5/28/1961, KC61-Cle61, game 1, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1961 Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 11 0 7 1
1961 Indians 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 1 12 1
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Howser ss 5 0 1 1 .307 Temple 2b 5 2 3 0 .303
Hankins cf 5 0 1 0 .295 Piersall cf 3 1 3 0 .353
Pilarcik,A rf 4 0 0 0 .205 Francona lf 4 1 3 1 .359
Lumpe 2b 4 0 2 0 .278 Power 1b 2 0 0 1 .255
Siebern lf 3 1 2 1 .277 Kirkland rf 5 0 1 1 .274
Throneberry,M 1b 4 1 1 0 .209 Romano c 3 0 0 1 .244
Sullivan,H c 4 1 2 2 .159 Funk p 0 0 0 0 1.000
Causey 3b 4 1 1 1 .235 Dillard ph 0 0 0 0 .276
Herbert,R p 3 1 1 0 .059 Held ss 5 0 1 0 .289
Boyd,B ph 1 0 0 0 .087 Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0 .261
Kunkel p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bell,Ga p 3 0 0 0 .333
Rakow p 0 0 0 0 .400 Thomas,V c 0 0 0 0 .188
37 5 11 5 34 4 11 4
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Herbert,R W 2-5 7.0 9 3 3 3 3 127 82 4.61
Kunkel H 1 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 25 14 4.75
Rakow S 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 24 15 2.10
9.0 11 4 4 6 3 176 111
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bell,Ga L 4-4 7.1 10 5 5 2 1 127 76 4.58
Funk 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 8 7 1.54
9.0 11 5 5 2 2 135 83
KC : Boyd,B batted for Herbert,R in the 8th
Cle: Thomas,V inserted at c in the 8th
Dillard batted for Funk in the 9th
E-Phillips. 2B-Herbert,R(1), Piersall(14). HR-Siebern(3), Sullivan,H(2),
Causey(1). RBI-Howser(10), Siebern(15), Sullivan,H 2(13), Causey(4),
Francona(33), Power(22), Kirkland(25), Romano(20). K-Sullivan,H, Causey,
Kirkland, Romano, Bell,Ga. BB-Pilarcik,A, Siebern, Piersall 2, Francona,
Power, Thomas,V, Dillard. SH-Power. SF-Romano. HBP-Power. HB-Herbert,R.
GWRBI: Sullivan,H
Temperature: 61, Sky: clear, Wind: none.
Attendance: N/A
Game Time: 2:52
5/28/1961, KC61-Cle61, game 1, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1961 Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 11 0 7 1
1961 Indians 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 1 12 1
Athletics -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Howser ss 1>8 3>31 7 S.2-H 9>3/g
Hankins cf 2/fl 8 9 e5.1-2;B-1 S
Pilarcik,A rf W 8 6>9 46/f 463/gdp
Lumpe 2b S.1-2 4>3/g S 8>43
Siebern lf note 1 W 5/fl HR
Throneberry,M 1b 2>4 16/f.B-1 31 S
Sullivan,H c S 9 7>k HR.1-H
Causey 3b 8 5>HR 63 Funk
k
Herbert,R p 53 3/L D
Boyd,B ph 53
Kunkel p
Rakow p
1: S.2xH(92);1-2
Indians -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Temple 2b 1>S 3>43 5>S S 54/f
Piersall cf S.1-2 D W.1-2 S.1x3(95) 9>W
Francona lf S.2-H;1-2 53 W.2-3;1-2 7>S S.1-2
Power 1b 9 HBP note 1 13/SH.1-2 Rakow
note 2
Kirkland rf note 3 4 note 4 k S.3-H;1-3
Romano c 8 4>k note 5 43
Funk p
Dillard ph W.1-2
Held ss 2>63 S 6/f 8>Kunkel 63/gdp
7
Phillips 3b 43 46/f.B-1 6>43 43
Bell,Ga p 63 k 8
Thomas,V c W
1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: 36/f.2-3;B-1 3: 36/f.2-3;B-1 4: 52/f.2-3;1-2;B-1
5: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Athletics IN OUT ER Indians IN OUT ER
Herbert,R A1 D6 3 W 2-5 Bell,Ga A1 D7 5 L 4-4
Kunkel D7 E3 1 H 1 Funk D8 E3 0
Rakow E4 E7 0 S 2
5/28/1961, KC61-Cle61, game 1, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1961 Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 11 0 7 1
