7/14/1961, KC 61-Was61, game 1, Griffith Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Kansas City 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 8 0
1961 Washington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 4 5 3
Kansas City AB R H BI AVG Washington AB R H BI AVG
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0 .287 Tasby cf 4 0 1 1 .224
Virdon cf 3 1 1 0 .301 Breeding 2b 4 0 0 1 .254
Flood ph 1 0 0 0 .296 Robinson rf 4 0 2 0 .321
Gentile 1b 5 2 1 0 .310 Nelson 1b 3 0 0 0 .288
Roseboro c 4 0 0 0 .222 Posada lf 4 0 0 0 .226
Azcue c 0 0 0 0 .077 McAuliffe 3b 4 0 1 0 .270
Maye lf 3 1 2 1 .248 Taylor c 3 1 0 0 .243
Jensen rf 3 0 1 2 .217 Hamlin ss 2 0 0 0 .173
Boyer ss 3 0 0 1 .246 Taussig ph 1 0 0 0 .323
Malzone 3b 4 0 1 0 .218 Veal ss 0 0 0 0 .314
Jones,S p 3 0 0 0 .250 Loes p 1 0 0 0 .188
Earley p 0 0 0 0 .000 Morton ph 1 0 0 0 .259
Reniff p 0 0 0 0 .000 Drott p 0 0 0 0 .200
33 4 7 4 Coker ph 1 0 1 0 .313
Rivera pr 0 1 0 0 .264
Henry p 0 0 0 0 .000
32 2 5 2
Kansas City INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jones,S W 8-5 8.0 5 2 2 1 4 93 60 3.78
Earley 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 1.26
Reniff S 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12 7 2.70
9.0 5 2 2 2 6 112 70
Washington INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Loes L 2-3 5.0 6 4 2 2 1 81 48 4.68
Drott 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 39 19 2.81
Henry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 7.27
9.0 7 4 2 3 1 128 73
KC : Flood batted for Virdon in the 9th
Azcue inserted at c in the 9th
Flood moved to cf in the 9th
Was: Morton batted for Loes in the 5th
Taussig batted for Hamlin in the 7th
Veal inserted at ss in the 8th
Coker batted for Drott in the 8th
Rivera ran for Coker in the 8th
E-McAuliffe 2, Taylor 2. 2B-Virdon(19), Maye(5), Malzone(7), Tasby(7).
RBI-Maye(27), Jensen 2(24), Boyer(30), Tasby(34), Breeding(27). SB-Virdon(7),
Rivera(5). K-Malzone, Tasby, Breeding, Nelson, Posada 2, McAuliffe. BB-Fox,
Virdon, Maye, Nelson, Taylor. SH-Jones,S. HBP-Boyer. CI-Jensen. HB-Loes.
GWRBI: Jensen
Jimmie Coker was injured for this game and 4 more days
Temperature: 85, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 21 MPH.
7/14/1961, KC 61-Was61, game 1, Griffith Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Kansas City 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 8 0
1961 Washington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 4 5 3
Kansas City -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Fox 2b 1>43 S 463/gdp W 9>Henry
63
Virdon cf W D.1-3 5>9 543/gdp
Flood ph 9
Gentile 1b SB2 6/L S 7>63 9
e2.2-3;B-1
Roseboro c 3/L 43 43.1-2 53
Azcue c
Maye lf W.1-2 3>S D.2-H 31
Jensen rf note 1 643/gdp S.2-H 8>9
Boyer ss note 2 8 9 63
Malzone 3b k 4>e5.B-2 6>Drott D
e5.B-1
Jones,S p 2>63 note 3 14/SH.1-2 3/g
Earley p
Reniff p
1: CI.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1(e2) 2: HBP.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: 16/b.2x3;B-1
Washington -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Tasby cf 1>4 k(23) D.2-H SB2
43.2-3
Breeding 2b k 9 63 63.3-H
Robinson rf S 4>S 6>7 4/L
Nelson 1b 13 k 63 9>Earley
W
Posada lf 2>k 4/fl 63 Reniff
k
McAuliffe 3b S 9 7>7 k
Taylor c 8 5>W 3/fl 64/f
Hamlin ss 8 63.1-2
Taussig ph 8
Veal ss
Loes p 3>9
Morton ph 53
Drott p
Coker ph 8>S
Rivera pr
Henry p
Kansas City IN OUT ER Washington IN OUT ER
Jones,S A1 D3 2 W 8-5 Loes A1 C7 2 L 2-3
Earley D4 D4 0 Drott C8 D9 0
Reniff D5 D7 0 S 7 Henry E1 E3 0
7/14/1961, KC 61-Was61, game 1, Griffith Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Kansas City 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 8 0
1961 Washington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 4 5 3
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 20 Fox grounded out to second (BBX)
0-0 1 --- 31 Virdon walked (BBFBB)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Virdon stole second (1>C)
0-0 1 -2- 22 Virdon to third, Gentile to first on an error by the
catcher Taylor (1>C.BFF2BX)
0-0 1 1-3 10 Roseboro lined out to first (BX)
0-0 2 1-3 32 Maye walked, Gentile to second (CCFBFBB>B)
0-0 2 123 00 Jensen reached on catcher's interference, Virdon scored,
Gentile to third, Maye to second, Jensen to first on an
error by the catcher Taylor (X)
1-0 2 123 22 Boyer was hit by a pitch, Gentile scored, Maye to third,
Jensen to second (CSBBH)
2-0 2 123 12 Malzone struck out (CFBFS)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Washington batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Tasby popped out to second (X)
2-0 1 --- 12 Breeding struck out (CBCS)
2-0 2 --- 12 Robinson lined a single to shallow left (FCBX)
2-0 2 1-- 00 Nelson grounded out to the mound (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Kansas City batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Jones,S grounded out to short (X)
