Tigers @ Yankees
September 3, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 5 9 0
Yankees 5 9 1
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Tigers 5 9 0
Yankees 8 10 1

Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .348
OBP .000 .384
At Bats 1 359
Hits 0 125
• Singles 0 92
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 57

Ron Kline Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 7 1
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Yankee Stadium - September 3, 1961
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Home Run
Ron Kline
Frank House
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Dick McAuliffe
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Yogi Berra

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 9 0 7
New York Yankees 8 10 1 2
Winning Pitcher Luis Arroyo
Losing Pitcher Gerry Staley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Elston Howard
Attendance 55,676
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Skowron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Ron Kline now pitching. Arroyo bunts towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 9 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 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.
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.