1961 Indians 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 1 12 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Athletics batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Howser flied out to center (X)
0-0 1 --- 01 Hankins popped out to the catcher (CX)
0-0 2 --- 32 Pilarcik,A walked (BBBCCB)
0-0 2 1-- 22 Lumpe grounded a single between first and second,
Pilarcik,A to second (CFBBFX)
0-0 2 12- 00 Siebern lined a single to right, Pilarcik,A out at home,
Lumpe to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Indians batting
0-0 0 --- 02 Temple grounded a single up the middle (CSFX)
0-0 0 1-- 21 Piersall grounded a single between third and short,
Temple to second (BBC>X)
0-0 0 12- 02 Francona grounded a single between third and short,
Temple scored, Piersall to second (FFFX)
0-1 0 12- 00 Power flied out to right (X)
0-1 1 12- 02 Kirkland grounded to first, forcing Francona at second,
Piersall to third, Kirkland to first (FFFX)
0-1 2 1-3 00 Romano flied out to center (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Athletics batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Throneberry,M popped out to second (X)
0-1 1 --- 10 Sullivan,H lined a single to shallow right (BX)
0-1 1 1-- 32 Causey flied out to center (BBBCFX)
0-1 2 1-- 00 Herbert,R grounded out to third (X)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Indians batting
0-1 0 --- 11 Held grounded out to short (BFX)
0-1 1 --- 32 Phillips grounded out to second (CBBBCFFX)
0-1 2 --- 01 Bell,Ga grounded out to short (SX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Athletics batting
0-1 0 --- 20 Howser grounded out to first (BbBX)
0-1 1 --- 11 Hankins flied out to center (CBX)
0-1 2 --- 21 Pilarcik,A flied out to center (BBFX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Indians batting
0-1 0 --- 32 Temple grounded out to second (FBBBFX)
0-1 1 --- 00 Piersall lined a double to left center (X)
0-1 1 -2- 31 Francona grounded out to third (BBBCX)
0-1 2 -2- 12 Power was hit by a pitch (BCFFH)
0-1 2 12- 21 Kirkland popped out to second (BBFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Athletics batting
0-1 0 --- 21 Lumpe grounded out to first (FBBX)
0-1 1 --- 31 Siebern walked (FBBBB)
0-1 1 1-- 20 Throneberry,M grounded to the mound, forcing Siebern at
second, Throneberry,M to first (BBX)
0-1 2 1-- 22 Sullivan,H flied out to right (BCSFBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Indians batting
0-1 0 --- 32 Romano struck out (CBBBFS)
0-1 1 --- 12 Held reached on an infield single to short (CCBX)
0-1 1 1-- 00 Phillips grounded to second, forcing Held at second,
Phillips to first (X)
0-1 2 1-- 02 Bell,Ga struck out (FFS)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Athletics batting
0-1 0 --- 21 Causey homered deep down the right field line (CBBX)
1-1 0 --- 11 Herbert,R lined out to first (BCX)
1-1 1 --- 21 Howser flied out to left (BCBX)
1-1 2 --- 22 Hankins flied out to right (BBFSX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Indians batting
1-1 0 --- 00 Temple grounded a single between first and second (X)
1-1 0 1-- 32 Piersall walked, Temple to second (BBC>FB>B)
1-1 0 12- 32 Francona walked, Temple to third, Piersall to second
(BBFFBB)
1-1 0 123 31 Power walked, Temple scored, Piersall to third, Francona
