second base with a double. Mantle scores. Howard goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nuxhall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Nuxhall reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores.
Bottom 4 Pignatano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stafford bunts towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Lumpe covering, for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Top 4 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Covington 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 3 Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Stephens hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Skowron strikes out.
Top 3 Howard takes first base on ball four. Kubek moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Kubek moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson. Stafford tags and scores. Boyer tags and moves to third.
Top 3 The ball gets by Pignatano for a passed ball. Richardson scores. Stafford moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 3 Boyer takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to third. Stafford moves to second.
Top 3 Stafford takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Richardson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Richardson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nuxhall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Nuxhall reaches third base with a triple. Lumpe goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 1 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bertoia hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.