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July 2, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 9 1
Athletics 7 14 2
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Twins 7 9 1
Athletics 8 15 2

Dick Howser Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .274
OBP .800 .399
At Bats 2 288
Hits 1 79
• Singles 1 57
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 2 57
RBI’s 1 27

Chuck Stobbs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 2
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Municipal Stadium - July 2, 1961
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Single
Chuck Stobbs
Earl Battey
Ron Henry
Bill Tuttle
Harmon Killebrew
Zoilo Versalles
Jim Lemon
Lenny Green
Bob Allison
Dick Howser
Joe Pignatano
Haywood Sullivan
Gene Stephens

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 7 9 1 10
Kansas City Athletics 8 15 2 13
Winning Pitcher Ed Rakow
Losing Pitcher Chuck Stobbs
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dick Howser
Attendance 6,851
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Howser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stephens scores. Sullivan moves to third. Pignatano moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joe Pignatano pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Pignatano is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Causey bunts towards the mound. Stobbs fields it and throws to first for the out. Stephens moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Sullivan bunts towards first. Henry fields the ball and throws to Stobbs covering. Safe. Stephens moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ron Henry now playing first base. Bob Allison now playing right field. Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Green is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Battey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to third.
Top 9 Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Killebrew goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Allison strikes out.
Top 9 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Dobbek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Allison now playing first base. Dan Dobbek now playing right field. Harmon Killebrew now playing third base. Bill Tuttle now playing second baPosada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tuttle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dan Dobbek pinch hits for Rich Rollins. Dobbek is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Versalles is hit by the pitch. Kaat moves to second.
Top 8 Jim Kaat pinch hits for Bill Pleis. Kaat is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Tuttle is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Ed Rakow now pitching. Leo Posada now playing left field. Norm Siebern now playing first base. Green strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bill Pleis now pitching. Hank Bauer pinch hits for Jim Rivera. Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tuttle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lew Krausse pinch runs for Joe Nuxhall. Howser takes first base on ball four. Sullivan scores. Causey moves to third. Krausse moves to second.
Bottom 7 Deron Johnson pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Don Lee now pitching. Joe Nuxhall pinch hits for Deron Johnson. Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rollins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sullivan moves to third. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Causey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Battey fires to first and picks off Stephens.
Bottom 7 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rollins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Rich Rollins now playing second base. Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Battey 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 7 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Allison strikes out.
Top 7 Rich Rollins pinch runs for Hal Naragon. Killebrew hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Hal Naragon pinch hits for Jose Valdivielso. Naragon is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 6 Klimchock strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rivera bunts towards the mound. McDevitt throws the ball towards third to get the runner. He throws it away into left field. Lemon throws it back to Tuttle, who tags the runner out. Staley scores. Howser goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Howser is hit by the pitch. Staley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Danny McDevitt now pitching. Staley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Julio Becquer pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Becquer strikes out. Sullivan throws to first to catch Tuttle. Klimchock drops the ball. There goes Lemon. He's safe. There goes Battey. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Tuttle. Here's the throw, and he's safe. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to third. Battey moves to second.
Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. Battey hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Allison scores. Lemon moves to second.
Top 6 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. Allison moves to third.
Top 6 Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Versalles scores. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Versalles moves to second.
Top 6 Valdivielso strikes out.
Top 6 Versalles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Ramos covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stephens hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Jose Valdivielso now playing second base. Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ramos hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Green takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Klimchock hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Battey 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 4 Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third.
Top 4 Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Causey for the out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stephens hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lumpe hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Versalles hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ramos hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howser takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lemon hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Allison strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stephens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern scores. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Siebern moves to third.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser scores.
Bottom 1 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 1 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.