Tigers @ Yankees
July 4, 1961

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Tigers 2 6 1
Yankees 2 5 2
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Tigers 2 6 1
Yankees 2 5 2

Al Kaline Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .297
OBP .250 .353
At Bats 4 293
Hits 1 87
• Singles 1 56
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 45

Rollie Sheldon Season Stats

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4 2 0
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Yankee Stadium - July 4, 1961
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Intentional Walk
Rollie Sheldon
Johnny Blanchard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Billy Gardner
Tony Kubek
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Al Kaline
Chico Fernandez
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Kaline is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chico Fernandez pinch runs for Bobo Osborne. Lary bunts in front of the plate. Blanchard fields it and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 9 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Mike Roarke. Osborne hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Kubek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Kubek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Elston Howard pinch hits for Luis Arroyo. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Boros for the double play.
Top 8 Boros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Billy Gardner now playing third base. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Clete Boyer. Torgeson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Bruton now playing center field. Al Kaline now playing right field. Rocky Colavito now playing left field. Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Colavito hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 7 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, and tags Berra. He's got Mantle trapped. He throws to McAuliffe, and back to Cash, who tags Mantle for the double play.
Bottom 6 Mantle bunts towards short. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Roarke hits a popup in front of the plate. Blanchard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kubek strikes out.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bob Cerv pinch hits for Jim Coates. Cerv takes first base on ball four. Blanchard moves to second.
Bottom 5 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wood hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boros hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash strikes out.
Top 5 Colavito hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Maxwell moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek misplays the ball. That's an error on Kubek. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lary hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roarke strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Wood. The throw from Blanchard and he is safe. Wood steals second.
Top 4 Wood bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to home to get Blanchard. Boyer moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Coates bunts towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. Blanchard moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boyer takes first base on ball four. Blanchard moves to second.
Bottom 3 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Jim Coates now pitching. Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cash takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe scores. Kaline moves to third. Colavito moves to second.
Top 3 Colavito takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 3 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to second.
Top 3 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lary hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cash.
Top 2 Roarke strikes out.
Top 2 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and has Cash trapped. Turley throws to third, and Boyer tags Cash for the out. Boros moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Boros hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Top 2 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Blanchard settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Blanchard.
Top 1 Kaline hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.