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June 15, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 0
Twins 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 0
Twins 3 8 1

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Metropolitan Stadium - June 15, 1961
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Passed Ball
Gerry Staley
Joe Pignatano
Haywood Sullivan
Jerry Lumpe
Reno Bertoia
Dick Howser
Leo Posada
Deron Johnson
Hank Bauer
Jose Valdivielso
Earl Battey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

The ball gets by Pignatano for a passed ball. Battey moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tuttle bunts towards first. Sullivan scoops it up and throws to first, with Lumpe covering, for the out. Battey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gerry Staley now pitching. Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Howser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser is thrown out after the base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 9 Jerry Walker pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. Walker strikes out.
Top 9 Bertoia bunts towards the mound. Kralick fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 9 Julio Becquer now playing first base. Bob Allison now playing right field. Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Lenny Green now playing left fielJohnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Allison. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Lemon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Green 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 8 Sullivan is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bauer hits a fly ball into right field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kralick hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Valdivielso hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Nuxhall hits a popup towards first. Allison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Haywood Sullivan now playing first base. Allison strikes out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kralick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Norm Siebern. Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allison scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pignatano for the out. Bauer moves to second.
Top 6 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.