Aug 8, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cleveland 3-3            0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  8  0
1961 New York(A) 4-1          0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 -      1  3  0

Rain delay of 138 minutes in the 6th.

Cleveland      AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    New York(A)    AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Piersall CF     4  0  1  0  0  1  .250    Richardson, B 2 3  0  2  1  0  0  .176
Temple 2B       4  0  2  0  0  0  .417    Kubek SS        3  0  0  0  0  0  .263
Francona LF     3  0  2  0  1  0  .423    Maris RF        2  0  0  0  1  1  .222
Kirkland RF     4  0  0  0  0  0  .200    Mantle CF       3  0  0  0  0  1  .316
Romano C        4  0  0  0  0  0  .304    Howard C        3  0  0  0  0  2  .267
Phillips 3B     4  0  0  0  0  0  .125    Berra LF        3  0  0  0  0  1  .250
Held SS         4  0  2  0  0  1  .227    Skowron 1B      3  0  0  0  0  1  .368
Power 1B        3  0  0  0  0  0  .222    Boyer 3B        3  1  1  0  0  1  .167
Bell, G P       2  0  0  0  0  0  .250    Terry, R P      1  0  0  0  0  0  .333
 Allen, B P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Blanchard PH   1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Latman P       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Reniff P       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Nieman PH      1  0  1  0  0  0 1.000     Arroyo P       1  0  0  0  0  1  .000
 Funk P         0  0  0  0  0  0  .000                   26  1  3  1  1  8  .238
               33  0  8  0  1  2  .265

Cleveland                      IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Bell, G L(1-1)                5.0  2  1  1  1  7   78   2.63  17
 Allen, B                     1.0  1  0  0  0  0   17  11.57   4
 Latman                       1.0  0  0  0  0  0    9   0.00   3
 Funk                         1.0  0  0  0  0  1   12   0.00   3
                              8.0  3  1  1  1  8  116   2.94  27

New York(A)                    IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Terry, R W(2-0)               6.0  6  0  0  0  0   77   0.60  23
 Reniff H(1)                  1.1  2  0  0  0  1   27   0.00   6
 Arroyo S(2)                  1.2  0  0  0  1  1   20   0.00   5
                              9.0  8  0  0  1  2  124   2.20  34


CLE: Nieman hit for Latman in the 8th
NYY: Blanchard hit for Terry, R in the 6th

 2B-Held(1) Francona(2) Nieman(1) Richardson, B(1) Boyer(2)
 CS-Piersall Richardson, B
LOB-Cleveland 7 New York(A) 2
 DP-New York(A) 1
GWRBI-Richardson, B


Game MVP:Luis Arroyo

Yankee Stadium I, Time 2:40,  80ø, Threatening,  5mph Left to Right

Aug 8, 1961            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cleveland         0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  8  0
1961 New York(A)       0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 -      1  3  0

1961 Cleveland         Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Piersall CF        1>S            3>F7             G53            K
2 Temple 2B            Po1(14) S      F8             F9             S,23
3 Francona LF          S,12           D            6>P2             W,12
4 Kirkland RF          F9             G63            G43            Fs9/92
5 Romano C             G64/fo       4>L6             L6           9>G53
6 Phillips 3B        2>F8             Fs8          7>G63            G43
7 Held SS              D              S              G63            K
8 Power 1B             Fs7            L7             G63
9 Bell, G P            P3           5>G43
   Allen, B P
   Latman P
   Nieman PH                                       8>D
   Funk P

1961 New York(A)       Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Richardson, B 2B   1>Fs8            S,2H           D
2 Kubek SS             G53            CS2(26) 4>L1   G31,23
3 Maris RF             K              W              P3
4 Mantle CF          2>K              L9           7>L3
5 Howard C             K              K              P6
6 Berra LF             K            5>Fs7            L6
7 Skowron 1B         3>L5             K            8>Fd7
8 Boyer 3B             D              K              P6
9 Terry, R P           F9           6>
   Blanchard PH                     6>F9
   Reniff P
   Arroyo P                                          K

Cleveland        IN    OUT
Bell, G          AB1-1 AB2-8
Allen, B         AB2-9 AB3-3
Latman           AB3-4 AB3-6
Funk             AB3-7 End

New York(A)      IN    OUT
Terry, R         AB1-1 AB3-5
Reniff           AB3-6 AB4-2
Arroyo           AB4-3 End

