6/16/1961, BBC61-MAS61, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Black Cats 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3 13 0 1961 Tigers 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 x 10 10 0 5 1 Black Cats AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Robinson,Fl rf 5 0 0 0 .259 Pearson cf 3 2 2 2 .225 Temple 2b 4 0 2 0 .269 Green,P ph 1 1 1 2 .130 Wagner lf 4 1 1 1 .215 Smith,HR c 0 0 0 0 .267 Will ph 1 0 0 0 .211 O'Connell 3b 4 1 2 2 .274 Adcock 1b 3 0 2 0 .335 Maye lf 4 1 1 1 .256 Virdon cf 3 0 1 0 .210 Posada ph 1 0 0 0 .240 Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0 .229 Kaline rf 3 1 2 1 .298 Ditmar,A p 1 0 0 0 .200 Power 1b 4 0 1 1 .256 Groat ss 4 0 0 0 .229 Fernandez ss 4 0 0 1 .222 Freese,Ge 3b 4 0 2 0 .237 Blasingame,D 2b 3 1 0 0 .215 Bailey,E c 3 0 0 0 .164 Sadowski,E c 3 0 0 0 .207 Cerv,B ph 1 0 1 0 .304 Taussig ph 0 1 0 0 .211 Friend p 0 0 0 0 .069 Stallard p 2 0 0 0 .000 de la Hoz ph 1 0 1 0 .391 Covington,W ph 1 0 1 0 .197 Jones,Sa p 0 0 0 0 .267 Chacon pr 0 1 0 0 .237 Roarke ph 1 0 0 0 .222 Henry,B p 0 1 0 0 .000 36 1 10 1 33 10 10 10 Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Friend L 6-5 6.0 6 4 3 1 1 86 61 2.93 Jones,Sa 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 20 10 6.57 Ditmar,A 1.0 2 4 4 3 1 33 16 7.50 8.0 10 10 9 5 2 139 87 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Stallard W 2-3 7.0 5 1 1 5 2 120 64 3.99 Henry,B 2.0 5 0 0 0 3 47 30 2.33 9.0 10 1 1 5 5 167 94 BBC: de la Hoz batted for Friend in the 7th Kuenn batted for Virdon in the 8th Cerv,B batted for Bailey,E in the 8th Roarke batted for Jones,Sa in the 8th Cerv,B moved to cf in the 8th Roarke moved to c in the 8th Will batted for Wagner in the 9th MAS: Covington,W batted for Stallard in the 7th Chacon ran for Covington,W in the 7th Taussig batted for Sadowski,E in the 8th Green,P batted for Pearson in the 8th Posada batted for Maye in the 8th Smith,HR inserted at c in the 9th Posada moved to lf in the 9th Kaline moved to cf in the 9th Taussig moved to rf in the 9th E-Groat, Freese,Ge, Jones,Sa. 2B-O'Connell(19), Maye(4), Kaline(15), Green,P(1). HR-Wagner(6), Pearson(5). RBI-Wagner(19), Pearson 2(14), O'Connell 2(35), Maye(31), Kaline(41), Power(27), Fernandez(22), Green,P 2(9). K-Robinson,Fl, Wagner, Groat, Freese,Ge, Will, Sadowski,E, Posada. BB-Temple, Adcock 2, Friend 2, Pearson, O'Connell, Blasingame,D, Henry,B, Taussig. SF-Kaline. GWRBI: Fernandez Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH. 6/16/1961, BBC61-MAS61, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Black Cats 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3 13 0 1961 Tigers 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 x 10 10 0 5 1 Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Robinson,Fl rf 1>2/fl 64/f 43 31.1-2 9>k Temple 2b 63 3>43 5>S W S Wagner lf HR k 8 8 Will ph k Adcock 1b W W 463/gdp 8>Henry,B S.1-2 S Virdon cf S.1-2 9 6>2/fl Kuenn ph 3/fl Ditmar,A p 8 Groat ss 43 4>8 43 k Freese,Ge 3b 2>k S 9 S.1-2 Bailey,E c 6 53.1-2 7>8 Cerv,B ph S.2-3;1-2 Friend p W W de la Hoz ph S Jones,Sa p Roarke ph 9 Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Pearson cf 1>8 S W HR.1-H Green,P ph note 1 Smith,HR c O'Connell 3b 63 8 S.1-2 W D.3-H;2-H Maye lf e5.B-1 7 D.2-H;1-3 e1.1-2;B-1 Posada ph k Kaline rf S.1-2 4>D note 2 note 3 Power 1b note 4 7.2-3 9 8>Ditmar,A 63 Fernandez ss 2>9 63.3-H 6>3/fl 8 Blasingame,D 2b 