6/24/1961, NYA61-Min61, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Yankees 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 11 0 7 0 1961 Twins 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 11 1 4 1 Yankees AB R H BI AVG Twins AB R H BI AVG Richardson 2b 4 2 1 0 .331 Versalles ss 5 1 1 0 .258 Kubek ss 4 1 1 2 .276 Tuttle,B cf 4 2 1 0 .234 Maris rf 5 2 2 2 .306 Killebrew 3b 5 2 4 3 .252 Mantle cf 2 0 0 0 .354 Lemon lf 4 1 1 1 .183 Berra lf 4 0 2 1 .355 Allison 1b 4 2 2 3 .263 Skowron 1b 4 1 2 1 .266 Dobbek rf 2 0 0 0 .131 Blanchard c 4 1 1 0 .338 Henry,R ph 1 0 0 0 .192 Gardner,B 3b 4 0 0 0 .196 Green,L cf 0 0 0 0 .313 Sheldon p 3 0 2 1 .160 Battey c 4 1 1 1 .282 Reniff p 0 0 0 0 .000 Valdivielso 2b 4 0 1 0 .192 Howard,E ph 1 0 0 0 .394 Cueto p 1 0 0 0 .000 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 .000 Becquer,J ph 1 0 0 0 .179 35 7 11 7 Lee p 1 0 0 0 .100 McDevitt,D p 0 0 0 0 .000 Stobbs p 0 0 0 0 .111 Martin,B ph 1 0 0 0 .287 37 9 11 8 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sheldon 5.0 7 6 6 1 3 78 47 4.60 Reniff 2.0 2 1 1 1 3 32 19 1.50 Arroyo L 4-3 1.2 2 2 2 0 2 24 19 3.65 8.2 11 9 9 2 8 134 85 Twins INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cueto 4.0 7 5 5 1 1 63 39 12.86 Lee 2.2 3 1 1 2 0 51 26 6.48 McDevitt,D 1.1 0 1 0 1 1 23 13 5.82 Stobbs BS 2, W 2-4 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 14 5 8.27 9.0 11 7 6 5 2 151 83 NYA: Howard,E batted for Reniff in the 8th Min: Becquer,J batted for Cueto in the 4th Henry,R batted for Dobbek in the 8th Tuttle,B moved to rf in the 9th Green,L inserted at cf in the 9th Martin,B batted for Stobbs in the 9th E-Allison. 2B-Tuttle,B(6), Lemon(12). HR-Kubek(4), Maris 2(36), Skowron(13), Killebrew(15), Allison 2(10), Battey(9). RBI-Kubek 2(29), Maris 2(63), Berra(32), Skowron(43), Sheldon(2), Killebrew 3(43), Lemon(20), Allison 3(32), Battey(35). CS-Berra. K-Skowron, Sheldon, Lemon, Allison 2, Battey, Cueto, Lee, Henry,R, Martin,B. BB-Richardson, Mantle 3, Berra, Tuttle,B, Dobbek. SH-Kubek. WP-Reniff. GWRBI: Killebrew Temperature: 74, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 4 MPH. Attendance: 29,691 Game Time: 2:42 6/24/1961, NYA61-Min61, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Yankees 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 11 0 7 0 1961 Twins 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 11 1 4 1 Yankees -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Richardson 2b 1>W S 54/f 46/f 9>e3.B-1 Kubek ss HR.1-H 13 5>Lee 7>3/g Stobbs 8 34/SH.1-2 Maris rf HR 3>31 HR 6 9.2-3 Mantle cf 31 31 W W IW Berra lf S 9 4/L McDevitt,D note 1 W.1-2 Skowron 1b CS2(24) 4>S 64/f k HR Blanchard c 7 46/f.B-1 6>S 8>6/L Gardner,B 3b 2>63 163.1-2 543/gdp 43 Sheldon p k S.2-H S Reniff p Howard,E ph 2/fl Arroyo p 1: S.3-H;1x3(95) Twins -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Versalles ss 1>63 6 5>53 7>63 S Tuttle,B cf D 9 63 W 9 Killebrew 3b S.2-H 3>63 S S.1-3 HR.1-H Lemon lf D.1-H k 43 wp.3-H;1-2 43.2-3 Allison 1b HR.2-H k 6>HR k Dobbek rf W 4>13 Reniff 8>Arroyo 9 Henry,R ph k Green,L cf Battey c 7 HR k 6/L Valdivielso 2b 13 63 S 43 Cueto p 2>k Becquer,J ph 63 Lee p k McDevitt,D p Stobbs p Martin,B ph 9>k