7/7/1961, MAS61-NYM61, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tigers 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 13 1 7 2 1961 Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 9 0 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Mets AB R H BI AVG Pearson cf 5 1 2 0 .230 Robinson,Fr rf 3 1 2 0 .247 O'Connell 3b 3 3 3 3 .265 Boyer,K 3b 3 1 1 1 .290 Maye lf 4 2 1 0 .262 Fairly cf 5 0 0 1 .326 Kaline rf 5 1 2 2 .307 Gentile 1b 4 0 1 1 .288 Power 1b 4 1 1 2 .247 Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0 .272 Fernandez ss 4 0 2 1 .241 Romano c 4 0 0 0 .314 Blasingame,D 2b 5 0 0 0 .222 Skinner lf 3 0 0 0 .220 Smith,HR c 3 1 2 0 .256 Averill ph 0 0 0 0 .288 Stallard p 2 0 0 0 .000 McMillan ss 4 0 1 0 .240 Green,P ph 1 0 0 0 .198 Burdette p 0 0 0 0 .286 Nichols p 0 0 0 0 .000 Moon ph 0 0 0 0 .412 36 9 13 8 Podres p 0 1 0 0 .286 Hoeft p 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis,W ph 1 0 0 0 .198 LeMay p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunt,K ph 1 1 1 1 .298 32 4 6 4 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Stallard W 4-3 7.0 4 2 2 7 4 131 69 4.30 Nichols 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 28 18 2.70 9.0 6 4 4 8 4 159 87 Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Burdette L 9-7 3.0 8 5 5 0 1 37 26 3.84 Podres 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 22 15 3.72 Hoeft 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13 9 3.55 LeMay 3.0 2 3 2 4 0 51 26 3.00 9.0 13 9 8 4 3 123 76 MAS: Green,P batted for Stallard in the 8th NYM: Moon batted for Burdette in the 3rd Davis,W batted for Hoeft in the 6th Averill batted for Skinner in the 8th Averill moved to lf in the 9th Hunt,K batted for LeMay in the 9th E-O'Connell. 2B-Pearson(9), O'Connell(25), Fernandez(11). HR-O'Connell(3), Kaline(13), Boyer,K(15), Hunt,K(8). RBI-O'Connell 3(44), Kaline 2(61), Power 2(34), Fernandez(27), Boyer,K(50), Fairly(27), Gentile(74), Hunt,K(26). SB-Robinson,Fr(5). CS-O'Connell. K-Pearson, Maye, Stallard, Boyer,K, Romano, Skinner, McMillan. BB-O'Connell, Maye, Fernandez, Smith,HR, Robinson,Fr 2, Boyer,K 2, Gentile, Moon, Podres, Averill. SH-Stallard. SF-O'Connell, Power. PB-Romano. GWRBI: Kaline Temperature: 77, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 13 MPH. 7/7/1961, MAS61-NYM61, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tigers 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 13 1 7 2 1961 Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 9 0 Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Pearson cf 1>43 3>D S.2-3 k 31 O'Connell 3b S HR.2-H 7/SF.3-H 7>LeMay 9>W D Maye lf CS2(26) k 23 8 W.1-2 S Kaline rf HR.1-H 3/g 5>63 S.2-3 53.2-3;1-2 Power 1b 7 S 8 9/SF.3-H note 1 Fernandez ss 2>8 D.1-H S 43 pb.3-H W Blasingame,D 2b 3/L 13 4/L 8>53 9 Smith,HR c S 4>Podres 6>Hoeft W S 63 Stallard p 43 14/SH.1-2 k Green,P ph 9 Nichols p 1: 3/g.3-H;2-3 Mets -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Robinson,Fr rf 1>W W.1-2 S.1-2 7>S 53 Boyer,K 3b 4/L k W.2-3;1-2 W.1-2 HR Fairly cf SB2 8.2-3 note 1 63/gdp.2-3 7 63 Gentile 1b IW 53 S.3-H;1-2 7 43 Lumpe 2b 3/fl 4>3/g 6/L 8>Nichols 4/L Romano c 2>k 4/fl 6>e5.B-1 8 Skinner lf 9 6 k Averill ph W McMillan ss k 5>3/g S.1-2 3/g Burdette p Moon ph 3>W Podres p W Hoeft p