8 e6.B-1 63 W Sadowski,E c 8 43 k Taussig ph W.1-2 Stallard p 3>43 5>43 7>Jones,Sa Covington,W ph S Chacon pr Henry,B p W.2-3;1-2 1: D.3-H;2-H;1-3 2: 8/SF.3-H;2-3 3: 4/ltp.2x2(4);1x1(43) 4: S.2-H;1-2;Bx2(936) Black Cats IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER Friend A1 C8 3 L 6-5 Stallard A1 D3 1 W 2-3 Jones,Sa C9 D4 2 Henry,B D4 E5 0 Ditmar,A D5 E3 4 6/16/1961, BBC61-MAS61, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Black Cats 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3 13 0 1961 Tigers 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 x 10 10 0 5 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Robinson,Fl popped out to the catcher (BX) 0-0 1 --- 20 Temple grounded out to short (BBX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Wagner homered deep down the right field line (FFBFBBX) 1-0 2 --- 32 Adcock walked (BBCSBB) 1-0 2 1-- 21 Virdon lined a single to shallow left, Adcock to second (BCBX) 1-0 2 12- 11 Groat grounded out to second (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Pearson flied out to center (CX) 1-0 1 --- 01 O'Connell grounded out to short (FX) 1-0 2 --- 10 Maye to first on an error by the third baseman Freese,Ge (BX) 1-0 2 1-- 01 Kaline lined a single to center, Maye to second (SX) 1-0 2 12- 02 Power grounded a single between first and second, Maye scored, Kaline to second, Power out at second (FFFFFX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting 1-1 0 --- 32 Freese,Ge struck out (CBFBBFS) 1-1 1 --- 31 Bailey,E popped out to short (CBBBX) 1-1 2 --- 32 Friend walked (BCBBSB) 1-1 2 1-- 01 Robinson,Fl grounded to short, forcing Friend at second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 1-1 0 --- 01 Fernandez flied out to right (SX) 1-1 1 --- 12 Blasingame,D flied out to center (FBFFX) 1-1 2 --- 01 Sadowski,E flied out to center (CX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting 1-1 0 --- 21 Temple grounded out to second (CBBX) 1-1 1 --- 02 Wagner struck out (FSS) 1-1 2 --- 31 Adcock walked (BBBCB) 1-1 2 1-- 11 Virdon flied out to right (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 1-1 0 --- 00 Stallard grounded out to second (X) 1-1 1 --- 00 Pearson lined a single to shallow center (X) 1-1 1 1-- 31 O'Connell flied out to center (BCBBX) 1-1 2 1-- 11 Maye flied out to left (SBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting 1-1 0 --- 11 Groat popped out to center (BCX) 1-1 1 --- 21 Freese,Ge lined a single to shallow center (BBCX) 1-1 1 1-- 12 Bailey,E grounded out to third, Freese,Ge to second (1>FFBX) 1-1 2 -2- 32 Friend walked (BBSBSB) 1-1 2 12- 11 Robinson,Fl grounded out to second (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting 1-1 0 --- 21 Kaline lined a double to right center (BFBX) 1-1 0 -2- 12 Power flied out to left, Kaline to third (BFFFX) 1-1 1 --3 20 Fernandez grounded out to short, Kaline scored (BBX) 1-2 2 --- 22 Blasingame,D to first on an error by the shortstop Groat (CBFBX) 1-2 2 1-- 02 Sadowski,E grounded out to second (1CFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting 1-2 0 --- 00 Temple lined a single to left center (X) 1-2 0 1-- 22 Wagner flied out to center (BCSBFX) 1-2 1 1-- 20 Adcock grounded into a double play, Blasingame,D to Fernandez to Power (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 1-2 0 --- 01 Stallard grounded out to second (CX) 1-2 1 --- 32 Pearson walked (CBBBFB) 1-2 1 1-- 00 O'Connell