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BAL  4
NYY  1

BOS  4
@CHW  3

CHW  7
BOS  1

DET  3
LAA  1

DET  3
LAA  2

(11)
CLE 10
@KCA  8

MIN  1
WSA  0

LAD  5
CIN  1

PHI  1
CHC  0

PHI  6
CHC  0

MLN  3
@PIT  1

SFG  2
STL  1

STL  7
@SFG  4

Standings at end of play this day

Municipal Stadium, Attendance: 12,120

Sunday, April 23, 1961
Time of Game: 3:52
Indians
10
5-4
Won 1
4th, 2½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         1  0  0   0  2  0   4  1  2   10 13  0
Athletics       1  0  0   5  0  1   1  0  0    8 14  2
W: W Hawkins (1-0), L: K Johnson (0-2), S: R Heman (1)
Athletics
8
2-4
Lost 1
7th, 4 GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Temple 2B                   3   4   3   0    3   0  .471 1.021    0    5   1   
T Francona LF                 5   1   4   4    0   0  .359  .919    0    3   0   2·2B,SF
J Piersall CF                 5   1   2   2    1   0  .333  .870    0    6   0   
W Bond RF                     4   0   1   0    1   0  .125  .398    0    0   0   
B Phillips 3B                 5   0   1   2    0   0  .333  .868    0    0   1   2B
V Power 1B                    4   1   0   0    1   0  .270  .694    0    4   2   
W Held SS                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .114  .298    0    2   4   SH
J Romano C                    2   1   1   0    1   0  .281  .767    0    6   1   2B,HBP
  M Grant PR                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .250 1.000         0   0   
  V Thomas C                  0   1   0   0    1   0                0    0   0   
B Locke P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    1   0   
  B Latman P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Hamilton P                1   1   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    0    0   0   
  D Dillard PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  B Allen P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  F Funk P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  W Kirkland PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .588    0    0   0   
  J Kubiszyn PR               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  W Hawkins P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  B Hale PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  R Heman P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       37  10  13   8    8   0                    27  11
BATTING
2B: B Phillips (3, off B Kunkel); J Romano (4, off J Walker); T Francona 2 (4, off J Walker, off E Keegan).
SF: T Francona (1, off J Walker).
SH: W Held (1, off K Johnson).
HBP: J Romano (1, by E Rakow).
TB: T Francona 6; J Temple 3; J Piersall 2; B Phillips 2; J Romano 2; W Bond; S Hamilton.
RBI: T Francona 4 (10); J Piersall 2 (4); B Phillips 2 (5).
2-out RBI: J Piersall 2.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 7 for 15.
Kansas City Athletics        AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Howser SS                   4   3   2   1    2   0  .158  .596    0    3   2   SB
A Pilarcik RF                 4   1   1   1    0   1  .200  .533    0    2   0   
  L Posada PH                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .321         0   0   
  B Boyd PH                   1   0   0   1    0   0  .250  .750    0    0   0   
  E Rakow P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  K Johnson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  J Nuxhall P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  N Bass P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Lumpe 2B                    5   0   3   3    0   0  .381 1.090    0    4   3   3B,2B
N Siebern LF                  4   0   1   1    1   1  .143  .372    0    0   0   
M Throneberry 1B              5   0   2   0    0   1  .250  .766    0    5   1   CS
B Tuttle CF                   3   1   0   0    1   0  .227  .684    0    5   0   SH
A Carey 3B                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .235  .752    0    3   2   SH
H Sullivan C                  3   1   2   0    0   0  .250  .607    0    3   0   SH
  L Klimchock PH              1   0   1   0    0   0  .500 1.000    0    0   0   
J Walker P                    3   1   1   1    0   0  .250  .650    0    0   0   
  E Keegan P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Kunkel P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  H Bauer PH-RF               1   0   0   0    1   0  .286  .730    0    1   1   
Totals                       38   8  14   8    5   4                    27  10
BATTING
2B: J Lumpe (2, off B Locke).
3B: J Lumpe (1, off B Latman).
SH: B Tuttle (1, off S Hamilton); A Carey (1, off S Hamilton); H Sullivan (1, off B Allen).
TB: J Lumpe 6; H Sullivan 2; M Throneberry 2; D Howser 2; L Klimchock; A Carey; J Walker; A Pilarcik; N Siebern.
RBI: J Lumpe 3 (3); N Siebern (2); B Boyd (2); A Pilarcik (1); D Howser (1); J Walker (1).
2-out RBI: J Lumpe 2; J Walker; A Pilarcik; N Siebern; D Howser.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 6 for 15.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Lumpe-D Howser.
PB: H Sullivan (1).
E: D Howser (1); H Sullivan (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: D Howser (1, 2nd base off B Locke/J Romano).
CS: M Throneberry (1, 2nd base by B Locke/J Romano).

