Athletics @ Indians
September 20, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 4 11 2
Indians 2 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 4 11 2
Indians 2 8 0

Bob Nieman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .405
OBP .000 .450
At Bats 0 74
Hits 0 30
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 11

Norm Bass Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 11 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - September 20, 1961
Out
Norm Bass
Billy Bryan
Norm Siebern
Charlie Shoemaker
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Bobby Del Greco
Frank Cipriani
Bob Nieman
Walt Bond

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 4 11 2 8
Cleveland Indians 2 8 0 7
Winning Pitcher Norm Bass
Losing Pitcher Bob Allen
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Del Greco
Attendance 2,632
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bob Nieman pinch hits for Joe Schaffernoth. Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bass fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Jack Kubiszyn. Kirkland hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bond hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Frank Cipriani now playing right field. Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Cipriani settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Causey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. Frank Cipriani pinch hits for Jay Hankins. Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. Bass moves to third.
Top 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bass moves to second.
Top 9 Bass hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Shoemaker takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bryan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dillard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Cline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Bond settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Siebern strikes out.
Top 8 Causey takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bob Allen now pitching. Hankins strikes out.
Bottom 7 Tito Francona pinch hits for Barry Latman. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Howser fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Kubiszyn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bond hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Bass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shoemaker scores.
Top 7 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shoemaker moves to second.
Top 7 Shoemaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bryan hits a fly ball into right field. Bond settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Held hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Causey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kubiszyn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cline hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Latman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kubiszyn hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bond takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hankins strikes out.
Top 5 Howser hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Romano hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Del Greco. Held goes all the way around to score. Romano moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Held takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dillard hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubiszyn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shoemaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bryan moves to second.
Top 4 Bryan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Latman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kubiszyn hits a line driveHankins throws the ball in to Causey who tags Kubiszyn trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Hankins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Howser moves to second.
Top 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bass strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bond hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubiszyn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Shoemaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubiszyn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bryan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Latman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Held strikes out. Bryan drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Held out.
Bottom 1 Power strikes out.
Bottom 1 Dillard strikes out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Cline moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hankins. Cline reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Causey moves to third.
Top 1 Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.