Yankees @ Angels
August 23, 1961

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Bottom 10 R H E
Yankees 8 10 0
Angels 6 8 1
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Yankees 8 10 0
Angels 6 8 1

George Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .293
OBP .200 .335
At Bats 5 157
Hits 1 46
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 1 34

Luis Arroyo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 3 24
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Wrigley Field - August 23, 1961
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Out
Luis Arroyo
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Billy Gardner
Clete Boyer
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
George Thomas
Joe Koppe

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 8 10 0 12
Los Angeles Angels 6 8 1 12
Winning Pitcher Luis Arroyo
Losing Pitcher Jim Donohue
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Roger Maris
Attendance 19,773
Time of Game 3 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Koppe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Pearson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Ed Sadowski pinch hits for Ron Moeller. Sadowski hits a popup, foul, towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 10 Ron Moeller now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Maris scores. Mantle moves to second.
Top 10 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Maris hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunt who is chasing the ball. Maris reaches third base with a triple. Gardner goes all the way around to score.
Top 10 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Arroyo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Bridges hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Yost takes first base on ball four. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to home to get Thomas. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 9 Averill bunts towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 9 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Skowron is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Howard is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mantle moves to third.
Top 9 Jim Donohue now pitching. Mantle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunt. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 8 Koppe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Pearson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Del Rice pinch hits for Eli Grba. Rice strikes out.
Top 8 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Top 8 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it and throws to home to get Skowron. DeMaestri moves to third. Richardson moves to second.
Top 8 Joe DeMaestri pinch runs for Johnny Blanchard. Richardson hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Howard scores. Skowron moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 8 Johnny Blanchard pinch hits for Rollie Sheldon. Blanchard is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Skowron reaches second base with a double. Howard moves to third.
Top 8 Lee Thomas now playing first base. Rocky Bridges now playing second base. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Billy Moran. Wagner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yost takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hunt strikes out.
Bottom 7 Averill bunts towards the mound. Sheldon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Steve Bilko. Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 7 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Grba strikes out.
Top 6 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tony Kubek pinch hits for Hal Reniff. Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Eli Grba now pitching. Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Boyer reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Skowron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maris scores. Mantle moves to second.
Top 6 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second.
Top 6 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Hunt. The slide. Howard applies the tag. Hunt is out.
Bottom 5 Moran strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Hunt moves to third.
Bottom 5 Yost strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Hunt. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Hunt steals second.
Bottom 5 Hal Reniff now pitching. Hunt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gardner strikes out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Whitey Ford. Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. Pearson scores.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pearson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Duren scores. Pearson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pearson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moran scores. Duren moves to second.
Bottom 4 Duren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Moran hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra who is chasing the ball. Moran reaches third base with a triple. Yost goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maris scores. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard is hit by the pitch. Maris moves to second.
Top 4 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mantle strikes out.
Top 4 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Averill is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bilko takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pearson scores.
Bottom 3 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. Pearson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pearson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gardner strikes out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Duren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Moran hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bilko scores. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 2 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out. Bilko moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ford fires to first and picks off Averill.
Bottom 2 Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bilko moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bilko takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Howard strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Berra. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Berra steals second.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Koppe is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Pearson hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maris is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Gardner strikes out.
Top 1 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.