lined a single to left, Pearson to second (X) 1-2 1 12- 00 Maye grounded a double down the first base line, Pearson scored, O'Connell to third (X) 1-3 1 -23 21 Kaline hit a sacrifice fly to center, O'Connell scored, Maye to third (BBSX) 1-4 2 --3 12 Power flied out to right (CFBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting 1-4 0 --- 11 Virdon popped out to the catcher (BFX) 1-4 1 --- 22 Groat grounded out to second (CBBCX) 1-4 2 --- 10 Freese,Ge flied out to right (BX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting 1-4 0 --- 01 Fernandez popped out to first (CX) 1-4 1 --- 22 Blasingame,D grounded out to short (CBFBFFX) 1-4 2 --- 32 Sadowski,E struck out (CSBBBC) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting 1-4 0 --- 12 Bailey,E flied out to center (CFBFX) de la Hoz pinch hitting for Friend 1-4 1 --- 21 de la Hoz lined a single between third and short (CBBX) 1-4 1 1-- 21 Robinson,Fl grounded out to first, de la Hoz to second (BSBX) 1-4 2 -2- 31 Temple walked (BBBCB) 1-4 2 12- 01 Wagner flied out to center (CX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting Jones,Sa now pitching Covington,W pinch hitting for Stallard 1-4 0 --- 00 Covington,W grounded a single between first and second (X) Chacon pinch running for Covington,W 1-4 0 1-- 21 Pearson homered deep down the right field line, Chacon scored (BBCX) 1-6 0 --- 32 O'Connell walked (BSBSBB) 1-6 0 1-- 11 O'Connell to second, Maye to first on an error by the pitcher Jones,Sa (CBX) 1-6 0 12- 32 Kaline lined into a triple play, Temple to Adcock, O'Connell out at second, Maye out at first (BFBBFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting Henry,B now pitching 1-6 0 --- 10 Adcock grounded a single up the middle (BX) Kuenn pinch hitting for Virdon 1-6 0 1-- 11 Kuenn popped out to first (BCX) 1-6 1 1-- 12 Groat struck out (CCFBS) 1-6 2 1-- 02 Freese,Ge grounded a single between third and short, Adcock to second (CSX) Cerv,B pinch hitting for Bailey,E 1-6 2 12- 21 Cerv,B reached on an infield single to second, Adcock to third, Freese,Ge to second (BBFX) Roarke pinch hitting for Jones,Sa 1-6 2 123 32 Roarke flied out to right (BSFBB>X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting Ditmar,A now pitching Cerv,B moved to center field Roarke moved to catcher 1-6 0 --- 01 Power grounded out to short (SX) 1-6 1 --- 10 Fernandez flied out to center (BX) 1-6 2 --- 32 Blasingame,D walked (BBBCFB) Taussig pinch hitting for Sadowski,E 1-6 2 1-- 31 Taussig walked, Blasingame,D to second (BBBCB) 1-6 2 12- 32 Henry,B walked, Blasingame,D to third, Taussig to second (CBBFB>B) Green,P pinch hitting for Pearson 1-6 2 123 22 Green,P grounded a double down the first base line, Blasingame,D scored, Taussig scored, Henry,B to third (CBSBX) 1-8 2 -23 11 O'Connell doubled down the right field line and shallow, Henry,B scored, Green,P scored (BFX) Posada pinch hitting for Maye 1-10 2 -2- 12 Posada struck out (CFBC) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting Smith,HR now playing catcher Posada moved to left field Kaline moved to center field Taussig moved to right field 1-10 0 --- 22 Robinson,Fl struck out (CSFBBFS) 1-10 1 --- 21 Temple grounded a single between third and short (BBFX) Will pinch hitting for Wagner 1-10 1 1-- 12 Will struck out (BCSS) 1-10 2 1-- 32 Adcock lined a single to shallow center, Temple to second (FBBBF>X) 1-10 2 12- 11 Ditmar,A flied out to center (CBX)