Monday, December 7, 2009

'61 Halos capture AL Flag in 6 over '61 Twins

10/08 - Wrigley Field - Los Angeles, California
Game 1 - Twins 3, Angels 1

Jim Kaat (5-3) continued his masterful post-season performance, tossing a 5-hit, 1-run complete game to give the Twins the first games of the ALCS. Earl Battey's 2-run 1st inning HR was all the cushion Kaat needed. The Angels answered with 1 run in the bottom half of the 1st. But after that, they managed only 3 singles the rest of the way. Kaat's 5th win lowered his season ERA to 1.32. Ken McBride (2-5) took the loss for LA.

10/09 - Wrigley Field - Los Angeles, California
Game 2 - Angels 4, Twins 3

Two unearned runs in the bottom of the 7th turned out to be the difference, as the Angels evened the series. Ken Hunt put LA on the board first with a solo shot in the bottom of the opening frame, and the tripled and scored in the 3rd on a Leon Wagner single. But Minnesota answered with 1 in the 4th inning and 2 more in the 6th inning to move ahead 3-2. Than a Bill Tuttle error opened the door for the 2 unearned runs that put LA back on top, with the go-ahead scoring on a double-play grounder. Angels relief ace Art Fowler closed the door the last two innings to earn his 6th save. Tom Morgan picked up the win. But the real pitching hero for the Angels was Ryne Duren, who came on in emergency relief in the 2nd inning and pitched 4.1 innings after starter Eli Grba went down with an injury.

10/11 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game 3 - Angels 1, Twins 0

After departing Game 2 after only 1.1 innings, Eli Grba (7-0) came back after the travel day to pitch a solid 8 shutout innings, yielding only 3 hits. Earl Averill's bases-loaded bloop single off Don Lee (2-1) plated pinch-runner Tom Satriano with the only run of the game, giving the Angels a 2-1 games lead in the ALCS. Art Fowler came on in the 9th to try and save the game. Versalles' lead off single was erased with a Earl Battey DP ball. But with Killebrew at the plate representing the tying run with 2 outs, the Minnesota sky opened up and poured rain for 138 minutes. Fowler's arm stiffened up, and Tom Morgan had to come on to get the last out. A walk to Killebrew put the tying run on 1st base. But a Bob Allison grounder ended the threat. Morgan's 5th save preserved Grba's 7th win. Lee took the loss.

10/12 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game 4 - Angels 4, Twins 2
Los Angeles exploded for 4 first inning runs off Twins starter Jack Kralick (5-4). Ken Hunt set

the tone with a HR to lead off the game. Four singles, a double, and a sac fly later, and the Angles were leading 4-0 before Minnesota came to the plate. The Twins immediately began to return the favor against Angels' starter Ken Bowsfield as they had 1 in and the bases loaded with no outs. But Bowsfield managed to escape without anyone else scoring to keep the score 4-1. After the 1st innings both pitchers settled down, with the Angles getting only 2 more singles, and the Twins only 1 more run on a Harmon Killebrew solo HR. Ron Kline, Jack Spring and Art Fowler tossed 3.1 innings of no-hit, no-run baseball to preserve the win. Bowsfield improved to 4-0 and Fowler picked up save #7. The loss was pinned on Kralick, who couldn't manage to climb out of the whole he dug for himself in the 1st inning.

10/13 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game 5 - Twins 8, Angles 1

A Ken Aspromonte throwing error opened the door for 6 unearned 1st-inning runs, as the Twins won a laugher. Jim Lemon and Bill Tuttle homered off of hard luck loser Ken McBride (2-6). And with hottest KOD8 pitcher Jim Kaat on the mound, this one was over before the 1st inning even ended. The only bright moment for Los Angeles was Ken Hunt's 3rd HR of the series. But it was too little, too late. With his 6th win, Kaat (6-3) lowered his ERA to an amazing 1.22. The series moved back to the West Coast with the Angles up 3 games to 2.