2-0 1 --- 11 Fox reached on an infield single to short (FBX)
2-0 1 1-- 00 Virdon lined a double to right center, Fox to third (X)
2-0 1 -23 00 Gentile lined out to short (X)
2-0 2 -23 22 Roseboro grounded out to second (CSBBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Washington batting
2-0 0 --- 02 Posada struck out (CCS)
2-0 1 --- 00 McAuliffe lined a single to right (X)
2-0 1 1-- 32 Taylor flied out to center (CBSBBX)
2-0 2 1-- 10 Hamlin flied out to center (1BX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Kansas City batting
2-0 0 --- 32 Maye lined a single to right (BCSBFBX)
2-0 0 1-- 10 Jensen grounded into a double play, Hamlin to Breeding to
Nelson (B1X)
2-0 2 --- 00 Boyer flied out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Washington batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Loes flied out to right (X)
2-0 1 --- 12 Tasby struck out, Roseboro to Gentile (CSBFS)
2-0 2 --- 02 Breeding popped out to right (CCX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Kansas City batting
2-0 0 --- 10 Malzone to second on an error by the third baseman
McAuliffe (BX)
2-0 0 -2- 10 Jones,S bunted into an out to the mound, Malzone out at
third, Jones,S to first (BbXb)
2-0 1 1-- 00 Fox grounded into a double play, Breeding to Hamlin to
Nelson (X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Washington batting
2-0 0 --- 21 Robinson lined a single to right center (BBCX)
2-0 0 1-- 32 Nelson struck out (BFBBFFS)
2-0 1 1-- 11 Posada popped out to second (BSX)
2-0 2 1-- 32 McAuliffe flied out to right (BBCBS>X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Kansas City batting
2-0 0 --- 21 Virdon flied out to right (CBBX)
2-0 1 --- 00 Gentile grounded a single up the middle (X)
2-0 1 1-- 01 Roseboro grounded out to second, Gentile to second (F1X)
2-0 2 -2- 10 Maye grounded a double down the first base line, Gentile
scored (BX)
3-0 2 -2- 32 Jensen lined a single to shallow left, Maye scored
(FCBFBBX)
4-0 2 1-- 12 Boyer flied out to right (BFCX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Washington batting
4-0 0 --- 30 Taylor walked (BBBB)
4-0 0 1-- 10 Hamlin grounded out to short, Taylor to second (BX)
Morton pinch hitting for Loes
4-0 1 -2- 21 Morton grounded out to third (FBBX)
4-0 2 -2- 22 Tasby lined a double to right center, Taylor scored
(BFBCX)
4-1 2 -2- 20 Breeding grounded out to short (BBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Kansas City batting
Drott now pitching
4-1 0 --- 21 Malzone to first on an error by the third baseman
McAuliffe (BBCX)
4-1 0 1-- 20 Jones,S sacrifice bunted to the mound, Malzone to second
(BbBbXb)
4-1 1 -2- 31 Fox walked (BBCBB)
4-1 1 12- 10 Virdon grounded into a double play, McAuliffe to Breeding
to Nelson (BX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Washington batting
4-1 0 --- 00 Robinson lined out to left (X)
4-1 1 --- 11 Nelson grounded out to short (BCX)
4-1 2 --- 02 Posada grounded out to short (CSX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Kansas City batting
4-1 0 --- 21 Gentile grounded out to short (SBBX)
4-1 1 --- 10 Roseboro grounded out to third (BX)
4-1 2 --- 20 Maye grounded out to first (BBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Washington batting
4-1 0 --- 00 McAuliffe flied out to left (X)
4-1 1 --- 11 Taylor popped out to first (BCX)
Taussig pinch hitting for Hamlin
4-1 2 --- 00 Taussig lined out to center (X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Kansas City batting
Veal now playing shortstop
4-1 0 --- 12 Jensen flied out to right (BCCFX)
4-1 1 --- 21 Boyer grounded out to short (CBBX)
4-1 2 --- 21 Malzone lined a double to right center (BBCX)
4-1 2 -2- 11 Jones,S grounded out to first (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Washington batting
Coker pinch hitting for Drott
4-1 0 --- 12 Coker lined a single to right (FBCX)
Coker left the game with an injury
Rivera pinch running for Coker
4-1 0 1-- 11 Rivera stole second (BF>S)
4-1 0 -2- 22 Tasby grounded out to second, Rivera to third (BF>S.BX)
4-1 1 --3 10 Breeding grounded out to short, Rivera scored (B+3X)
4-2 2 --- 00 Robinson lined out to second (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Kansas City batting
Henry now pitching
4-2 0 --- 20 Fox grounded out to short (BBX)
Flood pinch hitting for Virdon
4-2 1 --- 02 Flood lined out to right (FCFX)
4-2 2 --- 00 Gentile lined out to right (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Washington batting
Azcue now playing catcher
Earley now pitching
Flood moved to center field
4-2 0 --- 32 Nelson walked (CBSBFBB)
Reniff now pitching
4-2 0 1-- 32 Posada struck out (CBBBSS)
4-2 1 1-- 12 McAuliffe struck out (BSCC)
4-2 2 1-- 10 Taylor grounded to short, forcing Nelson at second (BX)