Aug 9, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cleveland 3-4            0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 1      3 10  1
1961 New York(A) 5-1          0 0 0   4 3 0   0 0 -      7 12  1

Cleveland      AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    New York(A)    AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Piersall CF     5  0  0  0  0  0  .207    Richardson, B 2 5  0  1  0  0  0  .182
Temple 2B       4  0  1  0  0  1  .393    Kubek SS        5  0  1  0  0  0  .250
Francona LF     4  0  1  0  0  0  .400    Maris RF        3  2  2  1  1  1  .286
Kirkland RF     4  2  2  1  0  0  .241    Mantle CF       4  0  1  0  0  1  .304
Romano C        3  1  1  0  1  0  .308    Howard C        4  1  0  0  0  0  .211
Phillips 3B     4  0  2  0  0  1  .179    Berra LF        4  2  4  3  0  0  .400
Held SS         4  0  1  1  0  0  .231    Skowron 1B      4  1  2  0  0  0  .391
Power 1B        4  0  0  0  0  0  .182    Boyer 3B        2  1  0  0  2  0  .150
Perry, J P      2  0  1  0  0  1  .200    Ford P          2  0  1  2  1  0  .333
 Latman P       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Duren, R P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Locke P        1  0  0  0  0  0  .000                   33  7 12  6  4  2  .259
 Nieman PH      1  0  1  1  0  0 1.000
               36  3 10  3  1  3  .267

Cleveland                      IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Perry, J L(1-1)               4.1  9  6  5  2  1  101   4.05  23
 Latman                       0.0  2  1  1  0  0   10   4.50   2
 Locke                        3.2  1  0  0  2  1   59   0.00  13
                              8.0 12  7  6  4  2  170   3.45  38

New York(A)                    IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Ford W(2-1)                   8.2 10  3  2  1  3  135   2.96  36
 Duren, R S(1)                0.1  0  0  0  0  0    4  27.00   1
                              9.0 10  3  2  1  3  139   2.17  37


CLE: Nieman hit for Locke in the 9th

  E-Held(3) Ford(1)
 HR-Kirkland(3) Maris(2) Berra(2)
 SH-Ford
LOB-Cleveland 6 New York(A) 6
 DP-Cleveland 2 New York(A) 2
GWRBI-Ford


Game MVP:Yogi Berra
Injury: Latman(Aug 11)

Yankee Stadium I, Time 3:27,  81ø,  15mph In from LCF

Aug 9, 1961            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cleveland         0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 1      3 10  1
1961 New York(A)       0 0 0   4 3 0   0 0 -      7 12  1

1961 Cleveland         Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Piersall CF        1>G63            G54/fo,B1      G43          8>G53            G53
2 Temple 2B            G53            S,12           G63            K
3 Francona LF          G13            G463/dp      6>S              G43
4 Kirkland RF        2>HR           4>S              G463/dp      9>G31
5 Romano C             L6             W,12           F9             S
6 Phillips 3B          S              G64/fo,23,B1 7>K              S,12
7 Held SS              P5             F9             S              F7
8 Power 1B             G53            G53            G43,12         E1,23,12,B1
9 Perry, J P         3>S            5>K23
   Latman P
   Locke P                                           G53
   Nieman PH                                                        S,3H,23,12

1961 New York(A)       Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Richardson, B 2B   1>G53            S,13           E6,3H,12,B1    G63            G53
2 Kubek SS             F8             G643/dp        S,23,12/92     G13            G53
3 Maris RF             K            4>HR           5>S            7>W
4 Mantle CF          2>F8             F9             S,12           K
5 Howard C             G53            Fd7            G64/fo,23,B1   Fd9
6 Berra LF             S              S              HR             S,12
7 Skowron 1B           F8             S,12           S              L5
8 Boyer 3B           3>G63            W,23,12        G643/dp      8>W
9 Ford P               W              S,3H,2H,13   6>P6             B54,12
   Duren, R P

Cleveland        IN    OUT
Perry, J         AB1-1 AB3-5
Latman           AB3-6 AB3-7
Locke            AB3-8 End

New York(A)      IN    OUT
Ford             AB1-1 AB4-9
Duren, R         AB5-1 End

Aug 11, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 New York(A) 6-1          3 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 2      6  8  0
1961 Cleveland 3-5            0 0 0   0 0 2   1 0 0      3  9  2

