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Tigers 4 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 14, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 14, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 14, 1961 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJim Coates  
Losing PitcherHank Aguirre  
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Game Winning RBIYogi Berra 

Game Info

DateMay 14, 1961 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Mossi  
Home Starting PitcherWhitey Ford  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 30 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Flaherty
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: Jim Honochick
3B: Bill Kinnamon

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jake Wood  Second Baseman 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Left Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Steve Boros  Third Baseman 
Dick Brown  Catcher 
Chico Fernandez  Shortstop 
Don Mossi  Pitcher 
Bob Scheffing  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Clete Boyer  Third Baseman 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Elston Howard  Catcher 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Tony Kubek  Shortstop 
Whitey Ford  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Tigers 4 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 14, 1961

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         Game of 5/14/1961, game 1 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wood J, 2b            5  0  0  0   Richardson B, 2b      4  0  1  0   
Bruton B, cf          5  1  1  0   Boyer C, 3b           5  1  1  0   
Kaline A, rf          4  1  1  0   Cerv B, lf            5  1  2  2   
Colavito R, lf        5  0  0  1   Mantle M, cf          5  2  3  0   
Cash N, 1b            5  0  2  0   Skowron B, 1b         5  1  2  2   
Boros S, 3b           2  1  1  1   Howard E, c           4  0  1  0   
Brown D, c            3  0  0  0   DeMaestri J, pr       0  0  0  0   
Maxwell C, ph         0  0  0  0   Blanchard J, c        1  0  0  0   
Thomas G, pr          0  1  0  0   Maris R, rf           4  0  1  0   
Roarke M, c           1  0  0  0   Kubek T, ss           5  0  1  0   
Fernandez C, ss       3  0  0  0   Ford W, p             3  0  0  0   
Osborne B, ph         1  0  1  2   Clevenger T, p        0  0  0  0   
Lary F, pr            0  0  0  0   Arroyo L, p           0  0  0  0   
Cottier C, ss         1  0  0  0   Lopez H, ph           0  0  0  0   
Mossi D, p            2  0  1  0   Coates J, p           0  0  0  0   
Virgil O, ph          1  0  0  0   Berra Y, ph           1  0  1  1   
Fischer B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Morton B, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
Aguirre H, p          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4  7  4                        42  5 13  5

Detroit          100 000 003 00 --  4
New York         200 200 000 01 --  5
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Mossi D               7.0  7  4  4  0  5
Fischer B             1.0  2  0  0  0  0
Aguirre H (L)         2.2  4  1  1  2  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ford W*               8.0  5  2  2  2  7
Clevenger T           0.2  1  2  2  2  0
Arroyo L              1.1  1  0  0  3  1
Coates J (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Ford W
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, New York 8
2B -- Bruton B, Skowron B, Mantle M, Mossi D, Osborne B
3B -- Kaline A
HR -- Cerv B, Skowron B
SH -- Richardson B
T -- 3:30
A -- 0

    

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