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June 24, 1961

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Yankees 10 12 0
Twins 7 9 4
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Yankees 10 12 0
Twins 7 9 4

Jim Lemon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .258
OBP .750 .353
At Bats 4 194
Hits 3 50
• Singles 0 32
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 2 6
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 2 25

Luis Arroyo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 14
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Metropolitan Stadium - June 24, 1961
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Out
Luis Arroyo
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Billy Gardner
Tony Kubek
Yogi Berra
Jack Reed
Roger Maris
Jim Lemon
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Elston Howard now catching. Killebrew is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Arroyo is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Gardner hits a popup towards first. Allison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Elston Howard pinch hits for Johnny Blanchard. Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Billy Martin now playing second base. Chuck Stobbs now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Versalles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ron Henry pinch hits for Danny McDevitt. Henry hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Billy Martin pinch hits for Rich Rollins. Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dobbek scores. Battey moves to third.
Bottom 8 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Battey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Battey reaches second base with a double. Allison scores. Dobbek moves to third.
Bottom 8 Dobbek takes first base on ball four. Allison moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jack Reed now playing center field. Allison is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Killebrew reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Versalles hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Coates bunts towards the mound. McDevitt fields it and throws to first for the out. Blanchard moves to second.
Top 7 Gardner is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Rich Rollins now playing second base. Danny McDevitt now pitching. Blanchard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Julio Becquer pinch hits for Don Lee. Becquer hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Coates now pitching. Lenny Green pinch hits for Jose Valdivielso. Green takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Battey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Battey reaches third base with a triple. Lemon scores. Dobbek goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Dobbek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Lemon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Killebrew is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Skowron strikes out.
Top 6 Berra hits a fly ball towards left field. Lemon makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Lemon. Richardson tags and scores. Kubek tags and moves to third. Maris tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Mantle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maris is hit by the pitch. Kubek moves to second.
Top 6 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richardson moves to third.
Top 6 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso misplays the ball. That's an error on Valdivielso.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lee strikes out.
Top 5 Sheldon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gardner strikes out.
Top 5 Blanchard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra scores.
Top 5 Don Lee now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee throws to first for one, and Allison throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Mantle scores. Berra moves to third.
Top 5 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maris scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 5 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second.
Top 5 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Valdivielso hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dobbek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a line drive towards third. Gardner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sheldon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sheldon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Versalles hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pleis strikes out.
Top 3 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Dobbek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blanchard strikes out.
Top 3 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 2 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Battey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dobbek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Sheldon covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Top 2 Maris takes first base on ball four. Kubek moves to second.
Top 2 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson moves to third.
Top 2 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner scores.
Top 2 Bill Pleis now pitching. Sheldon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. Gardner moves to third.
Top 2 Gardner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dobbek. Gardner reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Skowron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Dobbek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allison scoops it up and throws to first, with Cueto covering, for the out. Maris scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Maris hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Dobbek chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Versalles. Versalles fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Versalles. Richardson goes all the way around to score. Maris moves to third.
Top 1 Kubek hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.