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May 28, 1961

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Floyd Robinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .500 .362
At Bats 4 42
Hits 2 12
• Singles 2 7
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 5

Rollie Sheldon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 0
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Yankee Stadium - May 28, 1961
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Home Run
Rollie Sheldon
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Deron Johnson
Tony Kubek
Yogi Berra
Jack Reed
Roger Maris
Floyd Robinson
Al Smith
Jim Landis
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sievers scores. Landis moves to third.
Top 9 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Sievers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra who is chasing the ball. Sievers reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Reed hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sammy Esposito now playing third base. Bob Roselli now catching. Al Smith now playing left field. Billy Pierce now pitching. Richardson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Danny McDevitt now pitching. Covington hits a line drive towards short. Kubek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Minoso scores. Roselli moves to third.
Top 8 Aparicio hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Minnie Minoso pinch runs for Sherm Lollar. Bob Roselli pinch hits for Turk Lown. Roselli hits a line drive into left field. Berra picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Berra. Smith scores. Robinson scores. Minoso moves to third. Roselli moves to second.
Top 8 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Lollar takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sievers scores. Smith moves to second.
Top 8 Smith takes first base on ball four. Sievers moves to second.
Top 8 Landis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jack Reed now playing center field. Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fox scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Clevenger bunts in front of the plate. Lollar fields it and throws to third for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Turk Lown now pitching. Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Skowron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Jack Reed pinch runs for Mickey Mantle. Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Sherm Lollar now catching. Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Aparicio reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Deron Johnson now playing third base. Tex Clevenger now pitching. Baumann 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 6 Maris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Frank Baumann now pitching. Kubek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Bob Cerv pinch hits for Bill Stafford. Cerv hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 6 Johnny Blanchard pinch hits for Clete Boyer. Blanchard takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maris scores. Mantle moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris moves to third.
Bottom 6 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Carreon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields the ball and throws to Stafford covering. Safe.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sievers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Landis hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kubek. Fox scores. Covington moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Fox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Fox reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Carreon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 3 Richardson bunts towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out. Kubek moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bill Stafford now pitching. Landis is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Sievers takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Covington hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 3 Fox takes first base on ball four. Carreon moves to third. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson misplays the ball. That's an error on Richardson. Carreon moves to second.
Top 3 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Carreon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Turley strikes out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Landis hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sievers hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a popup towards the mound. Wynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Berra takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Covington hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.