Aug 1, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Los Angeles 2-1          0 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 2      4  9  3
1961 Detroit 1-0              1 1 1   1 0 1   0 3 -      8 13  1

Los Angeles    AB  R  H BI  W  K 2B 3B HR   Ave  PO  A  E   Detroit        AB  R  H BI  W  K 2B 3B H
Pearson, A CF-R 2  1  0  0  3  1  0  0  0  .308   0  0  0   Wood 2B         4  1  2  0  1  0  1  0
Hunt LF-CF      5  0  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  .250   5  0  0   Bruton CF       4  0  1  1  0  0  0  1
Thomas,L RF     4  1  1  0  0  3  0  0  0  .333   3  1  1   Kaline RF       4  0  2  1  0  1  1  0
 Kline P        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0   Cash 1B         3  0  0  0  2  1  0  0
 Moran PH       1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 1.000   0  0  0   Colavito LF     5  3  3  2  0  1  0  0
Kluszewski 1B   3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   6  1  0   Brown C         3  0  1  0  1  1  0  0
 Bilko PH-1B    1  0  1  2  1  0  1  0  0  .167   3  0  0   Boros 3B        3  1  2  0  1  0  1  0
Averill C       4  0  1  1  0  3  0  0  0  .182   5  1  0   Fernandez SS    3  1  1  1  0  0  0  0
 Rodgers PH     1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0   Bunning P       3  1  0  0  0  1  0  0
Thomas,G 3B-LF  5  0  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  .357   1  1  0    Aguirre P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Koppe SS        4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  .167   1  3  1    Maxwell PH     1  1  1  3  0  0  0  0
Aspromonte 2B   3  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  .273   0  2  0    Gladding P     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Bowsfield P     2  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  .500   0  1  1    Fox P          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Duren P        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0                  33  8 13  8  5  5  3  1
 Wagner PH-LF   1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .167   0  0  0
 Leek PH-3B     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  1  0
               37  4  9  4  5 12  2  0  0  .238 24 11  3

Los Angeles                    IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Bowsfield L(0-1)              5.2  8  5  4  2  3  3  112   6.35  27
 Duren                        0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0    3   0.00   1
 Kline                        2.0  5  3  3  1  2  2   57  13.50  13
                              8.0 13  8  7  3  5  5  172   3.09  41

Detroit                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Bunning W(1-0)                6.2  6  2  1  0  3  9  123   1.35  30
 Aguirre H(1)                 1.1  1  0  0  0  1  2   31   0.00   6
 Gladding                     0.1  2  2  2  0  1  0   23  54.00   4
 Fox                          0.2  0  0  0  0  0  1   12   0.00   2
                              9.0  9  4  3  0  5 12  189   3.00  42


LAD: Bilko hit for Kluszewski in the 7th
     Pearson, A moved to RF in the 7th
     Hunt moved to CF in the 7th
     Bilko moved to 1B in the 7th
     Wagner moved to LF in the 7th
     Leek hit for Wagner in the 8th
     Thomas,G moved to LF in the 8th
     Leek moved to 3B in the 8th
     Moran hit for Kline in the 9th
     Rodgers hit for Averill in the 9th
Det: Maxwell hit for Aguirre in the 8th

  E-Thomas,L(1) Koppe(2) Bowsfield(1) Bunning(1)
 2B-Bilko(2) Hunt(1) Wood(1) Boros(1) Kaline(1)
 3B-Bruton(1)
 HR-Det Colavito(1) off Bowsfield(1) in the 4th with bases empt
        Colavito(2) off Bowsfield(2) in the 6th with bases empt
        Maxwell(1) off Kline(1) in the 8th with 2 on base
RBI-LAD Averill(2) Bilko 2(2) Hunt(5)
    Det Fernandez(1) Colavito 2(2) Bruton(1) Kaline(1) Maxwell 3(3)
 SF-Fernandez Bruton Kaline
OfA-Thomas,L(1)
LOB-LAD(10) Averill 3(6) Thomas,L 2(2) Koppe 2(3) Thomas,G(3) Kluszewski(1) Leek(1)
    Det(7) Cash 2(2) Wood 2(2) Colavito 3(3)
 DP-Los Angeles 2