10/15 - Wrigley Field - Los Angeles, California
Game 6 - Angles 5, Twins 1
Los Angeles clinched the AL pennant behind the pitching of Jim Donohue (5-0) and Ryne Duren,

and a surprise 3-run HR by light-hitting veteran Ed Yost. The Angels jumped out on top 2-0 with first inning hits by Leon Wagner, Lee Thomas and Earl Averill. But when Thomas and Averill led off the 4th inning with walks, nobody in the stadium was expecting what happened next, as Yost parked one over the LF wall to put the Angels up 5-0. A bit shell-shocked, the Twins could only manage a single run on a Killebrew 9th inning solo HR off Art Fowler, who surrendered his first earned run in his last 19 appearances, spanning 24.1 innings. Camilo Pascual (5-3) suffered the loss, as the Angels won the series in 6 games.
--submitted by Douglas Zaner--

Oct 8, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 23-16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 1961-Los Angeles 22-13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Ave Green CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 .272 Hunt CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245 Versalles SS 5 0 1 1 0 1 .291 Bridges 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .341 Battey C 5 1 1 2 0 2 .290 Aspromonte 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Killebrew 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Thomas,G LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .346 Allison RF 2 0 1 0 1 1 .231 Bilko 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .185 Lemon LF 3 0 1 0 1 2 .299 Thomas,L RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Martin 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .216 Rodgers PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Tuttle 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .213 Averill C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Mincher PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Koppe SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Bertoia 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Yost 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .306 Kaat P 4 0 0 0 0 4 .292 Leek PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .163 36 3 8 3 2 12 McBride P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rice PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Duren P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spring P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fowler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31 1 5 1 0 7 61-Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Kaat W(5-3) 9.0 5 1 1 0 0 7 111 1.32 9.0 5 1 1 0 0 7 111 61-Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA McBride L(2-5) 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 9 112 3.43 Duren 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 31 3.13 Spring 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 Fowler 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1.25 9.0 8 3 3 1 2 12 155 MIN: Mincher hit for Tuttle in the 8th Bertoia moved to 3B in the 9th LAA: Leek hit for Yost in the 7th Rice hit for McBride in the 7th Leek moved to 3B in the 8th Aspromonte moved to 2B in the 9th Rodgers hit for Thomas,L in the 9th E-Bilko(1) 2B-Versalles(9) Green(11) Allison(7) Bilko(5) HR-MIN Battey(4) off McBride(10) in the 1st with 1 on base RBI-MIN Battey 2(22) Versalles(16) LAA Bilko(5) HBP-Allison(MIN) by Duren(LAA) SH-Bridges McBride PB-Battey Averill LOB-MIN(9) Battey 3(28) Martin 5(23) Versalles(22) LAA(5) Averill 2(16) Hunt 2(17) Thomas,L(30) DP-61-Los Angeles 1 GWRBI-Battey Game MVP:Jim Kaat Wrigley Field-LA, Time 2:58, 81ų, 15mph In from RCF Oct 8, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 1961-Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Green CF 1>S F7 G13 D G46/fo,B1 2 Versalles SS G63,12 G64/fo G53 D,2H K+e2,12,B1 3 Battey C HR 3>G53 6>F8 K K 4 Killebrew 1B S F7 P5 8>F7 5 Allison RF W,12 K D HBP 6 Lemon LF K 4>K W S,12 7 Martin 2B G13 K K G643/dp 8 Tuttle 3B 2>S G63 7>G43 Mincher PH 9>G3/e3,B1 Bertoia 3B 9 Kaat P K 5>K K K 1961 61-Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Hunt CF 1>S P6 F7 8>F7 2 Bridges 2B B14,12 P5 6>S P5 Aspromonte 2B 3 Thomas,G LF F7 4>K P3 K 4 Bilko 1B D,2H F8 G46/fo,B1 9>P6 5 Thomas,L RF G43 G43 K+e2,12,B1 Rodgers PH F9 6 Averill C 2>L5 5>K L6 G53 7 Koppe SS G43 S 7>G31 8 Yost 3B