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June 8, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 11 0
Yankees 6 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 11 0
Yankees 6 11 1

Roger Maris Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .227
OBP .000 .347
At Bats 4 176
Hits 0 40
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 43

Jim Archer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 3
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Yankee Stadium - June 8, 1961
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Out
Jim Archer
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Andy Carey
Dick Howser
Leo Posada
Gene Stephens
Haywood Sullivan
Roger Maris

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 9 11 0 5
New York Yankees 6 11 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim Archer
Losing Pitcher Danny McDevitt
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Pignatano
Attendance 13,157
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.

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Bottom 9 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out.
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pignatano hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Siebern hits a line drive into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rollie Sheldon now pitching. Posada hits a line drive towards first. Skowron reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Deron Johnson pinch hits for Tex Clevenger. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gene Stephens now playing center field. Leo Posada now playing left field. Howard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stephens who is chasing the ball. Howard reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Bauer strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Howser. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Howser steals second.
Top 8 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boyer.
Top 8 Archer is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Bottom 7 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 7 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Siebern 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 6 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bob Cerv pinch hits for Hal Reniff. Cerv is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Richardson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Posada hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Bauer. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Bauer steals second.
Top 6 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Howser 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 6 Archer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howard for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Maris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jerry Lumpe now playing second base. Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Carey hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Reno Bertoia. Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Siebern scores. Pignatano moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 5 Hal Reniff now pitching. Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Siebern moves to third. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 5 Pignatano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Top 5 Siebern hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bauer scores.
Top 5 Posada bunts towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out. Bauer moves to second.
Top 5 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores.
Top 5 There goes Howser. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Howser steals second.
Top 5 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Archer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Ditmar, and towards Kubek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bertoia hits a line drive towards first. Skowron reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a line drive into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Art Ditmar now pitching. Pignatano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lopez who is chasing the ball. Pignatano reaches third base with a triple. Lopez throws the ball in to Howard who tags Pignatano trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Siebern scores.
Top 3 Siebern hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris who is chasing the ball. Siebern reaches third base with a triple. Posada scores.
Top 3 Posada hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lopez who is chasing the ball. Posada reaches third base with a triple. Bauer scores.
Top 3 Bauer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Bauer reaches second base with a double. Carey scores. Howser goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Howser is hit by the pitch. Carey moves to second.
Top 3 Archer hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Maris hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDevitt scores. Boyer scores.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sullivan. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Richardson scores. McDevitt moves to third.
Bottom 2 McDevitt takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Richardson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a line drive into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bauer. Howard reaches second base with a double. Mantle scores.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bauer. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bertoia hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Archer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Howser strikes out.