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September 9, 1961

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Twins 5 11 1
Athletics 4 13 0
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Twins 5 11 1
Athletics 4 13 0

Frank Cipriani Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .400
OBP .000 .400
At Bats 1 5
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Bill Pleis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 2
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Municipal Stadium - September 9, 1961
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Strikeout
Bill Pleis
Earl Battey
Harmon Killebrew
Billy Martin
Ted Lepcio
Jose Valdivielso
Lenny Green
Bill Tuttle
Bob Allison
Frank Cipriani
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Cipriani is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wickersham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Green hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pleis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Lepcio now playing third base. Lenny Green now playing left field. Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Shoemaker hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards second. Shoemaker scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Leo Posada now playing left field. Dave Wickersham now pitching. Allison bunts towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Del Greco strikes out.
Bottom 7 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Ed Rakow. Sullivan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Posada moves to third.
Bottom 7 MacKenzie hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Leo Posada pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Posada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Battey strikes out.
Top 7 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Cipriani settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Frank Cipriani now playing right field. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Causey moves to third.
Bottom 6 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Shoemaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bill Pleis now pitching. Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ed Rakow now pitching. Green hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Joe Altobelli pinch hits for Al Schroll. Altobelli takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Valdivielso hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Valdivielso reaches second base with a double. Allison moves to third.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a popup towards short. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dan Pfister now pitching. Allison takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Battey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Martin scores.
Top 6 Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Green tags and scores. Martin tags and moves to second.
Top 6 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Green moves to third.
Top 6 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 MacKenzie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schroll is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Valdivielso hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera 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 4 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Siebern is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shoemaker moves to third. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Shoemaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Battey strikes out.
Top 4 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Shaw is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 MacKenzie hits a line drive to center field. Green throws towards Martin. Martin fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Martin. Johnson scores. Stephens moves to third. MacKenzie moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Green hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schroll hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 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 2 Shoemaker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Shaw is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Top 2 Tuttle takes first base on ball four. Allison moves to second.
Top 2 Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon moves to third.
Top 2 Battey hits a popup towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 MacKenzie is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Stephens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern scores. Johnson scores. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Siebern moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. Del Greco scores.
Bottom 1 Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Del Greco moves to third.
Bottom 1 Shoemaker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.