8/3/1961, KC61-NYA61, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Athletics 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 13 3 11 2 1961 Yankees 0 5 3 0 1 4 1 1 x 15 18 1 6 1 Athletics AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG Howser ss 4 2 0 0 .281 Richardson 2b 5 1 1 1 .314 Causey 3b 3 0 0 0 .235 Kubek ss 4 1 2 2 .300 Krausse p 0 0 0 0 .250 DeMaestri ss 1 1 1 0 .150 Posada lf 5 2 2 3 .239 Maris rf 3 1 0 0 .283 Siebern 1b 4 2 2 0 .267 Blanchard rf 1 0 0 0 .277 Lumpe 2b 4 0 3 2 .281 Mantle cf 3 3 2 3 .365 Johnson,De rf 4 0 1 1 .242 Cerv,B cf 1 0 1 1 .273 Rivera,J ph 1 0 0 0 .193 Berra lf 5 3 2 3 .325 Pignatano c 5 0 2 0 .227 Howard,E c 5 1 3 2 .388 Del Greco,B cf 5 0 0 0 .211 Skowron 1b 5 2 3 2 .281 Shaw,B p 1 0 1 0 .174 Gardner,B 3b 5 1 2 0 .221 Nuxhall p 2 0 2 0 .500 Daley,B p 3 1 0 0 .057 Fischer,B p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hale,B ph 1 0 1 0 .257 Kunkel p 0 0 0 0 .000 Downing p 0 0 0 0 1.000 Virgil,O ph 1 0 0 0 .217 Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 .159 39 6 13 6 Sheldon p 0 0 0 0 .098 43 15 18 14 Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Shaw,B L 4-12 2.0 7 8 5 1 0 40 27 5.14 Nuxhall 3.0 3 3 2 1 2 43 26 5.54 Fischer,B 0.2 5 2 2 0 0 21 15 4.54 Kunkel 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 16 10 6.01 Krausse 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 16 8 5.29 8.0 18 15 11 2 2 136 86 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Daley,B W 4-6 6.0 9 3 1 3 5 125 76 4.27 Downing H 1 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 45 22 8.53 Sheldon 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 13 8 4.80 9.0 13 6 4 4 7 183 106 KC : Virgil,O batted for Kunkel in the 8th Virgil,O moved to 3b in the 8th Rivera,J batted for Johnson,De in the 9th NYA: Hale,B batted for Daley,B in the 6th DeMaestri inserted at ss in the 7th Blanchard inserted at rf in the 7th Cerv,B inserted at cf in the 7th Lopez batted for Downing in the 8th E-Causey, Siebern, Nuxhall, Gardner,B. 2B-Siebern(16), Pignatano(5), Richardson(14), Berra(10), Skowron(18). 3B-Kubek(4), Mantle(6). HR-Posada 2(7), Mantle(35), Berra(14), Howard,E(15), Skowron 2(20). RBI-Posada 3(28), Lumpe 2(44), Johnson,De(15), Richardson(35), Kubek 2(49), Mantle 3(83), Berra 3(46), Howard,E 2(61), Skowron 2(67), Cerv,B(34). K-Causey, Posada, Siebern, Johnson,De, Pignatano, Del Greco,B, Virgil,O, Gardner,B, Daley,B. BB-Howser, Causey 2, Lumpe, Maris, Mantle. HBP-Siebern. HB-Downing. WP-Kunkel. GWRBI: Skowron Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 14 MPH. Attendance: 15,873 Game Time: 3:05 8/3/1961, KC61-NYA61, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Athletics 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 13 3 11 2 1961 Yankees 0 5 3 0 1 4 1 1 x 15 18 1 6 1 Athletics -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Howser ss 1>6/L 9 5>e5.B-1 5 W Causey 3b 8 3>W k W.1-2 43.1-2 Krausse p Posada lf HR k 9 53 HR.2-H Siebern 1b S k D.1-3 7>Downing 31 HBP Lumpe 2b W.1-2 54/f S.3-H;2-H S.1-3 9>Sheldon S Johnson,De rf 6 4>k S.1-2 note 1 Rivera,J ph 543/gdp Pignatano c 2>8 D 43 k S Del Greco,B cf 163 k 6>53 63 23 Shaw,B p S Nuxhall p S.2xH(92) S Fischer,B p Kunkel p Virgil,O ph 8>k 1: 3/g.3-H;1-2 Yankees -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Richardson 2b 1>8 D.2-H;1-3 63 7 Kunkel 64/f Kubek ss 7 T.3-H;2-H 4>7 6>S DeMaestri ss 7>S Maris rf 8 43 63 W.1-2 Blanchard rf wp.1-2 13 Mantle cf 2>HR 3>W 63 Fischer,B T.2-H;1-H Cerv,B cf S.2-H Berra lf 43 D.1-H 5>e1.B-1 HR.3-H 463/gdp Howard,E c 8 HR.2-H S.1-2 S 8>Krausse 7 Skowron 1b HR Nuxhall 43.2-3;1-2 543/gdp HR D Gardner,B 3b S k 3 S 63 Daley,B p e5.1-2;B-1 k note 1 Hale,B ph S.1-3 Downing p Lopez ph 8 Sheldon p 1: