Tigers @ Yankees
May 14, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 6 8 2
Yankees 8 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 6 8 2
Yankees 8 11 0

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .236
OBP .500 .279
At Bats 4 127
Hits 2 30
• Singles 2 24
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 1 15

Jim Coates Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Yankee Stadium - May 14, 1961
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Out
Jim Coates
Johnny Blanchard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Bill Bruton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 6 8 2 5
New York Yankees 8 11 0 10
Winning Pitcher Jim Coates
Losing Pitcher Jim Bunning
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Roger Maris
Attendance 40,968
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Jim Donohue. Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Fernandez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Richardson bunts towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out. Coates moves to second.
Bottom 7 Coates bunts towards the mound. Donohue fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Maxwell scores.
Top 7 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coates fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra who is chasing the ball. Maxwell reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Blanchard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 6 Skowron takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to third.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jim Donohue now pitching. Maris strikes out.
Top 6 Wood hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bubba Morton pinch hits for Bill Fischer. Morton strikes out.
Top 6 Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Coates strikes out.
Top 5 Boros hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jim Coates now pitching. Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maxwell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood scores.
Top 5 Wood hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Wood reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blanchard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fischer fires over to first and Cash drops the ball. That's an error on Cash. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Fischer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Fernandez takes first base on ball four. Boros moves to second.
Top 4 Brown strikes out.
Top 4 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bill Fischer now pitching. Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to second.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Wood is called out on strikes.
Top 3 George Thomas pinch hits for Jim Bunning. Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Terry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Fernandez. Berra scores. Skowron moves to third. Blanchard moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Blanchard is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Berra moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 2 Skowron takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Bottom 2 There goes Mantle. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Mantle steals second.
Bottom 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Maris is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fernandez hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Boros hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cash hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Terry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra scores. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blanchard strikes out.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris scores. Mantle scores. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kubek scores. Maris moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Kubek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wood strikes out.