Game MVP:Rocky Colavito

Briggs Stadium, Time 4:01,  83ø,  10mph Right to Left

Aug 1, 1961            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Los Angeles       0 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 2      4  9  3
1961 Detroit           1 1 1   1 0 1   0 3 -      8 13  1

1961 Los Angeles       Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Pearson, A CF-RF   1>W              W,12           G63            K            9>W
2 Hunt LF-CF           F7             F7           6>Fd7            D,2H,13        P6
3 Thomas,L RF          K              K              S              K
   Kline P
   Moran PH                                                                        S,13
4 Kluszewski 1B        F9           4>F8             E1,12,B1
   Bilko PH-1B                                                      W              D,3H,1H
5 Averill C          2>K              K              S,23,12,3H     K
   Rodgers PH                                                                      K
6 Thomas,G 3B-LF       P6             S              K            8>K              L5
7 Koppe SS             G53            K              G63            G53
8 Aspromonte 2B      3>G63          5>G63          7>W              S
9 Bowsfield P          S              K
   Duren P
   Wagner PH-LF                                      S,12
   Leek PH-3B                                                       G13

1961 Detroit           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Wood 2B            1>D              S+e9,13,B2     W              Fd7            E6,B1
2 Bruton CF            G13,23         Fd7,3H/SF      F9           7>T              F8
3 Kaline RF            F7,3H/SF       K              S,13           P3             D,13
4 Cash 1B              G53            K              G43            IBB            IBB
5 Colavito LF        2>S            4>HR           6>HR             CS2(22)K       G53
6 Brown C              Fd7            W              S            8>K
7 Boros 3B             D,13           G363/dp        W,12           S
8 Fernandez SS         F9/SF/45       G63            F9             S,12
9 Bunning P          3>E1,B1        5>G63            K
   Aguirre P
   Maxwell PH                                                       HR
   Gladding P
   Fox P

Los Angeles      IN    OUT
Bowsfield        AB1-1 AB3-9
Duren            AB4-1 AB4-1
Kline            AB4-2 End

Detroit          IN    OUT
Bunning          AB1-1 AB4-3
Aguirre          AB4-4 AB4-9
Gladding         AB5-1 AB5-4
Fox              AB5-5 End

Aug 2, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Los Angeles 2-2          0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0      2  5  2
1961 Detroit 2-0              0 1 0   0 0 0   1 1 -      3  8  0

Los Angeles    AB  R  H BI  W  K 2B 3B HR   Ave  PO  A  E   Detroit        AB  R  H BI  W  K 2B 3B H
Pearson, A RF   4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  .235   3  1  0   Wood 2B         5  0  2  1  0  1  0  0
Hunt CF         4  1  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  .250   2  1  1   Bruton CF       4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Wagner LF       4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .188   4  0  0   Kaline RF       3  0  1  0  1  0  0  1
Thomas,L 1B     4  1  1  2  0  1  0  0  1  .300   4  0  0   Cash 1B         3  0  0  0  1  0  0  0
Thomas,G 3B     4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  .333   0  2  0   Colavito LF     4  1  1  0  0  0  1  0
Koppe SS        3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  .200   2  2  1   Boros 3B        2  0  1  0  2  0  0  0
Averill C       3  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  .143   4  0  0   Fernandez SS    4  1  1  1  0  0  0  0
Moran 2B        3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250   5  0  0   Roarke C        2  0  0  0  0  1  0  0
Donohue P       2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0    Maxwell PH     0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0
 Duren P        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0    Brown C        0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0
 Fowler P       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0   Lary P          3  0  1  0  1  0  0  0
 Spring P       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0                  30  3  8  3  6  2  1  1
 Kluszewski PH  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0
 James, J P     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0
               32  2  5  2  0  7  1  0  1  .221 24  6  2

