Twins @ Yankees
August 4, 1961

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Top 2	R	H	E
Twins	0	0	0
Yankees	3	3	0

Top 2	R	H	E
Twins	0	0	0
Yankees	3	3	0

Earl Battey Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.306
OBP	.000	.377
At Bats	0	291
Hits	0	89
• Singles	0	64
• Doubles	0	14
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	10
Walks	0	31
RBI’s	0	33

Bill Stafford Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
9	5	2

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Yankee Stadium - August 4, 1961

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Out

Bill Stafford

Johnny Blanchard

Elston Howard

Bobby Richardson

Clete Boyer

Tony Kubek

Yogi Berra

Mickey Mantle

Roger Maris

Earl Battey

Count: - , 2 Outs

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Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 2 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Allison 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 Blanchard strikes out.

Bottom 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 1 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson moves to third.

Bottom 1 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Killebrew is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Green 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 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

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