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August 2, 1961

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Wayne Causey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .313
OBP .500 .379
At Bats 4 131
Hits 2 41
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 2 21

Luis Arroyo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 21
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Yankee Stadium - August 2, 1961
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Out
Luis Arroyo
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Billy Gardner
Tony Kubek
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Wayne Causey
Jim Archer
Joe Pignatano
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Causey hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kubek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Howser strikes out.
Top 9 Archer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pignatano moves to third.
Top 9 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Pignatano reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Sullivan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. Cerv scores. Gardner moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Howard moves to third. Cerv moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey juggles the ball. That's an error on Causey.
Top 8 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Top 8 Posada strikes out.
Top 8 Causey hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out. Richardson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kubek bunts towards the mound. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gene Stephens now playing right field. Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields the ball and throws to Archer covering. Safe.
Top 7 Howser is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner has Stephens trapped. There's the throw to Howard and back to Gardner, who tags Stephens for the out. Del Greco moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Del Greco is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Gene Stephens pinch runs for Deron Johnson. Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Ford strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gardner hits a line drive towards third. Causey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv strikes out.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Top 6 Siebern hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Posada hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howser tags and scores.
Top 6 Causey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howser moves to third.
Top 6 Howser bunts towards the mound. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford scores. Kubek scores. Mantle moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Ford moves to third. Kubek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford moves to second.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a line drive towards third. Causey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Archer is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pignatano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Cerv is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Siebern strikes out.
Top 4 Posada 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 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Howser 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.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Archer strikes out.
Top 3 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pignatano hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gardner is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Cerv hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Cerv reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lumpe is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson scores.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Richardson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Posada strikes out.
Top 1 Causey 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 1 Howser hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.