e3.3-H;2-3;B-1 Athletics IN OUT ER Yankees IN OUT ER Shaw,B A1 B6 5 L 4-12 Daley,B A1 D3 1 W 4-6 Nuxhall B7 D3 2 Downing D4 E4 3 H 1 Fischer,B D4 D9 2 Sheldon E5 E8 0 Kunkel E1 E5 1 Krausse E6 E9 1 8/3/1961, KC61-NYA61, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Athletics 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 13 3 11 2 1961 Yankees 0 5 3 0 1 4 1 1 x 15 18 1 6 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Athletics batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Howser lined out to short (X) 0-0 1 --- 21 Causey flied out to center (BBSX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Posada homered deep to left (CBX) 1-0 2 --- 11 Siebern reached on an infield single to short (BCX) 1-0 2 1-- 30 Lumpe walked, Siebern to second (BBBB) 1-0 2 12- 12 Johnson,De popped out to short (FSB+2X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Yankees batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Richardson flied out to center (CFBX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Kubek flied out to left (X) 1-0 2 --- 20 Maris flied out to center (BBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Athletics batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Pignatano flied out to center (CCBFBX) 1-0 1 --- 21 Del Greco,B grounded out to the mound (BFBX) 1-0 2 --- 00 Shaw,B lined a single to shallow center (X) 1-0 2 1-- 11 Howser flied out to right (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Yankees batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Mantle homered deep to right (BX) 1-1 0 --- 11 Berra grounded out to second (FBX) 1-1 1 --- 00 Howard,E flied out to center (X) 1-1 2 --- 12 Skowron homered deep down the left-field line (BSCX) 1-2 2 --- 11 Gardner,B lined a single to left center (BSX) 1-2 2 1-- 00 Gardner,B to second, Daley,B to first on an error by the third baseman Causey (X) 1-2 2 12- 01 Richardson grounded a double down the third base line, Gardner,B scored, Daley,B to third (FX) 1-3 2 -23 00 Kubek tripled deep to right center, Daley,B scored, Richardson scored (X) 1-5 2 --3 22 Maris grounded out to second (BFFBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Athletics batting 1-5 0 --- 32 Causey walked (BSBSBB) 1-5 0 1-- 22 Posada struck out (CBSBS) 1-5 1 1-- 02 Siebern struck out (SCS) 1-5 2 1-- 22 Lumpe grounded to third, forcing Causey at second (CCBFBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Yankees batting 1-5 0 --- 32 Mantle walked (SBFBBB) 1-5 0 1-- 00 Berra lined a double to right center, Mantle scored (X) 1-6 0 -2- 02 Howard,E homered deep to left, Berra scored (FFX) Nuxhall now pitching 1-8 0 --- 31 Skowron doubled deep down the left-field line (BBBCX) 1-8 0 -2- 12 Gardner,B struck out (BCFFC) 1-8 1 -2- 32 Daley,B struck out (BCBBFC) 1-8 2 -2- 00 Richardson grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Athletics batting 1-8 0 --- 12 Johnson,De struck out (BCFFS) 1-8 1 --- 32 Pignatano grounded a double down the third base line (BBSFBFX) 1-8 1 -2- 22 Del Greco,B struck out (BBFSS) 1-8 2 -2- 22 Nuxhall lined a single to right, Pignatano out at home (CBCBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Yankees batting 1-8 0 --- 20 Kubek flied out to left (BBX) 1-8 1 --- 01 Maris grounded out to short (FX) 1-8 2 --- 00 Mantle grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Athletics batting 1-8 0 --- 22 Howser to first on an error by the third baseman Gardner,B (BFFFBFX) 1-8 0 1-- 22 Causey struck out (BCCBS) 1-8 1 1-- 00 Posada flied out to right (X) 1-8 2 1-- 11 Siebern lined a double down the right field line, Howser to third (BSX) 1-8 2 -23 22 Lumpe lined a single to shallow center, Howser scored, Siebern scored (CBBFX) 3-8 2 1-- 01 Johnson,De grounded