Los Angeles                    IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Donohue                       5.0  4  1  1  1  1  2   92   1.50  21
 Duren BS(1)                  1.0  2  1  1  0  2  0   39   6.75   7
 Fowler                       0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0    3   0.00   1
 Spring                       0.2  0  0  0  0  1  0   10   0.00   2
 James, J L(0-1)              1.0  2  1  1  0  2  0   27   9.00   6
                              8.0  8  3  3  1  6  2  171   3.15  37

Detroit                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Lary W(1-0)                   9.0  5  2  2  1  0  7  101   2.00  32
                              9.0  5  2  2  1  0  7  101   2.50  32


LAD: Kluszewski hit for Spring in the 8th
Det: Maxwell hit for Roarke in the 7th
     Brown moved to C in the 8th

  E-Hunt(1) Koppe(3)
 2B-Koppe(1) Colavito(1)
 3B-Kaline(1)
 HR-LAD Thomas(2) off Lary(1) in the 4th with 1 on base
    Det Fernandez(1) off Donohue(1) in the 2nd with bases empty
 SB-Det Wood(1) off Spring(2) and Averill(2) in the 7th
RBI-LAD Thomas,L 2(3)
    Det Brown(1) Wood(1) Fernandez(2)
 SF-Brown
OfA-Hunt(1) Pearson, A(1)
LOB-LAD(2) Thomas,L(3) Moran(1)
    Det(10) Cash 2(4) Fernandez(1) Colavito 2(5) Bruton 2(2) Kaline(1) Roarke 2(2)
 DP-Los Angeles 1
GWRBI-Brown


Game MVP:Frank Lary
Injury: Fowler(Aug 4)

Briggs Stadium, Time 3:02,  81ø,  15mph Right to Left

Aug 2, 1961            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Los Angeles       0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0      2  5  2
1961 Detroit           0 1 0   0 0 0   1 1 -      3  8  0

1961 Los Angeles       Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Pearson, A RF      1>G63            K              G31            F7
2 Hunt CF              K            4>S              K              P4
3 Wagner LF            S              G43,12       6>F8           9>G31
4 Thomas,L 1B          F9             HR             G43            K
5 Thomas,G 3B        2>K              S              F8             P5
6 Koppe SS             G63            D,13         7>Fd7
7 Averill C            L1             P5             K
8 Moran 2B           3>G43            G53            G63
9 Donohue P            L1           5>G43
   Duren P
   Fowler P
   Spring P
   Kluszewski PH                                   8>K
   James, J P

1961 Detroit           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Wood 2B            1>K            3>P4             Fd7            S,3H,23        S,23,12/82
2 Bruton CF            Fd8            F7             S              P3
3 Kaline RF            T              P6             F9             SB2 IBB
4 Cash 1B              IBB          4>L6           6>F8             F9/92
5 Colavito LF          G64/fo         G53            L8           8>D
6 Boros 3B           2>P3             S              W              W
7 Fernandez SS         HR             E6,12,B1       G54/fo         G64/fo,23,B1
8 Roarke C             K              P3
   Maxwell PH                                      7>W
   Brown C                                                          Fd9,3H/SF
9 Lary P               L6           5>P6             S+e8,13,B2     W,12

Los Angeles      IN    OUT
Donohue          AB1-1 AB3-3
Duren            AB3-4 AB4-1
Fowler           AB4-2 AB4-2
Spring           AB4-3 AB4-4
James, J         AB4-5 End

Detroit          IN    OUT
Lary             AB1-1 End

Aug 4, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Detroit 3-0              0 0 3   0 0 0   0 3 1      7 12  1
1961 Los Angeles 2-3          0 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      2  8  1