K S,12 Leek PH-3B K 9 McBride P 3>K B54,23,12 Rice PH G31 Duren P Spring P Fowler P 61-Minnesota IN OUT Kaat AB1-1 End 61-Los Angeles IN OUT McBride AB1-1 AB4-3 Duren AB4-4 AB4-9 Spring AB5-1 AB5-1 Fowler AB5-2 End Oct 9, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 23-17 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 3 1961-Los Angeles 23-13 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 1 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Ave Green CF 3 0 2 0 2 0 .279 Pearson RF 3 0 1 1 1 1 .294 Versalles SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Hunt CF 3 2 2 1 1 0 .258 Battey C 5 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Wagner LF 2 0 2 1 0 0 .355 Killebrew 1B 3 2 0 0 2 0 .278 Thomas,G PH-LF 1 0 1 0 1 0 .354 Allison RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .234 Thomas,L 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Lemon LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .289 Bilko PH-1B 1 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Martin 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 .221 Averill C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Naragon PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .439 Koppe SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .208 McDevitt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bridges 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .326 Pleis P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Rice PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Tuttle 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .218 Aspromonte 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Rollins PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Yost 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Gardner 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Satriano PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramos P 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Fowler P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mincher PH 0 0 0 1 1 0 .286 Grba P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Bertoia 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Duren P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 33 3 7 2 6 8 Morgan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodgers PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 .438 Leek 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 32 4 8 3 4 7 61-Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Ramos 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 3 72 4.40 McDevitt L(1-1) 1.0 2 2 0 0 2 3 35 0.00 Pleis BS(1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 43 0.00 8.0 8 4 2 1 4 7 150 61-Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Grba 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 2.97 Duren H(2) 4.1 3 3 3 0 5 4 90 3.62 Morgan W(1-0) BS(1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 4.86 Fowler S(6) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 33 1.14 9.0 7 3 3 0 6 8 165 MIN: Naragon hit for Martin in the 6th Rollins hit for Tuttle in the 6th Mincher hit for Ramos in the 6th Gardner moved to 2B in the 6th Bertoia moved to 3B in the 6th LAA: Thomas,G hit for Wagner in the 6th Bilko hit for Thomas,L in the 6th Rice hit for Bridges in the 6th Bilko moved to 1B in the 7th Aspromonte moved to 2B in the 7th Satriano ran for Yost in the 7th Rodgers hit for Morgan in the 7th E-Green(5) Bertoia 2(3) Koppe(9) 2B-Green(12) 3B-Hunt(1) HR-LAA Hunt(3) off Ramos(14) in the 1st with bases empty CS-LAA Pearson(1) by Ramos(5) and Battey(12) in the 1st RBI-MIN Naragon(10) Mincher(2) LAA Hunt(11) Wagner(21) Pearson(12) HBP-Rollins(MIN) by Morgan(LAA) PB-Battey OfA-Hunt(3) LOB-MIN(8) Battey 2(30) Killebrew(40) Versalles(23) Green 3(22) Allison(39) LAA(8) Rice 3(12) Averill 3(19) Thomas,L(31) Leek(11) DP-61-Minnesota 1 61-Los Angeles 1 Game MVP:Ken Hunt Injury: Grba(Oct 10) Wrigley Field-LA, Time 3:31, 78ų, 5mph Out to LCF Oct 9, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 3 1961-Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 1 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Green CF 1>S W,12 W F9 D 2 Versalles SS F7 F8 G54/fo 7>G6/e6,B1 S,23 3 Battey C K G63 6>F7 G43,12 K 4 Killebrew 1B F8 4>W W F7 G53 5 Allison RF 2>K S,13 W,12 G63 6 Lemon LF L6 G543/dp,3H K 8>K 7 Martin 2B S/84 G43 Naragon PH S,23,1H,13,B