Yankees @ Twins
May 2, 1961

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	0
Twins	1	2	1

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	0
Twins	1	3	1

Earl Battey Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.340
OBP	.000	.431
At Bats	0	50
Hits	0	17
• Singles	0	12
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	8
RBI’s	0	7

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	0	0

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Metropolitan Stadium - May 2, 1961

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Single

Art Ditmar

Yogi Berra

Bill Skowron

Bobby Richardson

Clete Boyer

Tony Kubek

Hector Lopez

Mickey Mantle

Roger Maris

Earl Battey

Count: - , 0 Outs

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Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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Top 2 Boyer strikes out.

Top 2 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mantle moves to third.

Top 2 Berra strikes out.

Top 2 Mantle hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso misplays the ball. That's an error on Valdivielso. Mantle moves to second.

Bottom 1 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bertoia scores. Green moves to third.

Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Green hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Green reaches second base with a double. Bertoia moves to third.

Bottom 1 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.

Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Kubek strikes out.

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