Indians @ Yankees
September 8, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Indians 1 7 0
Yankees 9 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Indians 1 7 0
Yankees 9 11 1

Johnny Temple Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .280
OBP .750 .354
At Bats 3 486
Hits 2 136
• Singles 2 110
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 57
RBI’s 0 27

Bill Stafford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 7 2
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Yankee Stadium - September 8, 1961
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Out
Bill Stafford
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Johnny Blanchard
Roger Maris
Hector Lopez
Johnny Temple
Bob Nieman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 1 7 0 9
New York Yankees 9 11 1 5
Winning Pitcher Bill Stafford
Losing Pitcher Gary Bell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Roger Maris
Attendance 41,762
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bob Nieman pinch hits for Frank Funk. Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hector Lopez now playing right field. Roger Maris now playing center field. de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Frank Funk now pitching. Richardson hits a line drive towards short. Held reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stafford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blanchard scores. Howard scores. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Boyer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. de la Hoz fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Blanchard moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hector Lopez pinch runs for Mickey Mantle. Blanchard takes first base on ball four. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Held hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Power hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Kubek strikes out.
Bottom 7 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Stafford, and towards Kubek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bob Allen now pitching. Mike de la Hoz now playing third base. Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walt Bond pinch hits for Gary Bell. Bond hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mike de la Hoz pinch hits for Bubba Phillips. de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Held hits a fly ball into left field. Blanchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stafford hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dillard who is chasing the ball. Stafford reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dillard hits a line drive towards first. Skowron reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips moves to second.
Top 4 Bell strikes out.
Top 4 Phillips is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Held strikes out.
Bottom 3 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Romano hits a fly ball into left field. Blanchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Power strikes out. There goes Temple. He's safe. There goes Francona. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Kirkland. Here's the throw, and he's safe. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson misplays the ball. That's an error on Richardson. Temple moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Top 3 Dillard strikes out.
Top 3 Francona takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second.
Top 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Richardson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stafford hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Phillips strikes out.
Top 2 Held strikes out.
Top 2 Romano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to third.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Blanchard moves to second.
Bottom 1 Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kubek scores. Mantle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mantle is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Bell covering, for the out. Richardson scores. Kubek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Richardson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Dillard 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 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stafford fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.