6/12/1961, BBC61-MAS61, game 2, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Black Cats 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 8 0 1961 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 x 6 9 1 10 1 Black Cats AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Robinson,Fl rf 5 0 0 0 .276 Taussig lf 3 1 0 0 .188 Temple 2b 3 0 0 0 .275 Sadowski,E c 1 0 0 0 .211 Wagner lf 3 0 0 0 .212 Fernandez ss 4 0 1 1 .213 Adcock 1b 3 0 1 0 .323 Chacon 2b 3 0 0 0 .239 Virdon cf 4 0 0 0 .205 Blasingame,D ph 1 0 0 0 .220 Groat ss 2 1 0 0 .234 Kaline rf 3 1 2 0 .294 Will ph 1 0 0 0 .222 O'Connell 3b 4 1 1 0 .271 de la Hoz ss 0 0 0 0 .379 Pearson cf 3 1 0 0 .201 Freese,Ge 3b 3 1 1 2 .238 Power 1b 4 2 4 2 .257 Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0 .349 Smith,HR c 0 0 0 0 .263 Bailey,E c 3 0 1 0 .179 Posada ph 0 0 0 0 .245 Simmons p 2 0 1 0 .211 Mahaffey p 1 0 0 1 .094 Jones,Sh p 0 0 0 0 .250 Covington,W ph 1 0 1 2 .194 Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0 .234 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 2 4 2 28 6 9 6 Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Simmons L 3-6 6.2 8 6 6 6 3 114 62 5.43 Jones,Sh 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 18 9 3.06 8.0 9 6 6 7 4 132 71 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Mahaffey W 8-2 7.0 4 2 2 5 4 95 52 3.50 Lown 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 37 21 1.62 9.0 4 2 2 6 5 132 73 BBC: Will batted for Groat in the 8th de la Hoz inserted at ss in the 8th Maxwell batted for Freese,Ge in the 9th Kuenn batted for Jones,Sh in the 9th MAS: Posada batted for Smith,HR in the 6th Sadowski,E inserted at c in the 7th Posada moved to lf in the 7th Covington,W batted for Mahaffey in the 7th Blasingame,D batted for Chacon in the 8th Blasingame,D moved to 2b in the 9th E-Virdon, O'Connell. 2B-Adcock(6), Fernandez(8), Power(10). HR-Freese,Ge(12). RBI-Freese,Ge 2(30), Fernandez(20), Power 2(25), Mahaffey(3), Covington,W 2(10). K-Wagner, Adcock, Groat, Simmons, Kuenn, Taussig, Chacon 2, Sadowski,E. BB-Temple, Wagner, Adcock, Groat, Bailey,E, Simmons, Taussig, Fernandez, Kaline 2, Pearson, Posada 2. SH-Chacon, Smith,HR 2, Mahaffey 2. GWRBI: Power Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 2 MPH. 6/12/1961, BBC61-MAS61, game 2, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Black Cats 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 8 0 1961 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 x 6 9 1 10 1 Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Robinson,Fl rf 1>8 9 64/f note 1 43 Temple 2b 7 3>9 5>7 W Wagner lf e5.B-1 W k 5/fl Adcock 1b k D.1-3 W 8>Lown 8 Virdon cf 2>53 13 3/g 53 Groat ss W k 6>43 Will ph 4/L de la Hoz ss Freese,Ge 3b HR.1-H 4>8 53 Maxwell ph 9>43 Bailey,E c S 63 63 W Simmons p k S 7>W Jones,Sh p Kuenn ph k 1: 1/g/dp.1x1(13) Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Taussig lf 1>W 8 k 13 Sadowski,E c k Fernandez ss D.1-H 3>W 5>5/fl 7>43 8>31 Chacon 2b k 13/SH.1-2 63 k Blasingame,D ph 7 Kaline rf IW IW S S 43 O'Connell 3b note 1 8 31 S.1-2 Pearson cf 13 4/L 6>7 W.2-3;1-2 Power 1b 2>S 4>D S.B-2(e8) note 2 Smith,HR c 14/SH.1-2 54/SH.2-3 Posada ph W Jones,Sh IW Mahaffey p 9 14/SH.3-H note 3 Covington,W ph note 4 Lown p 1: 163.2-3;1-2 2: S.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2 3: 34/SH.2-3;1-2 4: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 Black Cats IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER Simmons A1 D7 6 L 3-6 Mahaffey A1 D3 2 W 8-2 Jones,Sh D8 E4 0 Lown D4 E1 0 6/12/1961, BBC61-MAS61, game 2, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Black Cats 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 8 0 1961 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 x 6 9 1 10 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Robinson,Fl flied out to center (X) 0-0 1 --- 11 Temple lined out to left (BCX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Wagner to first on an error by the third baseman O'Connell (BSCBX) 0-0 2 1-- 22 Adcock struck out (CBCBC) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Taussig walked (BCBSBB) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Fernandez lined a double down the third base line, Taussig scored (1BBCFFB1X) 0-1 0 -2- 12 Chacon struck out (CCBFS) 0-1 1 -2- 30 Kaline was walked intentionally (IIII) 0-1 1 12- 20 O'Connell grounded out to the mound, Fernandez to third, Kaline to second (BBX) 0-1 2 -23 01 Pearson grounded out to the mound (CX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting 0-1 0 --- 00 Virdon grounded out to third (X) 0-1 1 --- 31 Groat walked (BBSBB) 0-1 1 1-- 01 