McDevitt P Pleis P G43 8 Tuttle 3B 3>S 5>K Rollins PH HBP Gardner 2B G63 9 Ramos P K K Mincher PH W,3H,23,12 Bertoia 3B 9>F7 1961 61-Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Pearson RF 1>W P6 K S,2H,13 2 Hunt CF CS2(24)HR T 6>W G463/dp,3H 3 Wagner LF S S,3H Thomas,G PH-LF PB,12 S,23 W 4 Thomas,L 1B G3u,12 G13 Bilko PH-1B W,12 E5,12,B1 5 Averill C F7 4>F7 K G53 6 Koppe SS 2>G63 F8 K 8>S+e8,B2 7 Bridges 2B G53 L6 Rice PH K Aspromonte 2B F7 8 Yost 3B G63 5>K 7>E5,B1 Satriano PR Fowler P K 9 Grba P Duren P 3>L6 K Morgan P Rodgers PH S,12 Leek 3B P6 61-Minnesota IN OUT Ramos AB1-1 AB3-1 McDevitt AB3-2 AB3-9 Pleis AB4-1 End 61-Los Angeles IN OUT Grba AB1-1 AB1-5 Duren AB1-6 AB3-6 Morgan AB3-7 AB4-5 Fowler AB4-6 End Oct 11, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Los Angeles 24-13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1 1961-Minnesota 23-18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Rain delay of 138 minutes in the 9th. 61-Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave Pearson RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 .293 Green CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Bridges 2B 1 0 0 0 2 0 .319 Versalles SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Bilko PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Battey C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .281 Satriano PR-3B 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Killebrew 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .272 Wagner LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .360 Allison RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Thomas,L 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .240 Lemon LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Averill C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .215 Martin 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .224 Aspromonte 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Tuttle 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 .216 Hunt CF 4 0 2 0 0 2 .267 Rollins PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Yost 3B 1 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Bertoia 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Kluszewski PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Pascual P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .120 Leek 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Lee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodgers PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .412 Naragon PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Koppe SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .202 Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grba P 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 29 0 4 0 3 3 Rice PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Fowler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morgan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 1 8 1 6 7 61-Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Grba W(7-0) 8.0 3 0 0 0 2 3 116 2.62 Fowler H(5) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.11 Morgan S(5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.76 9.0 4 0 0 0 3 3 133 61-Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Pascual 5.1 4 0 0 0 4 5 82 3.07 Lee L(2-1) 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 1 52 1.57 Moore 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 3.86 9.0 8 1 1 0 6 7 154 LAA: Rice ran for Grba in the Satriano moved to 3B in the 9th Rodgers moved to C in the 9th E-Koppe(10) 2B-Hunt(7) Grba(1) Martin(4) RBI-LAA Averill(16) OfA-Wagner(4) Green(3) Allison(2) LOB-LAA(9) Rodgers 2(6) Wagner 2(14) Thomas,L 2(33) Kluszewski(12) Grba 2(10) MIN(4) Killebrew 2(42) Pascual 2(7) DP-61-Los Angeles 1 61-Minnesota 3 Game MVP:Eli Grba Metropolitan Stadium, Time 3:12, 66ų, 10mph In from CF Oct 11, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1 1961-Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1961 61-Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Pearson RF 1>K 3>S W G13 F7 2 Bridges 2B G53 W,12 W,23,12 Bilko PH 8>S Satriano PR-3B K 3 Wagner LF S F9/95 G463/dp S,12 4 Thomas,L 1B G31 K 6>G43 W,23,12 5 Averill C 2>F9 4>G53 G63 S,3H,23,12 Aspromonte 2B 6 Hunt CF S K D K 7 Yost 3B W,12 K Kluszewski PH F9 Leek 3B Rodgers PH-C F8/82 8 Koppe SS K 5>F9 7>G43 9>W 9 Grba