Indians @ Tigers
August 6, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 9 13 2
Tigers 5 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 9 13 2
Tigers 5 10 2

Norm Cash Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .362
OBP .250 .498
At Bats 4 356
Hits 1 129
• Singles 1 81
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 89
RBI’s 0 92

Mudcat Grant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 5 0
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Tiger Stadium - August 6, 1961
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Out
Mudcat Grant
John Romano
Vic Power
Ken Aspromonte
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Tito Francona
Don Dillard
Willie Kirkland
Norm Cash
Rocky Colavito
Al Kaline

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 9 13 2 12
Detroit Tigers 5 10 2 9
Winning Pitcher Mudcat Grant
Losing Pitcher Bob Bruce
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tito Francona
Attendance 49,666
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Colavito hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wood scores. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. Wood moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wood takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Fred Gladding. McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Francona is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Dillard hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Aspromonte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Grant strikes out.
Bottom 8 Roarke hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fernandez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bertoia hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Held is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Power hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Romano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Phillips bunts towards the mound. Gladding fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Francona scores. Kirkland moves to third.
Top 8 Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.
Top 8 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wood tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wood moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Aspromonte reaches second base with a double. Held scores. Grant moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Grant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Held moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Held is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Power hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Phillips moves to second.
Top 7 Fred Gladding now pitching. Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kirkland tags and scores.
Top 7 Phillips bunts towards the mound. Aguirre juggles the ball. That's an error on Aguirre. Kirkland moves to third.
Top 7 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Francona scores.
Top 7 Hank Aguirre now pitching. Francona hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Francona reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Manny Montejo. Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Roarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertoia bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bertoia for the out. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dillard strikes out.
Top 6 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grant strikes out.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bruton tags and scores.
Bottom 5 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.
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.