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April 23, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 10 13 0
Athletics 8 14 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 10 13 0
Athletics 8 14 2

Dick Howser Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .167
OBP .800 .400
At Bats 3 18
Hits 2 3
• Singles 2 2
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 6
RBI’s 1 1

Russ Heman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - April 23, 1961
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Out
Russ Heman
Valmy Thomas
Vic Power
Johnny Temple
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Tito Francona
Jim Piersall
Walt Bond
Dick Howser
Lou Klimchock

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 10 13 0 11
Kansas City Athletics 8 14 2 11
Winning Pitcher Wynn Hawkins
Losing Pitcher Ken Johnson
Save Russ Heman
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 12,120
Time of Game 3 hours 52 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Haywood Sullivan. Klimchock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Russ Heman now pitching. Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Norm Bass now pitching. Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Top 9 Temple takes first base on ball four. Power scores. Thomas scores.
Top 9 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. Bob Hale pinch hits for Wynn Hawkins. Hale hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out. Power moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Top 9 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Held bunts towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to second.
Top 9 Power takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wynn Hawkins now pitching. Valmy Thomas now catching. Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken Johnson now pitching. Bond takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.
Top 8 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple scores. Francona moves to third.
Top 8 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Top 8 Jack Kubiszyn pinch runs for Willie Kirkland. Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Kubiszyn trying to get to third. Bauer throws the ball in to Carey, who tags Kubiszyn for the out. Temple moves to second.
Top 8 Mudcat Grant pinch runs for John Romano. Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Frank Funk. Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Ed Rakow now pitching. Romano is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Leo Posada pinch hits for Al Pilarcik. Frank Funk now pitching. Bob Boyd pinch hits for Leo Posada. Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. Carey scores. Bauer moves to third.
Bottom 7 Howser takes first base on ball four. Carey moves to third. Bauer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hank Bauer pinch hits for Bill Kunkel. Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sullivan bunts towards the mound. The ball bounces off Allen, and towards Phillips, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Carey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bob Allen now pitching. Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to home to get Bond. Phillips moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Phillips hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Phillips reaches second base with a double. Francona scores. Piersall scores. Bond moves to third.
Top 7 Bond hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Francona moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Top 7 Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Ed Keegan now pitching. Francona hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Francona reaches second base with a double. Romano scores. Temple goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romano moves to third.
Top 7 Don Dillard pinch hits for Steve Hamilton. Dillard hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Romano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Romano reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Throneberry strikes out.
Bottom 6 Siebern takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores.
Bottom 6 Pilarcik strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 6 The umpire calls a balk on Hamilton Howser moves to second.
Bottom 6 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Held hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to home to get Throneberry. Tuttle moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Carey bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Throneberry moves to third. Tuttle moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tuttle bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Throneberry moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Throneberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bond hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores.
Top 5 The ball gets by Sullivan for a passed ball. Temple moves to third.
Top 5 Francona hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Hamilton tags and scores. Temple tags and moves to second.
Top 5 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hamilton moves to third.
Top 5 Hamilton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Romano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Steve Hamilton now pitching. Siebern is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bond who is chasing the ball. Lumpe reaches third base with a triple. Howser scores. Pilarcik goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Barry Latman now pitching. Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walker scores. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sullivan scores. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third.
Bottom 4 Carey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Throneberry. The throw from Romano and he is out, Held applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Throneberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Held hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a popup towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Locke covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Lumpe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Howser hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bond hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Locke hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Romano takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 2 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Howser.
Bottom 1 Throneberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Howser. The throw from Romano and he is safe. Howser steals second.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bond hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bond for the out.
Top 1 Piersall hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe catches it and throws to second with Howser covering, to double up Francona.
Top 1 Francona hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Francona reaches second base with a double. Temple goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.