Freese,Ge homered deep to left center, Groat scored (CX) 2-1 1 --- 01 Bailey,E grounded a single between first and second (SX) 2-1 1 1-- 02 Simmons struck out (CbFbC) 2-1 2 1-- 12 Robinson,Fl flied out to right (SFBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 2-1 0 --- 11 Power grounded a single up the middle (BCX) 2-1 0 1-- 00 Smith,HR sacrifice bunted to the mound, Power to second (Xb) 2-1 1 -2- 12 Mahaffey flied out to right (CCBX) 2-1 2 -2- 21 Taussig flied out to center (CBBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting 2-1 0 --- 10 Temple lined out to right (BX) 2-1 1 --- 32 Wagner walked (CBBFBB) 2-1 1 1-- 20 Adcock doubled deep to center, Wagner to third (1BpBX) 2-1 1 -23 10 Virdon grounded out to the mound (BX) 2-1 2 -23 32 Groat struck out (BBSFBS) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 2-1 0 --- 30 Fernandez walked (BBBB) 2-1 0 1-- 00 Chacon sacrifice bunted to the mound, Fernandez to second (Xb) 2-1 1 -2- 30 Kaline was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-1 1 12- 10 O'Connell flied out to center (BX) 2-1 2 12- 11 Pearson lined out to second (BCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting 2-1 0 --- 11 Freese,Ge flied out to center (FBX) 2-1 1 --- 10 Bailey,E grounded out to short (BX) 2-1 2 --- 20 Simmons grounded a single up the middle (BBX) 2-1 2 1-- 00 Robinson,Fl grounded to short, forcing Simmons at second (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Power lined a double to right center (X) 2-1 0 -2- 00 Smith,HR sacrifice bunted to third, Power to third (Xb) 2-1 1 --3 00 Mahaffey sacrifice bunted to the mound, Power scored (Xb) 2-2 2 --- 32 Taussig struck out (BBBCCS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Temple flied out to left (X) 2-2 1 --- 22 Wagner struck out (BFFBS) 2-2 2 --- 31 Adcock walked (BCBBB) 2-2 2 1-- 00 Virdon grounded out to first (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 12 Fernandez popped out to third (CBFX) 2-2 1 --- 12 Chacon grounded out to short (FBFFFX) 2-2 2 --- 31 Kaline lined a single to shallow center (BBBCX) 2-2 2 1-- 11 O'Connell grounded out to first (FBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting 2-2 0 --- 12 Groat grounded out to second (CBCX) 2-2 1 --- 01 Freese,Ge grounded out to third (CX) 2-2 2 --- 31 Bailey,E grounded out to short (FBBBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 12 Pearson flied out to left (BCSX) 2-2 1 --- 12 Power lined a single to shallow center, Power to second on an error by the center fielder Virdon (CBCX) Posada pinch hitting for Smith,HR 2-2 1 -2- 31 Posada walked (FBBBB) 2-2 1 12- 01 Mahaffey sacrifice bunted to first, Power to third, Posada to second (FbXb) 2-2 2 -23 11 Taussig grounded out to the mound (BFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting Sadowski,E now playing catcher Posada moved to left field 2-2 0 --- 32 Simmons walked (BCBBSB) 2-2 0 1-- 00 Robinson,Fl hit into a double play, Mahaffey to Power, Simmons out at first (Xb) 2-2 2 --- 30 Temple walked (BBBB) 2-2 2 1-- 01 Wagner popped out to third (FX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 10 Fernandez grounded out to second (BX) 2-2 1 --- 22 Chacon struck out (BCFBS) 2-2 2 --- 10 Kaline lined a single to shallow center (BX) 2-2 2 1-- 00 O'Connell grounded a single up the middle, Kaline to second (X) 2-2 2 12- 31 Pearson walked, Kaline to third, O'Connell to second (SBBBB) 2-2 2 123 00 Power lined a single to right, Kaline scored, O'Connell scored, Pearson to third, Power to second (X) Jones,Sh now pitching 2-4 2 -23 30 Posada was walked intentionally (IIII) Covington,W pinch hitting for Mahaffey 2-4 2 123 11 Covington,W lined a single to left, Pearson scored, Power scored, Posada to second (BFX) 2-6 2 12- 22 Sadowski,E struck out (BSBFS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting Lown now pitching 2-6 0 --- 32 Adcock flied out to center (CBBCBX) 2-6 1 --- 00 Virdon grounded out to third (X) Will pinch hitting for Groat 2-6 2 --- 12 Will lined out to second (FSBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting de la Hoz now playing shortstop 2-6 0 --- 00 Fernandez grounded out to first (X) Blasingame,D pinch hitting for Chacon 2-6 1 --- 10 Blasingame,D flied out to left (BX) 2-6 2 --- 11 Kaline grounded out to second (BCX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting Blasingame,D moved to second base Maxwell pinch hitting for Freese,Ge 2-6 0 --- 22 Maxwell grounded out to second (BCFBX) 2-6 1 --- 31 Bailey,E walked (BBBCB) Kuenn pinch hitting for Jones,Sh 2-6 1 1-- 32 Kuenn struck out (CBBBCS) 2-6 2 1-- 32 Robinson,Fl grounded out to second (BBBCC>F>F>F>F>X)