Yankees IN OUT ER Twins IN OUT ER Sheldon A1 C5 6 Cueto A1 C1 5 Reniff C6 D5 1 Lee C2 D4 1 Arroyo D6 E3 2 L 4-3 McDevitt,D D5 E1 0 Stobbs E2 E5 0 BS 2, W 2-4 6/24/1961, NYA61-Min61, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Yankees 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 11 0 7 0 1961 Twins 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 11 1 4 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Yankees batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Richardson walked (BBBCB) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Kubek homered deep down the right field line, Richardson scored (X) 2-0 0 --- 00 Maris homered deep to right center (X) 3-0 0 --- 22 Mantle grounded out to first (BCBFFX) 3-0 1 --- 00 Berra lined a single to right (X) 3-0 1 1-- 00 Berra was caught stealing second (>C) 3-0 2 --- 12 Skowron homered deep down the left-field line (>C.BSFX) 4-0 2 --- 00 Blanchard lined out to left (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Twins batting 4-0 0 --- 00 Versalles grounded out to short (X) 4-0 1 --- 00 Tuttle,B lined a double to left center (X) 4-0 1 -2- 21 Killebrew grounded a single up the middle, Tuttle,B scored (SBBX) 4-1 1 1-- 00 Lemon lined a double to left center, Killebrew scored (X) 4-2 1 -2- 10 Allison homered deep to left center, Lemon scored (BX) 4-4 1 --- 32 Dobbek walked (BBBCCB) 4-4 1 1-- 12 Battey flied out to left (CFBX) 4-4 2 1-- 21 Valdivielso grounded out to the mound (BBSX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Yankees batting 4-4 0 --- 11 Gardner,B grounded out to short (BFX) 4-4 1 --- 12 Sheldon struck out (CBSS) 4-4 2 --- 12 Richardson lined a single down the right field line (BFFX) 4-4 2 1-- 12 Kubek grounded out to the mound (CFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Twins batting 4-4 0 --- 12 Cueto struck out (CSBS) 4-4 1 --- 01 Versalles popped out to short (CX) 4-4 2 --- 10 Tuttle,B flied out to right (BX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Yankees batting 4-4 0 --- 31 Maris grounded out to first (FBBBX) 4-4 1 --- 21 Mantle grounded out to first (BBFX) 4-4 2 --- 21 Berra flied out to right (BCBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Twins batting 4-4 0 --- 11 Killebrew grounded out to short (CBX) 4-4 1 --- 22 Lemon struck out (BCBCS) 4-4 2 --- 22 Allison struck out (BBFFFFFC) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Yankees batting 4-4 0 --- 11 Skowron lined a single up the middle (CBX) 4-4 0 1-- 10 Blanchard grounded to second, forcing Skowron at second, Blanchard to first (BX) 4-4 1 1-- 32 Gardner,B grounded out to the mound, Blanchard to second (FBBFBX) 4-4 2 -2- 10 Sheldon lined a single to right center, Blanchard scored (BX) 5-4 2 1-- 00 Richardson grounded to third, forcing Sheldon at second (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Twins batting 5-4 0 --- 32 Dobbek grounded out to the mound (BBBCFX) 5-4 1 --- 32 Battey homered deep to left (SFBBBX) 5-5 1 --- 20 Valdivielso grounded out to short (BBX) Becquer,J pinch hitting for Cueto 5-5 2 --- 00 Becquer,J grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Yankees batting Lee now pitching 5-5 0 --- 00 Kubek flied out to center (X) 5-5 1 --- 31 Maris homered deep to right (CBBBX) 6-5 1 --- 30 Mantle walked (BBBB) 6-5 1 1-- 11 Berra lined out to second (FBX) 6-5 2 1-- 00 Skowron grounded to short, forcing Mantle at second (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Twins batting 6-5 0 --- 12 Versalles grounded out to third (CCBX) 6-5 1 --- 11 Tuttle,B grounded out to short (BCX) 6-5 2 --- 11 Killebrew grounded a single between first and second (FBX) 6-5 2 1-- 10 Lemon grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Yankees batting 6-5 0 --- 22 Blanchard lined a single to right center (CBBCFX) 6-5 0 1-- 22 Gardner,B grounded into a double play, Killebrew to Valdivielso to Allison (FFBBX) 6-5 2 --- 32 Sheldon lined a single up the middle (CBBFFFFBX) 6-5 2 1-- 11 Richardson grounded to second, forcing Sheldon at second (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Twins batting 6-5 0 --- 20 Allison homered deep to left (BBX) Reniff now pitching 6-6 0 --- 10 Dobbek flied out to right (BX) 6-6 1 --- 02 Battey struck out (CSFS) 6-6 2 --- 10 Valdivielso reached on an infield single to the pitcher (BX) 6-6 2 1-- 12 Lee struck out (BCCS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Yankees batting 6-6 0 --- 32 Kubek grounded out to first (CFBBBX) 6-6 1 --- 21 Maris popped out to short (BBFX) 6-6 2 --- 30 Mantle walked (BBBB) McDevitt,D now pitching 6-6 2 1-- 32 Berra walked, Mantle to second (BCBFB>B) 6-6 2 12- 22 Skowron struck out (BCFBS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Twins batting 6-6 0 --- 00 Versalles grounded out to short (X) 6-6 1 --- 30 Tuttle,B walked (BBBB) 6-6 1 1-- 22 Killebrew singled down the left field line, Tuttle,B to third (BSBFFFX) 6-6 1 1-3 10 Reniff threw a wild pitch, Tuttle,B scored, Killebrew to second (BB) 6-7 1 -2- 20 Lemon grounded out to second, Killebrew to third (BB.X) 6-7 2 --3 22 Allison struck out (SBFBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Yankees batting 6-7 0 --- 00 Blanchard lined out to short (X) 6-7 1 --- 10 Gardner,B grounded out to second (BX) Howard,E pinch hitting for Reniff 6-7 2 --- 32 Howard,E popped out to the catcher (BBBCFFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Twins batting Arroyo now pitching Henry,R pinch hitting for Dobbek 6-7 0 --- 22 Henry,R struck out (BCSBC) 6-7 1 --- 02 Battey lined out to short (FCX) 6-7 2 --- 11 Valdivielso grounded out to second (CBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Yankees batting Tuttle,B moved to right field Green,L now playing center field 6-7 0 --- 01 Richardson to first on an error by the first baseman Allison (CX) Stobbs now pitching 6-7 0 1-- 11 Kubek sacrifice bunted to first, Richardson to second (FbBbXb) 6-7 1 -2- 31 Maris flied out to right, Richardson to third (BCBBX) 6-7 2 --3 30 Mantle was walked intentionally (IIII) 6-7 2 1-3 10 Berra lined a single to shallow right, Richardson scored, Mantle out at third (BX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Twins batting Martin,B pinch hitting for Stobbs 7-7 0 --- 12 Martin,B struck out (BSSC) 7-7 1 --- 02 Versalles reached on an infield single to third (CFX) 7-7 1 1-- 12 Tuttle,B flied out to right (CBCX) 7-7 2 1-- 01 Killebrew homered to left, Versalles scored (CX)