P G53 D P2 B54/fo,B1 Rice PR Fowler P Morgan P 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Green CF 1>G3u 4>G53 6>G43 G43 2 Versalles SS F8 F8 G43 9>S 3 Battey C G63 W S G463/dp 4 Killebrew 1B 2>F7 G53 F8 W 5 Allison RF P4 5>K 7>F7 G64/fo 6 Lemon LF F7 E6,B1 K 7 Martin 2B 3>G53 D,13/72,3H K 8 Tuttle 3B G63 IBB Rollins PH 8>S /43 Bertoia 3B 9 Pascual P G13 G46/fo Lee P Naragon PH G43 Moore P 61-Los Angeles IN OUT Grba AB1-1 AB4-1 Fowler AB4-2 AB4-3 Morgan AB4-4 End 61-Minnesota IN OUT Pascual AB1-1 AB3-4 Lee AB3-5 AB4-7 Moore AB4-8 End Oct 12, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Los Angeles 25-13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 1961-Minnesota 23-19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 61-Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave Hunt CF 4 1 1 1 0 2 .267 Green CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .273 Aspromonte 2B 2 1 1 0 2 0 .208 Versalles SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Thomas,G LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 .353 Battey C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Wagner PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Killebrew 1B 3 1 1 2 1 0 .273 Bilko 1B 3 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Allison RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Kluszewski PH- 1 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Lemon LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Averill C 2 0 1 1 0 0 .221 Martin 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Rodgers PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .389 Naragon PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .442 Yost 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Gardner 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Leek 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .157 Tuttle 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Koppe SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 .204 Rollins PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Pearson RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Bertoia 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Bowsfield P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Valdivielso PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .136 Kline P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kralick P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Spring P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mincher PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Thomas,L PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Lee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fowler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dobbek PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .188 33 4 8 4 2 8 33 2 5 2 3 7 61-Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Bowsfield W(4-0) 5.2 5 2 2 1 2 4 112 2.12 Kline H(1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 3.12 Spring H(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 Fowler S(7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 1.07 9.0 5 2 2 1 3 7 162 61-Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Kralick L(5-4) 7.0 7 4 4 1 1 5 92 3.15 Lee 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 39 1.44 9.0 8 4 4 1 2 8 131 LAA: Leek moved to 3B in the 7th Wagner hit for Thomas,G in the 8th Kluszewski hit for Bilko in the 8th Rodgers hit for Averill in the 8th Thomas,L hit for Spring in the 9th MIN: Naragon hit for Martin in the 6th Rollins hit for Tuttle in the 6th Gardner moved to 2B in the 7th Bertoia moved to 3B in the 7th Mincher hit for Kralick in the 7th Valdivielso hit for Bertoia in the 9th Dobbek hit for Lee in the 9th E-Aspromonte(2) 2B-Bilko(6) HR-LAA Hunt(4) off Kralick(5) in the 1st with bases empty MIN Killebrew(12) off Bowsfield(2) in the 6th with bases empty RBI-LAA Averill(17) Bilko(6) Hunt(12) Koppe(6) MIN Killebrew 2(31) SF-Averill PB-Battey LOB-LAA(5) Koppe(31) Leek 2(13) Bowsfield 2(5) MIN(6) Battey(31) Martin 2(25) Tuttle(11) Rollins 2(5) DP-61-Minnesota 1 GWRBI-Hunt Game MVP:Ken Hunt Metropolitan Stadium, Time 3:16, 55ų, 10mph Out to LF Oct 12, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Los Angeles 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 1961-Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 1961 