Davis,W ph 363/gdp LeMay p Hunt,K ph 9>HR 1: 46/f.3-H;2-3;B-1 Tigers IN OUT ER Mets IN OUT ER Stallard A1 D4 2 W 4-3 Burdette A1 B7 5 L 9-7 Nichols D5 E4 2 Podres B8 C7 1 Hoeft C8 D1 0 LeMay D2 E7 2 7/7/1961, MAS61-NYM61, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tigers 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 13 1 7 2 1961 Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 9 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Pearson grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 00 O'Connell grounded a single up the middle (X) 0-0 1 1-- 00 O'Connell was caught stealing second (>B) 0-0 2 --- 31 Maye grounded a single up the middle (>B.FBBX) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Kaline homered deep to left, Maye scored (X) 2-0 2 --- 00 Power flied out to left (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mets batting 2-0 0 --- 31 Robinson,Fr walked (BBCBB) 2-0 0 1-- 22 Boyer,K lined out to second (BCBCX) 2-0 1 1-- 00 Robinson,Fr stole second (>C) 2-0 1 -2- 31 Fairly grounded out to short (>C.BBBX) 2-0 2 -2- 30 Gentile was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-0 2 12- 00 Lumpe popped out to first (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 2-0 0 --- 01 Fernandez flied out to center (CX) 2-0 1 --- 21 Blasingame,D lined out to first (FBBX) 2-0 2 --- 01 Smith,HR lined a single to shallow right (CX) 2-0 2 1-- 02 Stallard grounded out to second (SSX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mets batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Romano struck out (SBCS) 2-0 1 --- 12 Skinner flied out to right (FBFFX) 2-0 2 --- 32 McMillan struck out (CBBCBFS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Pearson lined a double down the third base line (X) 2-0 0 -2- 10 O'Connell homered deep to left center, Pearson scored (BX) 4-0 0 --- 22 Maye struck out (BBSCFS) 4-0 1 --- 00 Kaline grounded out to first (X) 4-0 2 --- 00 Power lined a single to left center (X) 4-0 2 1-- 21 Fernandez doubled deep to right center, Power scored (CBBX) 5-0 2 -2- 10 Blasingame,D grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mets batting Moon pinch hitting for Burdette 5-0 0 --- 32 Moon walked (BCBFBB) 5-0 0 1-- 32 Robinson,Fr walked, Moon to second (FBFBBB) 5-0 0 12- 12 Boyer,K struck out (CCBC) 5-0 1 12- 31 Fairly flied out to center, Moon to third (BBBCX) 5-0 2 1-3 01 Gentile grounded out to third (CX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting Podres now pitching 5-0 0 --- 01 Smith,HR grounded a single up the middle (CX) 5-0 0 1-- 00 Stallard sacrifice bunted to the mound, Smith,HR to second (Xb) 5-0 1 -2- 01 Pearson lined a single between first and second, Smith,HR to third (CX) 5-0 1 1-3 00 O'Connell hit a sacrifice fly to left, Smith,HR scored (1X) 6-0 2 1-- 10 Maye grounded out to the catcher (BX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mets batting 6-0 0 --- 21 Lumpe grounded out to first (BFBX) 6-0 1 --- 21 Romano popped out to second (BBCX) 6-0 2 --- 00 Skinner popped out to short (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 6-0 0 --- 32 Kaline grounded out to short (BBFFBX) 6-0 1 --- 00 Power flied out to center (X) 6-0 2 --- 12 Fernandez lined a single to left center (BFFX) 6-0 2 1-- 20 Blasingame,D lined out