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September 29, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 1 7 1
Yankees 1 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 1 7 1
Yankees 2 5 0

Johnny Blanchard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .304
OBP .333 .380
At Bats 3 240
Hits 1 73
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 21
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 1 53

Bill Monbouquette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 13 0
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Yankee Stadium - September 29, 1961
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Single
Bill Monbouquette
Jim Pagliaroni
Don Gile
Chuck Schilling
Frank Malzone
Pumpsie Green
Carl Yastrzemski
Carroll Hardy
Lou Clinton
Johnny Blanchard
Rollie Sheldon
Roger Maris

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 1 7 1 8
New York Yankees 2 5 0 6
Winning Pitcher Rollie Sheldon
Losing Pitcher Bill Monbouquette
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Johnny Blanchard
Attendance 21,485
Time of Game 2 hours 7 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris scores. Sheldon moves to second. That run is unearned.

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Bottom 9 Sheldon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gile fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gile. Maris moves to second.
Bottom 9 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Monbouquette is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gardner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gile hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clinton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pagliaroni bunts towards the mound. Sheldon fields it and throws to first for the out. Malzone moves to second.
Top 8 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Malzone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Schilling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Green scores.
Top 7 Monbouquette bunts towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second.
Top 7 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hector Lopez now playing left field. Luis Arroyo now pitching. Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 6 Blanchard hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gile settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gardner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gile strikes out.
Top 6 Clinton strikes out.
Top 6 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Hardy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Schilling hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Monbouquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Berra strikes out.
Bottom 4 Maris hits a popup towards short. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Green strikes out.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gile strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Clinton strikes out.
Top 3 Pagliaroni strikes out.
Top 3 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Hardy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Malzone who tags Boyer trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Monbouquette strikes out.
Top 2 Green strikes out.
Top 2 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gile moves to second.
Top 2 Gile hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Blanchard hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris takes first base on ball four. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Monbouquette, and towards Schilling, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clinton hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Hardy moves to second.
Top 1 Hardy takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.