61-Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Hunt CF 1>HR 2>K K F7 2 Aspromonte 2B S W 5>G53 8>W 3 Thomas,G LF S,12 G643/dp K Wagner PH-LF F9 4 Bilko 1B D,2H,13/13 3>L6 L5 Kluszewski PH-1B S,12 5 Averill C F9,3H/SF S 6>F8 Rodgers PH-C K 6 Yost 3B K G64/fo,B1 G63 Leek 3B K 7 Koppe SS S,2H G54/fo F7 9>G53 8 Pearson RF S,12 4>G43 7>G63 G63 9 Bowsfield P PB,23,12 F7 F9 Kline P K Spring P Thomas,L PH K Fowler P 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Green CF 1>S F9 P2 W 2 Versalles SS W,12 3>F8 F7 F9 3 Battey C E4,23,12,B1 K 6>L5 F8 4 Killebrew 1B W,3H,23,12 G63 HR 8>G43 5 Allison RF K 4>F8 S G63 6 Lemon LF P6 K K G43 7 Martin 2B G43 S Naragon PH S,13 Gardner 2B 9>K 8 Tuttle 3B 2>F9 G63 Rollins PH G64/fo Bertoia 3B Valdivielso PH K 9 Kralick P G43 5>F9 Mincher PH 7>G63 Lee P Dobbek PH K 61-Los Angeles IN OUT Bowsfield AB1-1 AB3-7 Kline AB3-8 AB4-3 Spring AB4-4 AB4-6 Fowler AB4-7 End 61-Minnesota IN OUT Kralick AB1-1 AB4-1 Lee AB4-2 End Oct 13, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Los Angeles 25-14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 1961-Minnesota 24-19 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 7 0 61-Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave Hunt CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .266 Green CF 4 2 0 0 1 2 .267 Pearson RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Versalles SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Thomas,G LF 1 0 0 0 1 0 .349 Battey C 4 1 2 2 0 0 .279 Wagner PH-LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .350 Killebrew 1B 2 1 1 1 2 0 .277 Bilko 1B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .208 Allison RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .223 Kluszewski PH- 2 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Lemon LF 3 1 1 2 1 0 .275 Rice C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .192 Martin 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .230 Yost 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Tuttle 3B 4 1 2 3 0 0 .222 Averill PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Kaat P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Aspromonte 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Mincher PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Kline P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sadowski P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodgers PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .368 32 8 7 8 6 5 Koppe SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 .202 Thomas,L PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Leek SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157 McBride P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bridges 2B 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 31 1 4 1 3 9 61-Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA McBride L(2-6) 6.0 7 8 3 2 6 4 131 3.52 Kline 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 2.89 8.0 7 8 3 2 6 5 157 61-Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Kaat W(6-3) 5.0 1 0 0 0 2 5 76 1.22 Sadowski S(1) 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 4 68 6.14 9.0 4 1 1 1 3 9 144 LAA: Wagner hit for Thomas,G in the 6th Kluszewski hit for Bilko in the 6th Bridges moved to 2B in the 7th Thomas,L hit for Koppe in the 8th Leek moved to SS in the 8th Averill hit for Yost in the 9th Rodgers hit for Kline in the 9th MIN: Mincher hit for Kaat in the 5th E-Aspromonte(3) Koppe(11) 2B-Bilko(7) Battey(10) Killebrew(9) HR-LAA Hunt(5) off Sadowski(1) in the 6th with bases empty MIN Lemon(5) off McBride(11) in the 1st with 1 on base Tuttle(2) off McBride(12) in the 1st with 1 on base RBI-LAA Hunt(13) MIN Battey 2(24) Killebrew(32) Tuttle 3(10) Lemon 2(17) LOB-LAA(4) Rice(13) Aspromonte(6) Pearson(21) McBride(9) MIN(6) Green(23) Allison(40) Lemon 2(27) Kaat 2(6) DP-61-Los Angeles 1 GWRBI-Battey Game MVP:Jim Kaat Metropolitan Stadium, Time 3:21, 57ų, 15mph In from LCF Oct 13, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 1961-Minnesota 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 7 0 1961 61-Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Hunt CF 1>F7 K 6>HR F7 2 Pearson RF P2 4>K G43 K 3 Thomas,G LF F7 W Wagner PH-LF F8 9>F9 4 Bilko 1B 2>D K Kluszewski PH-1B F8 S 5 Rice C P5 K 7>K F8 6 Yost 3B G53 5>F7 K Averill PH S,12 7 Aspromonte 2B F9 G63 P6 Kline P Rodgers PH