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June 15, 1961

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Athletics 2 4 0
Twins 3 6 1
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Athletics 2 4 0
Twins 3 6 1

Jim Lemon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .253
OBP 1.000 .357
At Bats 1 158
Hits 1 40
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 25
RBI’s 0 20

Joe Nuxhall Season Stats

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4 2 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - June 15, 1961
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Joe Nuxhall
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Dick Howser
Leo Posada
Deron Johnson
Hank Bauer
Jim Lemon
Lenny Green
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Killebrew hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Green hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Green reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nuxhall bunts towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. Bertoia moves to second.
Top 5 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kralick hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Battey takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Siebern strikes out.
Top 4 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Allison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Allison reaches second base with a double. Posada throws the ball in to Bertoia who tags Allison trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Kralick scores. Killebrew scores. Lemon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Lemon takes first base on ball four. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out. Kralick moves to third.
Bottom 3 Green hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kralick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kralick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Posada strikes out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howser strikes out.
Top 3 Nuxhall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Valdivielso strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a line drive towards short. Howser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Battey hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bertoia 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 2 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Green hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a popup, foul, towards first. Allison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.