PITCHING

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Locke                        3.2   8   5   5    1   1   0  12.27   19     -       ·  ·      2· 7· 0· 8     25    -     1.06  -0.17
B Latman                       0     2   1   1    0   0   0   6.75    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 2          2-2    1.04  -0.16
S Hamilton                     2.1   2   1   1    2   3   0   3.86   12     -       ·  ·      4· 0· 1· 2          1-0    0.47   0.00
B Allen                        0.1   1   1   1    2   0   0   1.59    4     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 1          0-0    2.22  -0.15
F Funk                         0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   6.75    2     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 0          3-1    2.69  -0.01
W Hawkins, W (1-0)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.44   0.11
R Heman, S (1)                 1     1   0   0    0   0   0   9.00    4     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 1          0-0    1.93   0.09
Totals                         9    14   8   8    5   4   0          46     -       ·  ·     10·12· 1·14          6-3 
Kansas City Athletics         IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Walker                       6.1   6   5   5    3   0   0   5.40   28     -       ·  ·      5·13· 1· 6     38    -     0.92   0.07
E Keegan                       0     2   2   2    1   0   0   9.00    3     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 2          2-2    2.15  -0.25
B Kunkel, BS (1)               0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    3     -       ·  ·      2· 0· 0· 1          3-2    3.34  -0.06
E Rakow, BS (1)                0.2   3   1   1    0   0   0   5.40    5     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 3          0-0    3.12  -0.24
K Johnson, L (0-2)             0.2   0   2   2    3   0   0   9.82    5     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 0          2-0    3.69   0.03
J Nuxhall                      0.1   1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    3     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 1          2-2    3.33  -0.34
N Bass                         0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    0.71   0.02
Totals                         9    13  10  10    8   0   0          48     -       ·  ·     10·15· 1·13         11-6 
B Latman faced 2 batters in the 4th inning.
E Keegan faced 3 batters in the 7th inning.
Balks: S Hamilton (1).
WP: S Hamilton (1); J Nuxhall (1).
IBB: None.
HBP: E Rakow (1; J Romano).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Berry, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Joe Linsalata.
Time of Game: 3:52.
Attendance: 12,120.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Kansas City Athletics                
1. J Temple             2B    1. D Howser             SS 
2. T Francona           LF    2. A Pilarcik           RF 
3. J Piersall           CF    3. J Lumpe              2B 
4. W Bond               RF    4. N Siebern            LF 
5. B Phillips           3B    5. M Throneberry        1B 
6. V Power              1B    6. B Tuttle             CF 
7. W Held               SS    7. A Carey              3B 
8. J Romano             C     8. H Sullivan           C  
9. B Locke              P     9. J Walker             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  8-8  -23      41%  91% J Temple        J Nuxhall       Walk, Wild Pitch; Power Scores/No RBI; Thomas Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/No RBI; Temple to 1B
   t 7   1  7-5  123      30%  65% B Phillips      B Kunkel        Double to LF; Francona Scores; Piersall Scores; Bond to 3B
   t 8   2  8-7  1-3      24%  50% J Piersall      E Rakow         Single to RF; Temple Scores; Francona to 3B
   t 7   1  7-7  -23     -15%  50% V Power         B Kunkel        Fielder's Choice 2B; Bond out at Hm/2B-C; Phillips to 3B; Power to 1B
   t 8   2  8-8  123     -14%  39% B Phillips      K Johnson       Popfly: 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Jerry Walker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      53%  J Temple        Walk
   R      1--      65%  T Francona      Double to RF; Temple Scores
   OO     -2-      56%  J Piersall      Line Drive Double Play: 2B-SS
   O      ---      55%  W Bond          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-1, Bobby Locke facing 1-2-3
          ---      51%  D Howser        Single to CF
   O      1--      55%  A Pilarcik      Flyball: LF
   O      1--      58%  J Lumpe         Flyball: CF
          1--      57%  N Siebern       Howser Steals 2B
   R      -2-      48%  " "             Single to LF; Howser Scores
   O      1--      50%  M Throneberry   Foul Flyball: C
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 1.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 1-1, Jerry Walker facing 5-6-7
          ---      54%  B Phillips      Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Phillips to 1B
   O      1--      50%  V Power         Flyball: CF
   O      1--      48%  W Held          Groundout: 3B-1B; Phillips to 2B
          -2-      49%  J Romano        Walk
   O      12-      45%  B Locke         Foul Flyball: C
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Tied 1-1, Bobby Locke facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      47%  B Tuttle        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      49%  A Carey         Flyball: CF
          ---      48%  H Sullivan      Single to CF
   O      1--      50%  J Walker        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 1.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Tied 1-1, Jerry Walker facing 1-2-3
          ---      54%  J Temple        Walk
   O      1--      50%  T Francona      Flyball: CF