to second (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mets batting 6-0 0 --- 32 McMillan grounded out to first (BBSBFX) 6-0 1 --- 32 Podres walked (BBFFBFB) 6-0 1 1-- 12 Robinson,Fr reached on an infield single to short, Podres to second (FCBX) 6-0 1 12- 31 Boyer,K walked, Podres to third, Robinson,Fr to second (BBCBB) 6-0 1 123 21 Fairly grounded to second, forcing Boyer,K at second, Podres scored, Robinson,Fr to third, Fairly to first (BBCX) 6-1 2 1-3 21 Gentile reached on an infield single to first, Robinson,Fr scored, Fairly to second (CBBX) 6-2 2 12- 01 Lumpe lined out to short (FX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting Hoeft now pitching 6-2 0 --- 00 Smith,HR grounded out to short (X) 6-2 1 --- 22 Stallard struck out (BCFBFFS) 6-2 2 --- 22 Pearson struck out (BCSBS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mets batting 6-2 0 --- 10 Romano to first on an error by the third baseman O'Connell (BX) 6-2 0 1-- 22 Skinner struck out (FCBFFBS) 6-2 1 1-- 22 McMillan reached on an infield single to second, Romano to second (CSBBX) Davis,W pinch hitting for Hoeft 6-2 1 12- 01 Davis,W grounded into a double play, Power to Fernandez to Power (CX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting LeMay now pitching 6-2 0 --- 10 O'Connell lined a double down the left field line (BX) 6-2 0 -2- 11 Maye popped out to center (CBX) 6-2 1 -2- 00 Kaline lined a single to shallow center, O'Connell to third (X) 6-2 1 1-3 00 Power hit a sacrifice fly to right, O'Connell scored (X) 7-2 2 1-- 10 Fernandez grounded out to second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mets batting 7-2 0 --- 11 Robinson,Fr grounded a single between third and short (SBX) 7-2 0 1-- 31 Boyer,K walked, Robinson,Fr to second (SBBBB) 7-2 0 12- 12 Fairly grounded into a double play, Fernandez to Power, Robinson,Fr to third (BCCX) 7-2 2 --3 11 Gentile lined out to left (CBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting 7-2 0 --- 01 Blasingame,D grounded out to third (CX) 7-2 1 --- 32 Smith,HR walked (BCBBFB) Green,P pinch hitting for Stallard 7-2 1 1-- 31 Green,P flied out to right (1FBBBX) 7-2 2 1-- 22 Pearson grounded out to first (BFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mets batting Nichols now pitching 7-2 0 --- 01 Lumpe lined out to second (CX) 7-2 1 --- 10 Romano lined out to center (BX) Averill pinch hitting for Skinner 7-2 2 --- 32 Averill walked (FBBFBFB) 7-2 2 1-- 01 McMillan grounded out to first (CX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting Averill moved to left field 7-2 0 --- 32 O'Connell walked (BBFCFBB) 7-2 0 1-- 32 Maye walked, O'Connell to second (CBBBFB) 7-2 0 12- 01 Kaline grounded out to third, O'Connell to third, Maye to second (CX) 7-2 1 -23 11 Power grounded out to first, O'Connell scored, Maye to third (BCX) 8-2 2 --3 21 Romano allowed a passed ball, Maye scored (CBBB) 9-2 2 --- 31 Fernandez walked (CBBB.B) 9-2 2 1-- 00 Blasingame,D flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Mets batting Hunt,K pinch hitting for LeMay 9-2 0 --- 32 Hunt,K homered deep to left (SBBFBX) 9-3 0 --- 21 Robinson,Fr grounded out to third (BBSX) 9-3 1 --- 00 Boyer,K homered deep to left (X) 9-4 1 --- 01 Fairly flied out to left (CX) 9-4 2 --- 01 Gentile grounded out to second (CX)