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August 16, 1961

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Jerry Lumpe Season Stats

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Metropolitan Stadium - August 16, 1961
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Stolen Base
Bill Pleis
Earl Battey
Harmon Killebrew
Billy Martin
Bill Tuttle
Zoilo Versalles
Jim Lemon
Lenny Green
Bob Allison
Jerry Lumpe
Dick Howser
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

There goes Howser. The throw from Battey and he is safe. Howser steals third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Jim Rivera. Del Greco bunts in front of the plate. Battey fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to second.
Top 7 Bill Pleis now pitching. Howser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Battey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Lemon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bass strikes out.
Top 6 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Stephens scores.
Top 6 Posada hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stephens moves to third.
Top 6 Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Green moves to second.
Bottom 5 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe misplays the ball. That's an error on Lumpe.
Bottom 5 Ramos strikes out.
Bottom 5 Versalles hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Ramos covering, for the out.
Top 5 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Howser fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Battey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allison scores.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Allison reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out.
Top 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bass hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Green hits a line drive towards short. Howser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ramos hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Versalles hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Posada hits a popup towards third. Tuttle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stephens hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Green who is chasing the ball. Stephens reaches third base with a triple. Lumpe scores. Siebern scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lumpe moves to third. Siebern moves to second.
Top 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin misplays the ball. That's an error on Martin. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 3 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera scores.
Top 3 Rivera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Rivera reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bass strikes out.
Bottom 2 Battey hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stephens hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Martin is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Green hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebern is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.