Indians @ Tigers
August 6, 1961

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Bottom 5 R H E
Indians 4 7 2
Tigers 2 4 1
Bottom 5 R H E
Indians 4 7 2
Tigers 2 5 1

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .261
OBP 1.000 .336
At Bats 1 403
Hits 1 105
• Singles 1 82
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 46
RBI’s 0 44

Mudcat Grant Season Stats

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10 5 0
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Tiger Stadium - August 6, 1961
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Triple
Mudcat Grant
John Romano
Vic Power
Ken Aspromonte
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Tito Francona
Don Dillard
Willie Kirkland
Bill Bruton
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Bruton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland who is chasing the ball. Bruton reaches third base with a triple.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Wood strikes out.
Top 5 Held strikes out.
Top 5 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Manny Montejo now pitching. Romano hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Bob Bruce. Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Grant covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Roarke hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillard scores. Francona moves to third. Kirkland moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grant scores. Dillard moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Dillard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grant moves to third.
Top 4 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grant 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.
Top 4 Held hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Power strikes out.
Top 3 Romano hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Francona moves to second.
Top 3 Kirkland strikes out.
Top 3 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruce bunts towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. Roarke moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roarke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte misplays the ball. That's an error on Aspromonte.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Dillard chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Aspromonte. Aspromonte fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Aspromonte. Bertoia scores. Fernandez moves all the way to home.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Bertoia moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Bruce covering, for the out.
Top 2 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez has Power trapped. There's the throw to Roarke and over to Bertoia, who tags Power for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Grant bunts towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out. Power moves to third. Held moves to second.
Top 2 Held takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cash strikes out.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wood hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bob Bruce now pitching. Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Phillips strikes out.
Top 1 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Dillard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Aspromonte hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.