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July 23, 1961

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Top 7 R H E
Tigers 2 6 1
Athletics 2 5 0
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Tigers 2 7 1
Athletics 2 5 0

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .240
OBP .333 .314
At Bats 2 354
Hits 0 85
• Singles 0 64
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 38
RBI’s 0 38

Joe Nuxhall Season Stats

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4 6 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 23, 1961
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Single
Joe Nuxhall
Haywood Sullivan
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Lou Klimchock
Bobby Del Greco
Jim Rivera
Bill Bruton
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Joe Nuxhall pinch hits for Bob Shaw. Nuxhall strikes out.
Bottom 6 Del Greco bunts towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 6 Causey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Foytack 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 6 Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern moves to third.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Klimchock hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boros hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Colavito hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klimchock. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Kaline goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bruton 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 5 Wood strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe misplays the ball. That's an error on McAuliffe. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Del Greco hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Causey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foytack 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 Roarke hits a fly ball into left field. Klimchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lumpe 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 3 Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Klimchock hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivera 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 3 Boros hits a line drive towards short. Howser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cash takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 3 Colavito hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood moves to second.
Top 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Howser is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Shaw hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Foytack hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Roarke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klimchock. Roarke reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boros is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to second for the out. Klimchock scores.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores. Klimchock moves to third.
Bottom 1 Klimchock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Colavito strikes out. Sullivan throws to third, and they've got Bruton trapped. The throw to Sullivan, and Bruton is tagged out for the double play.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bruton moves to third.
Top 1 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.