5/18/1961, KC 61-Min61, Metropolitan Stadium
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1961 Kansas City 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 10 3
1961 Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 6 2 4 1
Kansas City AB R H BI AVG Minnesota AB R H BI AVG
Wills ss 5 0 2 0 .270 Yost 3b 3 1 0 0 .291
de la Hoz ss 0 0 0 0 .364 Runnels 2b 2 1 1 0 .369
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0 .269 Pearson cf 4 1 1 3 .306
Virdon cf 3 2 2 0 .300 Killebrew lf 3 0 1 0 .263
Flood ph 1 0 0 0 .231 Larker 1b 4 0 1 0 .383
Gentile 1b 4 2 2 3 .301 King rf 3 0 0 0 .186
Maye lf 4 0 1 0 .239 Spangler pr 0 0 0 0 .310
Post ph 1 0 1 0 .275 Kubek ss 3 1 1 1 .250
Jensen rf 5 0 3 1 .215 Ginsberg c 4 0 1 0 .259
Roseboro c 4 0 0 0 .250 Garver p 1 0 0 0 .200
Azcue c 0 0 0 0 .333 Johnson,K p 0 0 0 0 .667
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0 .241 Hunt ph 1 0 0 0 .289
Lee p 3 0 1 0 .250 Nunn p 0 0 0 0 .000
McBean p 1 0 0 0 .000 Orsino ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Reniff p 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis p 0 0 0 0 .000
39 5 14 4 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 .000
29 4 6 4
Kansas City INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lee W 2-0 5.0 4 4 4 3 2 83 48 2.57
McBean H 2 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 41 25 3.78
Reniff S 3 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 2.84
9.0 6 4 4 5 5 136 79
Minnesota INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Garver L 3-2 4.1 9 5 4 2 0 82 46 6.10
Johnson,K 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 8 6 3.68
Nunn 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 27 17 1.98
Davis 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 7 0.00
Jackson 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 11 9 2.25
9.0 14 5 4 2 3 138 85
KC : de la Hoz inserted at ss in the 8th
Flood batted for Virdon in the 9th
Post batted for Maye in the 9th
Azcue inserted at c in the 9th
Post moved to lf in the 9th
Flood moved to cf in the 9th
Min: Hunt batted for Johnson,K in the 5th
Orsino batted for Nunn in the 7th
Spangler ran for King in the 9th
E-King, Garver. 2B-Jensen(2). HR-Gentile(7), Pearson(2), Kubek(7).
RBI-Gentile 3(22), Jensen(6), Pearson 3(19), Kubek(25). CS-Wills.
K-Roseboro 2, Boyer, Yost, Killebrew 2, Hunt, Orsino. BB-Virdon, Gentile,
Yost, Runnels 2, Killebrew, King. SH-Kubek. HBP-Fox. HB-Garver.
GWRBI: Gentile
Temperature: 66, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 6 MPH.
