Tigers @ Yankees
September 3, 1961

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Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .322
OBP .333 .448
At Bats 3 463
Hits 1 149
• Singles 0 81
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 49
Walks 0 109
RBI’s 2 117

Gerry Staley Season Stats

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2 4 3
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Yankee Stadium - September 3, 1961
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Home Run
Gerry Staley
Frank House
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Dick McAuliffe
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gerry Staley now pitching. Frank House now catching. Mantle hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Reno Bertoia pinch runs for Dick Brown. Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Bertoia scores. Morton moves to second.
Top 9 Bubba Morton pinch hits for Terry Fox. Morton is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. McAuliffe moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 9 Fernandez is called out on strikes.
Top 9 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Richardson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cash strikes out.
Top 8 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bruton scores.
Top 8 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton moves to third.
Top 8 Elston Howard now catching. Luis Arroyo now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Elston Howard pinch hits for Bill Stafford. Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Tresh pinch runs for Johnny Blanchard. Terry Fox now pitching. Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 7 Blanchard takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dick Brown now catching. Phil Regan now pitching. Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Jim Bunning. Maxwell strikes out.
Top 7 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Mike Roarke. Osborne 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 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 6 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There goes Richardson. The throw from Roarke and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores.
Bottom 5 Stafford bunts towards the mound. Bunning fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Skowron strikes out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wood hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bunning hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantle strikes out.
Top 4 Roarke hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to home to get Cash. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cash moves to third.
Top 4 Cash hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Cash reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Kubek strikes out.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stafford hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron strikes out.
Top 2 Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 2 Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 McAuliffe hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blanchard hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Richardson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Cash 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 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton scores.
Top 1 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bruton. The throw from Blanchard and he is safe. Bruton steals second.
Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.