New York(A)    AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Cleveland      AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Richardson, B 2 3  2  1  0  2  0  .200    Piersall CF     5  0  1  1  0  1  .206
Kubek SS        5  1  2  1  0  0  .276    Temple 2B       4  1  2  0  1  1  .406
Maris RF        4  1  0  0  1  1  .240    Francona LF     4  1  1  0  0  0  .382
Mantle CF       3  2  0  0  2  2  .269    Kirkland RF     4  0  1  1  0  1  .242
Howard C        4  0  1  2  1  1  .217    Romano C        3  0  1  0  1  0  .310
Berra LF        2  0  0  1  2  0  .364    Phillips 3B     4  0  1  0  0  1  .188
Skowron 1B      4  0  2  2  1  0  .407    Held SS         4  0  0  0  0  0  .200
Boyer 3B        4  0  2  0  0  0  .208    Power 1B        4  1  2  0  0  0  .231
Stafford P      2  0  0  0  0  0  .000    Grant, M P      2  0  0  0  0  1  .000
 Blanchard PH   1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Allen, B P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Arroyo P       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Funk P         0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
               32  6  8  6  9  4  .258     Dillard PH     0  0  0  0  1  0  .000
                                                         34  3  9  2  3  5  .266

New York(A)                    IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Stafford W(2-0)               7.0  8  3  3  2  4   99   2.45  31
 Arroyo S(3)                  2.0  1  0  0  1  1   32   0.00   8
                              9.0  9  3  3  3  5  131   2.29  39

Cleveland                      IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Grant, M L(1-2)               8.0  6  5  4  7  4  126   2.63  37
 Allen, B                     0.2  2  1  1  1  0   17  12.00   4
 Funk                         0.1  0  0  0  1  0    9   0.00   2
                              9.0  8  6  5  9  4  152   3.65  43


NYY: Blanchard hit for Stafford in the 8th
CLE: Dillard hit for Funk in the 9th

  E-Temple 2(2)
 2B-Romano(3) Temple(1) Francona(3) Piersall(2)
 3B-Kubek(1)
 SB-Mantle(2)
 CS-Kirkland
 SF-Berra
 SH-Stafford Grant, M
 WP-Stafford Allen, B
LOB-New York(A) 10 Cleveland 8
 DP-Cleveland 2
GWRBI-Kubek


Game MVP:Luis Arroyo

Cleveland Stadium, Time 3:09,  77ø,  10mph Out to RF

Aug 11, 1961           1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 New York(A)       3 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 2      6  8  0
1961 Cleveland         0 0 0   0 0 2   1 0 0      3  9  2

1961 New York(A)       Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Richardson, B 2B   1>S              L9             W            7>P6           9>W
2 Kubek SS             T,1H           F9             G543/dp        G4/e4,B1       S,12
3 Maris RF             W            3>Fs9          5>K              Fs7            G6u3/dp,23
4 Mantle CF            K              W              F9             K              IBB
5 Howard C             W,12           P3             F8           8>K              WP,12 S,3H,2
6 Berra LF             Fd9,3H/SF      SB2 E4,23,B1 6>P6             W              W
7 Skowron 1B           S,23,12,3H/6   S,3H,12        W              F9             G54/fo
8 Boyer 3B           2>S              F9             F8             S,12
9 Stafford P           B34,12       4>F7             G13
   Blanchard PH                                                     F8
   Arroyo P

1961 Cleveland         Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Piersall CF        1>K              G53            F9             D,2H           F8
2 Temple 2B            D              W            6>S              G63            K
3 Francona LF          F8             G43            D,13           G43
4 Kirkland RF          Fs9          4>K              WP S,3H      8>P3
5 Romano C           2>D              L8             CS2(24)W       G53
6 Phillips 3B          K              G63            P6             S
7 Held SS              P2           5>P4             L7             G64/fo
8 Power 1B             L4             S            7>S            9>G13
9 Grant, M P         3>K2u            B54/fo,B1      B34,12
   Allen, B P
   Funk P
   Dillard PH                                                       W

New York(A)      IN    OUT
Stafford         AB1-1 AB4-3
Arroyo           AB4-4 End

Cleveland        IN    OUT
Grant, M         AB1-1 AB5-1
Allen, B         AB5-2 AB5-5
Funk             AB5-6 End