5/18/1961, KC 61-Min61, Metropolitan Stadium
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1961 Kansas City 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 10 3
1961 Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 6 2 4 1
Kansas City -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Wills ss 1>53 S S 7 8
de la Hoz ss
Fox 2b HBP CS2(26) 8 46/f.B-1 6
S
Virdon cf W.1-2 64/f 5>S S.1-3 9>Jackson
Flood ph 9
Gentile 1b HR.2-H;1-H 3>6 note 1 8 S
W
Maye lf S 8 note 2 7>9
Post ph S.1-2
Jensen rf S.1-2 S D.2-H 7 643/gdp
Roseboro c note 3 8 Johnson,K k
k
Azcue c
Boyer 3b 3/fl 4>53 k 8>Davis
S
Lee p 2>6 9 6>Nunn
S
McBean p 16/b/f.B-1
Reniff p
1: POE1(e1).1-2 2: 9.2-H(e9/th);1-2 3: 15/f.1-2;B-1
Minnesota -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Yost 3b 1>9 43 6>W k
Runnels 2b S W W.1-2 9
Pearson cf 7 63 HR.2-H;1-H 8>31
Killebrew lf k 4>S McBean k
W
Larker 1b 2>63 4 S/b.1-2 63
King rf 9 63/gdp note 1 9>Reniff
W
Spangler pr
Kubek ss HR 5>63 3/g 34/SH.1-2
Ginsberg c 7 53 7>S note 2
Garver p 3>53
Johnson,K p
Hunt ph k
Nunn p
Orsino ph k
Davis p
Jackson p
1: 643/gdp.2-3 2: 9/dp.2x3(95)
Kansas City IN OUT ER Minnesota IN OUT ER
Lee A1 C3 4 W 2-0 Garver A1 C6 4 L 3-2
McBean C4 D5 0 H 2 Johnson,K C7 C8 0
Reniff D6 D8 0 S 3 Nunn C9 D7 0
Davis D8 E2 0
Jackson E3 E6 0
5/18/1961, KC 61-Min61, Metropolitan Stadium
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1961 Kansas City 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 10 3
1961 Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 6 2 4 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Wills grounded out to third (BBCX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Fox was hit by a pitch (CBCH)
0-0 1 1-- 30 Virdon walked, Fox to second (BBBB)
0-0 1 12- 32 Gentile homered deep to right, Fox scored, Virdon scored
(BBCCBX)
3-0 1 --- 10 Maye reached on an infield single to short (BX)
3-0 1 1-- 00 Jensen reached on an infield single to short, Maye to
second (X)
3-0 1 12- 10 Roseboro grounded to the mound, forcing Maye at third,
Jensen to second, Roseboro to first (BX)
3-0 2 12- 20 Boyer popped out to first (BBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Minnesota batting
3-0 0 --- 01 Yost flied out to right (FX)
3-0 1 --- 02 Runnels grounded a single up the middle (CSX)
3-0 1 1-- 11 Pearson flied out to left (BCX)
3-0 2 1-- 12 Killebrew struck out (BFSS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Kansas City batting
3-0 0 --- 00 Lee popped out to short (X)
3-0 1 --- 12 Wills lined a single to left center (BFFX)
3-0 1 1-- 00 Wills was caught stealing second (>B)
3-0 2 --- 10 Fox lined a single to shallow center (>B.X)
3-0 2 1-- 02 Virdon grounded to short, forcing Fox at second (FFFX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Minnesota batting
3-0 0 --- 12 Larker grounded out to short (SSBX)
3-0 1 --- 20 King flied out to right (BBX)
3-0 2 --- 12 Kubek homered deep down the right field line (CBCFX)
3-1 2 --- 12 Ginsberg flied out to left (CFBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Kansas City batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Gentile popped out to short (X)
3-1 1 --- 00 Maye flied out to center (X)
3-1 2 --- 22 Jensen lined a single to shallow left (BBSFX)
3-1 2 1-- 22 Roseboro flied out to center (BBF1FFFX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Minnesota batting
3-1 0 --- 01 Garver grounded out to third (CX)
3-1 1 --- 21 Yost grounded out to second (BBSX)
3-1 2 --- 31 Runnels walked (BBCBB)
3-1 2 1-- 11 Pearson grounded out to short (BFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Kansas City batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Boyer grounded out to third (BX)
3-1 1 --- 00 Lee flied out to right (X)
3-1 2 --- 21 Wills lined a single to shallow left (BCBX)
