Tigers @ Yankees
May 14, 1961

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Bottom 11 R H E
Tigers 4 7 0
Yankees 4 11 1
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Tigers 4 7 0
Yankees 4 11 1

Bill Skowron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .294
OBP .500 .339
At Bats 4 102
Hits 2 30
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 2 18

Hank Aguirre Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - May 14, 1961
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Strikeout
Hank Aguirre
Mike Roarke
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Steve Boros
Chuck Cottier
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Al Kaline
Bill Skowron
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Skowron strikes out.

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Bottom 11 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Wood strikes out.
Top 11 Aguirre strikes out.
Top 11 Jim Coates now pitching. Cottier hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aguirre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Richardson bunts towards the mound. Aguirre fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 10 Hector Lopez pinch hits for Luis Arroyo. Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Boros takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Top 10 Cash hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Johnny Blanchard now catching. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Kubek hits a fly ball towards right. Kaline catches it and throws to first to double up DeMaestri.
Bottom 9 Joe DeMaestri pinch runs for Elston Howard. Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mike Roarke now catching. Chuck Cottier now playing shortstop. Hank Aguirre now pitching. Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bruton strikes out.
Top 9 Wood takes first base on ball four. Lary moves to third. Morton moves to second.
Top 9 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Frank Lary pinch runs for Bobo Osborne. Bubba Morton pinch hits for Bill Fischer. Morton takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 George Thomas pinch runs for Charlie Maxwell. Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Chico Fernandez. Osborne hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Osborne reaches second base with a double. Boros scores. Thomas goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Dick Brown. Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Boros moves to second.
Top 9 Boros takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out.
Top 9 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kaline scores.
Top 9 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv who is chasing the ball. Kaline reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cerv moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 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 8 Bruton strikes out.
Top 8 Wood 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 8 Ozzie Virgil pinch hits for Don Mossi. Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Kubek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fernandez strikes out.
Top 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Boros hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cash is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito throws the ball in to Wood who tags Boyer, trying to catch an extra base, 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 Ford is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out.
Top 5 Wood is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Ford spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ford. Mossi moves to third.
Top 5 Mossi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Mossi reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kubek hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Cash strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Colavito hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton 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 2 Ford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kubek hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mossi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Top 2 Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Skowron reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cerv hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brown strikes out.
Top 1 Boros takes first base on ball four. Bruton scores. Kaline moves to third. Cash moves to second.
Top 1 Cash bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bruton moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 1 Colavito hits a line drive into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bruton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Bruton reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Wood strikes out.