G31 8 Koppe SS 3>F9 W Thomas,L PH 8>K Leek SS 9 McBride P K G53 Bridges 2B W 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Green CF 1>G4/e4,B2 2>P5 4>W K K 2 Versalles SS K G43 G53,12 6>G43 P3 3 Battey C S,2H,B2 G31 D,2H G6/e6,B2 4 Killebrew 1B D,2H 3>F7 IBB IBB 5 Allison RF K W G54/fo,23,B1 G543/dp 6 Lemon LF HR W,12 G64/fo 7>G63 7 Martin 2B S K 5>G43 P2 8 Tuttle 3B HR S,2H,13 F7 P6 9 Kaat P G43 F8 Mincher PH W Sadowski P 8>G43 61-Los Angeles IN OUT McBride AB1-1 AB4-5 Kline End 61-Minnesota IN OUT Kaat AB1-1 AB2-9 Sadowski AB3-1 End Oct 15, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 24-20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 1961-Los Angeles 26-14 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Ave Green CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Pearson RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Versalles SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Hunt CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Battey C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .273 Wagner LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .355 Killebrew 1B 2 1 1 1 2 0 .280 Thomas,L 1B 3 2 3 1 1 0 .254 Allison RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .217 Averill C 1 1 1 0 1 0 .237 Lemon LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .267 Rice PR-C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Martin 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Yost 3B 4 1 1 3 0 1 .240 Tuttle 3B 2 0 1 0 1 1 .227 Koppe SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Pascual P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Bridges 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Naragon PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .432 Aspromonte 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Lee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leek SS-3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .145 Rollins PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Donohue P 2 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duren P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 28 1 4 1 6 7 Fowler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31 5 7 4 3 7 61-Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Pascual L(5-3) 4.0 4 5 4 1 2 3 63 3.36 Lee 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 4 58 1.29 Moore 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.55 8.0 7 5 4 1 3 7 135 61-Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Donohue W(5-0) 5.0 3 0 0 0 3 1 99 1.69 Duren H(3) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 4 63 3.26 Fowler 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 2 21 1.37 9.0 4 1 1 1 6 7 183 MIN: Naragon hit for Pascual in the 5th Rollins hit for Lee in the 8th LAA: Rice ran for Averill in the 5th Rice moved to C in the 6th Aspromonte moved to 2B in the 7th Koppe moved to SS in the 9th Leek moved to 3B in the 9th E-Lemon(2) 2B-Wagner(2) HR-MIN Killebrew(13) off Fowler(2) in the 9th with bases empty LAA Yost(3) off Pascual(8) in the 4th with 2 on base CS-MIN Versalles(3) by Donohue(1) and Averill(7) in the 1st RBI-MIN Killebrew(33) LAA Yost 3(10) Thomas,L(28) HBP-Averill(LAA) by Lee(MIN) OfA-Hunt(4) LOB-MIN(6) Battey(32) Green 2(25) Allison(41) Lemon 2(29) LAA(6) Rice 2(15) Yost 4(11) DP-61-Los Angeles 1 GWRBI-Thomas,L Game MVP:Eddie Yost Injury: Averill(Oct 16) Wrigley Field-LA, Time 3:33, 75ų, 10mph In from LF Oct 15, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 1961-Los Angeles 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Green CF 1>G43 S,23/82 F7 G13,12 2 Versalles SS S 4>G63 6>F7 W 3 Battey C CS2(24)G63 W K G643/dp 4 Killebrew 1B 2>G63 W,12 W 9>HR 5 Allison RF G53 G54/fo,23,B1 K K 6 Lemon LF K G63 7>K K 7 Martin 2B 3>G43 5>F7 G63 F7 8 Tuttle 3B S W K 9 Pascual P G43,12 Naragon PH G63,12 Lee P Rollins PH 8>W Moore P 1961 61-Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Pearson RF 1>G43 3>F9 5>G53 7>K 2 Hunt CF L6 G53 F7 W 3 Wagner LF D G43 S F9 4 Thomas,L 1B S,23,2H 4>W S,13 S,13 5 Averill C S,12/e7/e3,2 W,12 HBP,12 Rice PR-C K 6 Yost 3B L4 HR K 8>G63 Koppe SS 7 Bridges 2B 2>K G63 6>G63 Aspromonte 2B F7 8 Leek SS-3B P5 G63 K F7 9 Donohue P K K Duren P G63 Fowler P 61-Minnesota IN OUT Pascual AB1-1 AB2-9 Lee AB3-1 AB4-5 Moore AB4-6 End 61-Los Angeles IN OUT Donohue AB1-1 AB3-1 Duren AB3-2 AB4-3 Fowler End