3-1 2 1-- 22 Fox flied out to center (B1BFC1X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Minnesota batting
3-1 0 --- 32 Killebrew grounded a single up the middle (CBBFBX)
3-1 0 1-- 21 Larker popped out to second (CBBX)
3-1 1 1-- 21 King grounded into a double play, Wills to Gentile (FBBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Kansas City batting
3-1 0 --- 12 Virdon lined a single to right center (CBFX)
3-1 0 1-- 10 On pickoff throw to first, Virdon to second on an error
by the pitcher Garver (B1)
3-1 0 -2- 32 Gentile walked (B1.BFBCB)
3-1 0 12- 32 Maye flied out to right, Virdon scored on an error by the
right fielder King, Gentile to second (FBBFBX)
4-1 1 -2- 20 Jensen doubled deep to center, Gentile scored (BBX)
Johnson,K now pitching
5-1 1 -2- 22 Roseboro struck out (BBFFS)
5-1 2 -2- 02 Boyer struck out (FFS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Minnesota batting
5-1 0 --- 22 Kubek grounded out to short (BFCBX)
5-1 1 --- 22 Ginsberg grounded out to third (FCBBX)
Hunt pinch hitting for Johnson,K
5-1 2 --- 12 Hunt struck out (CBFC)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Kansas City batting
Nunn now pitching
5-1 0 --- 22 Lee grounded a single between first and second (BSBCX)
5-1 0 1-- 11 Wills flied out to left (BSX)
5-1 1 1-- 00 Fox grounded to second, forcing Lee at second, Fox to
first (X)
5-1 2 1-- 32 Virdon grounded a single up the middle, Fox to third
(BCSBB>F>X)
5-1 2 1-3 10 Gentile flied out to center (BX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Minnesota batting
5-1 0 --- 31 Yost walked (BBBCB)
5-1 0 1-- 30 Runnels walked, Yost to second (BBBB)
5-1 0 12- 12 Pearson homered deep to left center, Yost scored, Runnels
scored (BCSX)
McBean now pitching
5-4 0 --- 32 Killebrew walked (SBBBCFFB)
5-4 0 1-- 00 Larker bunted for a single, Killebrew to second (Xb)
5-4 0 12- 11 King grounded into a double play, Wills to Fox to
Gentile, Killebrew to third (BSX)
5-4 2 --3 10 Kubek grounded out to first (BX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Kansas City batting
5-4 0 --- 01 Maye flied out to right (CX)
5-4 1 --- 00 Jensen flied out to left (X)
5-4 2 --- 32 Roseboro struck out (BCCBBS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Minnesota batting
5-4 0 --- 00 Ginsberg lined a single to shallow center (X)
Orsino pinch hitting for Nunn
5-4 0 1-- 22 Orsino struck out (FFBBS)
5-4 1 1-- 22 Yost struck out (CSBBC)
5-4 2 1-- 01 Runnels lined out to right (CX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Kansas City batting
Davis now pitching
5-4 0 --- 01 Boyer grounded a single up the middle (CX)
5-4 0 1-- 10 McBean bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Boyer at
second, McBean to first (BbXb)
5-4 1 1-- 22 Wills flied out to center (BFBFX)
5-4 2 1-- 00 Fox popped out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Minnesota batting
de la Hoz now playing shortstop
5-4 0 --- 21 Pearson grounded out to first (BCBX)
5-4 1 --- 12 Killebrew struck out (CBCC)
5-4 2 --- 32 Larker grounded out to short (FBFBBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Kansas City batting
Jackson now pitching
Flood pinch hitting for Virdon
5-4 0 --- 12 Flood lined out to right (CBFFX)
5-4 1 --- 01 Gentile lined a single to shallow center (FX)
Post pinch hitting for Maye
5-4 1 1-- 00 Post lined a single between third and short, Gentile to
second (X)
5-4 1 12- 11 Jensen grounded into a double play, Kubek to Runnels to
Larker (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Minnesota batting
Azcue now playing catcher
Reniff now pitching
Post moved to left field
Flood moved to center field
5-4 0 --- 31 King walked (BBBCB)
Spangler pinch running for King
5-4 0 1-- 00 Kubek sacrifice bunted to first, Spangler to second (1Xb)
5-4 1 -2- 22 Ginsberg flied out into a double play, Jensen to Boyer,
Spangler out at third (FFBBFX)