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August 30, 1961

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Yankees 3 6 0
Twins 0 4 1
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Yankees 4 7 0
Twins 0 4 1

Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .354
OBP .333 .391
At Bats 3 345
Hits 1 122
• Singles 1 90
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 56

Ray Moore Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 11
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 30, 1961
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Home Run
Ray Moore
Earl Battey
Harmon Killebrew
Billy Martin
Bill Tuttle
Zoilo Versalles
Jim Lemon
Lenny Green
Bob Allison
Elston Howard
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ray Moore now pitching. Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Green hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Julio Becquer pinch hits for Jim Kaat. Becquer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Battey fires to third and picks off Richardson.
Top 8 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stafford scores. Richardson moves to third.
Top 8 Kubek strikes out.
Top 8 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stafford moves to third.
Top 8 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Boyer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Versalles strikes out.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Battey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Allison strikes out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Green. The throw from Howard and he is out, Kubek applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Green takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out.
Top 6 Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lemon strikes out.
Top 5 Stafford strikes out.
Top 5 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Cerv is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Mantle moves to third.
Top 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles throws to second for one, and Martin throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Mantle moves to second.
Top 4 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Green hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaat 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 3 Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stafford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Allison. Stafford reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Boyer strikes out.
Top 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Battey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Allison strikes out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maris strikes out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Richardson strikes out.