a single up the middle, Lumpe to second (CX) 3-8 2 12- 22 Pignatano grounded out to second (CFBBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Yankees batting 3-8 0 --- 00 Berra to first on an error by the pitcher Nuxhall (X) 3-8 0 1-- 00 Howard,E grounded a single between first and second, Berra to second (X) 3-8 0 12- 00 Skowron grounded out to second, Berra to third, Howard,E to second (X) 3-8 1 -23 10 Gardner,B popped out to first (BX) 3-8 2 -23 22 Berra scored, Howard,E to third, Daley,B to first on an error by the first baseman Siebern (BFCBX) 3-9 2 1-3 12 Richardson lined out to left (FBFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Athletics batting 3-9 0 --- 22 Del Greco,B grounded out to third (CBBSFX) 3-9 1 --- 01 Nuxhall lined a single down the right field line (SX) 3-9 1 1-- 22 Howser popped out to third (BCBCX) 3-9 2 1-- 31 Causey walked, Nuxhall to second (BBFBB) 3-9 2 12- 21 Posada grounded out to third (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Yankees batting 3-9 0 --- 00 Kubek lined a single to left (X) 3-9 0 1-- 31 Maris walked, Kubek to second (BBBCB) Fischer,B now pitching 3-9 0 12- 22 Mantle lined a triple to left center, Kubek scored, Maris scored (BCBCX) 3-11 0 --3 10 Berra homered deep down the right field line, Mantle scored (BX) 3-13 0 --- 10 Howard,E lined a single to left (BX) 3-13 0 1-- 02 Skowron grounded into a double play, Causey to Lumpe to Siebern (CSX) 3-13 2 --- 02 Gardner,B lined a single to right center (CSX) Hale,B pinch hitting for Daley,B 3-13 2 1-- 22 Hale,B grounded a single up the middle, Gardner,B to third (FSBBFX) Kunkel now pitching 3-13 2 1-3 12 Richardson grounded to short, forcing Hale,B at second (FFBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Athletics batting Downing now pitching DeMaestri now playing shortstop Blanchard now playing right field Cerv,B now playing center field 3-13 0 --- 10 Siebern was hit by a pitch (BH) 3-13 0 1-- 32 Lumpe lined a single to right center, Siebern to third (BBCBSX) 3-13 0 1-3 32 Johnson,De grounded out to first, Siebern scored, Lumpe to second (BCBCBX) 4-13 1 -2- 32 Pignatano struck out (BBCBSS) 4-13 2 -2- 10 Del Greco,B grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Yankees batting 4-13 0 --- 00 DeMaestri lined a single to shallow right (X) 4-13 0 1-- 21 Kunkel threw a wild pitch, DeMaestri to second (BBCB) 4-13 0 -2- 31 Blanchard grounded out to the mound (BBCB.X) 4-13 1 -2- 21 Cerv,B grounded a single between third and short, DeMaestri scored (CBBX) 4-14 1 1-- 01 Berra grounded into a double play, Lumpe to Howser to Siebern (CX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Athletics batting Virgil,O pinch hitting for Kunkel 4-14 0 --- 32 Virgil,O struck out (BBSBFFC) 4-14 1 --- 32 Howser walked (BBCFBB) 4-14 1 1-- 00 Causey grounded out to second, Howser to second (X) 4-14 2 -2- 31 Posada homered deep down the left-field line, Howser scored (BBSBX) 6-14 2 --- 12 Siebern grounded out to first (FBSX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Yankees batting Krausse now pitching Virgil,O moved to third base 6-14 0 --- 20 Howard,E flied out to left (BBX) 6-14 1 --- 22 Skowron homered deep to left (FSBBX) 6-15 1 --- 32 Gardner,B grounded out to short (BCSBBX) Lopez pinch hitting for Downing 6-15 2 --- 10 Lopez flied out to center (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Athletics batting Sheldon now pitching 6-15 0 --- 21 Lumpe lined a single to right center (CBBX) Rivera,J pinch hitting for Johnson,De 6-15 0 1-- 11 Rivera,J grounded into a double play, Gardner,B to Richardson to Skowron (CBX) 6-15 2 --- 22 Pignatano lined a single down the left field line (BCBCX) 6-15 2 1-- 00 Del Greco,B grounded out to the catcher (X)