to second (FBBBB)
1-2 0 123 21 Kirkland grounded to third, forcing Piersall at home,
Francona to third, Power to second, Kirkland to first
(BFBX)
1-2 1 123 22 Romano hit a sacrifice fly to center, Francona scored,
Power to third (BBFSX)
1-3 2 1-3 22 Held grounded to short, forcing Kirkland at second
(BFBSFX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Athletics batting
1-3 0 --- 32 Pilarcik,A flied out to right (FFFFBBBX)
1-3 1 --- 11 Lumpe reached on an infield single to second (BFX)
1-3 1 1-- 12 Siebern popped out to third (CCBX)
1-3 2 1-- 00 Throneberry,M grounded out to first (X)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Indians batting
1-3 0 --- 01 Phillips grounded out to second (CX)
1-3 1 --- 01 Bell,Ga flied out to center (CX)
1-3 2 --- 10 Temple reached on an infield single to first (BX)
1-3 2 1-- 22 Piersall grounded a single between first and second,
Temple out at third (CFFBFFBFX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Athletics batting
1-3 0 --- 12 Sullivan,H struck out (BCCC)
1-3 1 --- 32 Causey grounded out to short (BBBCSFFX)
1-3 2 --- 12 Herbert,R grounded a double down the first base line
(CSBX)
1-3 2 -2- 01 Howser lined a single to left center, Herbert,R scored
(SX)
2-3 2 1-- 11 Howser to second, Hankins to first on an error by the
third baseman Phillips (FBX)
2-3 2 12- 20 Pilarcik,A grounded to second, forcing Hankins at second
(BBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Indians batting
2-3 0 --- 00 Francona grounded a single between third and short (X)
2-3 0 1-- 20 Power sacrifice bunted to the mound, Francona to second
(BbBbXb)
2-3 1 -2- 22 Kirkland struck out (BFCFBS)
2-3 2 -2- 02 Romano grounded out to second (SCX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Athletics batting
2-3 0 --- 22 Lumpe grounded out to second (CFBFBX)
2-3 1 --- 21 Siebern homered deep down the right field line (CBBX)
3-3 1 --- 12 Throneberry,M lined a single to right (SSBX)
3-3 1 1-- 11 Sullivan,H homered deep to left, Throneberry,M scored
(BSX)
Funk now pitching
Thomas,V now playing catcher
5-3 1 --- 12 Causey struck out (CBFS)
Boyd,B pinch hitting for Herbert,R
5-3 2 --- 00 Boyd,B grounded out to third (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Indians batting
Kunkel now pitching
5-3 0 --- 01 Held flied out to left (CX)
5-3 1 --- 22 Phillips grounded out to second (BFFBFX)
5-3 2 --- 32 Thomas,V walked (BBCBFB)
5-3 2 1-- 12 Temple grounded to third, forcing Thomas,V at second
(FBFX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Athletics batting
5-3 0 --- 00 Howser grounded out to first (X)
5-3 1 --- 00 Hankins lined a single down the right field line (X)
5-3 1 1-- 00 Pilarcik,A grounded into a double play, Temple to Held to
Power (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Indians batting
5-3 0 --- 31 Piersall walked (BSBBB)
5-3 0 1-- 01 Francona reached on an infield single to second, Piersall
to second (CX)
Rakow now pitching
5-3 0 12- 02 Power grounded to first, forcing Francona at second,
Piersall to third, Power to first (FbFbFX)
5-3 1 1-3 32 Kirkland grounded a single between first and second,
Piersall scored, Power to third (FCFBBFBX)
Dillard pinch hitting for Funk
5-4 1 1-3 32 Dillard walked, Kirkland to second (FBFBBB)
5-4 1 123 22 Held grounded into a double play, Howser to Throneberry,M
(CBSBFX)