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June 11, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 3 8 1
Indians 7 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 3 8 1
Indians 7 10 0

Gene Stephens Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .221
OBP .500 .361
At Bats 3 68
Hits 1 15
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 1 5

Dick Stigman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - June 11, 1961
Out
Dick Stigman
John Romano
Vic Power
Johnny Temple
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Tito Francona
Chuck Essegian
Willie Kirkland
Gene Stephens
Dick Howser

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 3 8 1 9
Cleveland Indians 7 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Dick Stigman
Losing Pitcher Jerry Walker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Chuck Essegian
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Howser moves to second.
Top 9 Lumpe strikes out.
Top 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields the ball and throws to Stigman covering. Safe.
Top 9 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Francona hits a line drive into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Essegian hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Temple bunts towards third. Bertoia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 8 Stigman strikes out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bertoia.
Bottom 8 Held hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pignatano strikes out.
Top 8 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gerry Staley now pitching. Romano hits a line drive into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Archer now pitching. Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Bottom 7 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Essegian hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jim Rivera now playing right field. Stigman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Posada strikes out.
Top 7 Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Romano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Walker bunts towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 6 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chuck Essegian now playing center field. Dick Stigman now pitching. Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Chuck Essegian pinch runs for Jim Piersall. Power hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Antonelli scores. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Antonelli moves to second.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Antonelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Siebern strikes out.
Top 5 Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores. Lumpe scores. Stephens moves to second.
Top 5 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to third. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser moves to second.
Top 5 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Walker hits a line drive into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Romano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bertoia strikes out.
Top 4 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Pignatano reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Siebern strikes out.
Top 4 Bauer hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Antonelli hits a popup towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stephens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Stephens reaches second base with a double. Howser scores. Lumpe moves to third.
Top 3 Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Top 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Held strikes out.
Bottom 2 Romano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kirkland hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Siebern hits a popup in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Posada strikes out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Walker covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.