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Twins 1 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
June 5, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 5, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Twins with a score of 6 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJune 5, 1961 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 1 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherRollie Sheldon  
Losing PitcherChuck Stobbs  
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Game Winning RBIRollie Sheldon 

Game Info

DateJune 5, 1961 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherChuck Stobbs  
Home Starting PitcherRollie Sheldon  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance23,103 
Time of Game2 hours 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Bob Stewart
2B: Charlie Berry
3B: Joe Linsalata

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Lenny Green  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Jim Lemon  Left Fielder 
Ron Henry  Catcher 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Billy Gardner  Third Baseman 
Chuck Stobbs  Pitcher 
Cookie Lavagetto  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Clete Boyer  Third Baseman 
Tony Kubek  Shortstop 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Elston Howard  Catcher 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Left Fielder 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Rollie Sheldon  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Twins 1 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
June 5, 1961

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/5/1961, game 2 -- Minnesota at New York (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Versalles Z, ss       3  0  0  0   Boyer C, 3b           3  1  0  0   
Tuttle B, cf          4  0  1  0   Kubek T, ss           4  1  1  2   
Green L, rf           4  0  0  0   Maris R, rf           2  1  0  0   
Killebrew H, 1b       4  0  1  0   Mantle M, cf          4  0  0  0   
Lemon J, lf           4  0  1  0   Howard E, c           4  1  3  0   
Henry R, c            4  0  0  0   Skowron B, 1b         4  1  1  0   
Martin B, 2b          3  1  2  0   Lopez H, lf           3  0  1  2   
Gardner B, 3b         3  0  0  0   Richardson B, 2b      4  1  1  0   
Stobbs C, p           2  0  1  1   Sheldon R, p          3  0  1  2   
Sadowski T, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Valo E, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Kaat J, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  1  6  1                        31  6  8  6

Minnesota        001 000 000 --  1
New York         000 031 20x --  6

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Stobbs C (L)          5.2  7  4  4  0  2
Sadowski T            1.1  1  2  2  2  1
Kaat J                1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sheldon R (W)         9.0  6  1  1  1  3

DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Minnesota 5, New York 5
2B -- Howard E, Stobbs C
3B -- Killebrew H
HR -- Kubek T
SF -- Lopez H
HBP -- by Stobbs C (Maris R)
WP -- Sheldon R
PB -- Howard E
T -- 2:31
A -- 23103

    

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