Detroit        AB  R  H BI  W  K 2B 3B HR   Ave  PO  A  E   Los Angeles    AB  R  H BI  W  K 2B 3B H
Wood 2B         4  1  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  .385   0  0  0   Pearson, A RF   4  1  2  0  0  0  0  0
Bruton CF       4  1  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  .250   2  0  0   Thomas,G 3B     4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0
Kaline RF       5  2  3  3  0  0  0  0  2  .500   2  0  0   Wagner LF       4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Cash 1B         3  2  2  1  1  1  0  0  1  .222   8  1  0   Hunt CF         4  0  1  0  0  1  1  0
Colavito LF     4  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  1  .462   4  0  0   Bilko 1B        4  1  2  2  0  1  0  0
Brown C         4  0  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  .286   8  0  0   Koppe SS        4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0
Boros 3B        4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  .556   2  2  1   Averill C       3  0  0  0  1  2  0  0
Fernandez SS    4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .182   1  4  0   Bridges 2B      4  0  0  0  0  2  0  0
Mossi P         4  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  .000   0  0  0   McBride P       3  0  0  0  0  1  0  0
               36  7 12  7  3  7  0  0  5  .333 27  7  1     Fowler P       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                             Morgan, T P    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                             Moran PH       1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                                           35  2  8  2  1  8  1  0

Detroit                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Mossi W(1-0)                  9.0  8  2  2  1  1  8  134   2.00  36
                              9.0  8  2  2  1  1  8  134   2.33  36

Los Angeles                    IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
McBride L(0-1)                7.0 10  5  5  3  3  5  132   5.40  31
 Fowler                       0.1  1  1  1  1  0  1   12   6.75   2
 Morgan, T                    1.2  1  1  1  1  0  1   23   3.60   6
                              9.0 12  7  7  5  3  7  167   3.86  39


LAD: Moran hit for Morgan, T in the 9th

  E-Boros(1) Averill(1)
 2B-Hunt(2)
 HR-Det Kaline(1) off McBride(3) in the 3rd with 1 on base
        Cash(1) off McBride(4) in the 3rd with bases empty
        Kaline(2) off McBride(5) in the 8th with bases empty
        Colavito(3) off Fowler(1) in the 8th with 1 on base
        Bruton(1) off Morgan(1) in the 9th with bases empty
    LAD Bilko(1) off Mossi(1) in the 2nd with bases empty
 SB-Det Wood(2) off McBride(1) and Averill(3) in the 3rd
        Wood(3) off McBride(2) and Averill(4) in the 7th
RBI-Det Cash(1) Colavito 2(4) Bruton(2) Kaline 3(4)
    LAD Bilko 2(4)
OfA-Pearson, A(2)
LOB-Det(5) Brown(1) Boros(1) Colavito 2(7) Bruton(3)
    LAD(7) Bilko(2) Hunt(2) Pearson, A 2(3) Koppe 2(5) McBride(3)
 DP-Detroit 1 Los Angeles 2
GWRBI-Kaline


Game MVP:Al Kaline
Injury: Fowler(Aug 6)

Wrigley Field-LA, Time 3:21,  82ø, Light Rain,  5mph In from LCF

Aug 4, 1961            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Detroit           0 0 3   0 0 0   0 3 1      7 12  1
1961 Los Angeles       0 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      2  8  1

1961 Detroit           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Wood 2B            1>G43            S            5>K              W              G63
2 Bruton CF            W              P6             K              SB2 F7         HR
3 Kaline RF            S,12           SB2/e2,23 HR   F7           8>HR             F7
4 Cash 1B              K              HR           6>S              W
5 Colavito LF          P6             S              P3             HR
6 Brown C            2>K              F7             S,12           K
7 Boros 3B           S/94           4>S              G463/dp        G63
8 Fernandez SS         Fs8            G643/dp      7>P3             G53
9 Mossi P            3>G63            K              G63          9>K

1961 Los Angeles       Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Pearson, A RF      1>S              G63          5>S            7>F8
2 Thomas,G 3B          P5           3>S              S,12           F7
3 Wagner LF            F9             G363/dp        P3             Fs9
4 Hunt CF              L6             D              F7           8>K
5 Bilko 1B           2>HR             K              S,2H,13        F8
6 Koppe SS             S            4>G63            K              G53
7 Averill C            K              W            6>Fd7          9>K
8 Bridges 2B           K              P5             G53            K
9 McBride P            E5,12,B1       K              L6
   Fowler P
   Morgan, T P
   Moran PH                                                         G63

Detroit          IN    OUT
Mossi            AB1-1 End

Los Angeles      IN    OUT
McBride          AB1-1 AB4-4
Fowler           AB4-5 AB4-6
Morgan, T        AB4-7 End