   O      1--      47%  J Piersall      Flyball: RF
   O      1--      44%  W Bond          Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Tied 1-1, Bobby Locke facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      47%  D Howser        Popfly: SS
   O      ---      49%  A Pilarcik      Flyball: CF
          ---      46%  J Lumpe         Double to LF
   O      -2-      50%  N Siebern       Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 1.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Tied 1-1, Jerry Walker facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      47%  B Phillips      Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      ---      45%  V Power         Popfly: 1B
   O      ---      44%  W Held          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Tied 1-1, Bobby Locke facing 5-6-7
          ---      40%  M Throneberry   Single to CF
   O      1--      47%  B Tuttle        Throneberry Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
          ---      44%  " "             Walk
   O      1--      47%  A Carey         Strikeout
          1--      44%  H Sullivan      Single to CF; Tuttle to 3B
   R      1-3      32%  J Walker        Single to LF; Tuttle Scores; Sullivan to 2B
   R      12-      22%  D Howser        Single to LF; Sullivan Scores; Walker to 2B
                  Barry Latman replaces Bobby Locke pitching and batting 9th
   R      12-      14%  A Pilarcik      Single to CF; Walker Scores; Howser to 3B
   RR     1-3       6%  J Lumpe         Triple to RF; Howser Scores; Pilarcik Scores
                  Steve Hamilton replaces Barry Latman pitching and batting 9th
   O      --3       6%  N Siebern       Strikeout Looking
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 6.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-6, Jerry Walker facing 8-9-1
   O      ---       5%  J Romano        Foul Flyball: C
          ---       6%  S Hamilton      Single to LF
          1--      10%  J Temple        Single to CF; Hamilton to 3B
   RO     1-3       9%  T Francona      Flyball: SS/Sacrifice Fly; Hamilton Scores; Temple to 2B
          -2-       9%  J Piersall      Passed Ball; Temple to 3B
   R      --3      14%  " "             Single to CF; Temple Scores
   O      1--      12%  W Bond          Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-3, Steve Hamilton facing 5-6-7
          ---      10%  M Throneberry   Single to RF
          1--       8%  B Tuttle        Fielder's Choice P/Sacrifice Bunt; Throneberry to 2B; Tuttle to 1B
   O      12-       8%  A Carey         Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Throneberry to 3B; Tuttle to 2B
   O      -23      12%  H Sullivan      Fielder's Choice 2B; Throneberry out at Hm/2B-C; Tuttle to 3B; Sullivan to 1B
   O      1-3      14%  J Walker        Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 6.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-6, Jerry Walker facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      11%  B Phillips      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      10%  V Power         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---       9%  W Held          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-3, Steve Hamilton facing 1-2-3
          ---       8%  D Howser        Walk
          1--       7%  A Pilarcik      Balk; Howser to 2B
          -2-       5%  " "             Wild Pitch; Howser to 3B
   O      --3       7%  " "             Strikeout
   R      --3       5%  J Lumpe         Single to CF; Howser Scores
          1--       4%  N Siebern       Walk; Lumpe to 2B
   O      12-       5%  M Throneberry   Strikeout
   O      12-       6%  B Tuttle        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 7.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-7, Jerry Walker facing 8-9-1
          ---      10%  J Romano        Double to LF
                  Don Dillard pinch hits for Steve Hamilton batting 9th
   O      -2-       7%  D Dillard       Flyball: CF
          -2-      10%  J Temple        Single to LF; Romano to 3B
                  Ed Keegan replaces Jerry Walker pitching and batting 9th
   RR     1-3      21%  T Francona      Double to LF; Romano Scores; Temple Scores
          -2-      25%  J Piersall      Walk
          12-      35%  W Bond          Single to 2B (Weak 2B); Francona to 3B; Piersall to 2B
                  Bill Kunkel replaces Ed Keegan pitching and batting 9th
   RR     123      65%  B Phillips      Double to LF; Francona Scores; Piersall Scores; Bond to 3B
   O      -23      50%  V Power         Fielder's Choice 2B; Bond out at Hm/2B-C; Phillips to 3B; Power to 1B
   O      1-3      41%  W Held          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Athletics 7.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Tied 7-7, Bob Allen facing 7-8-9
                  Bob Allen replaces Don Dillard pitching and batting 9th
          ---      36%  A Carey         Single to SS
   O      1--      38%  H Sullivan      Bunt Groundout: P-3B-2B/Sacrifice; Carey to 2B
                  Hank Bauer pinch hits for Bill Kunkel batting 9th
          -2-      35%  H Bauer         Walk
          12-      26%  D Howser        Walk; Carey to 3B; Bauer to 2B
                  Frank Funk replaces Bob Allen pitching and batting 9th; Bob Boyd pinch hits for Leo Posada batting 2nd; Leo Posada pinch hits for Al Pilarcik batting 2nd
   RO     123      21%  B Boyd          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Carey Scores; Bauer to 3B
   O      1-3      26%  J Lumpe         Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Athletics 8.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 7-8, Ed Rakow facing 8-9-1
                  Ed Rakow replaces Bob Boyd pitching and batting 2nd; Hank Bauer moves to RF
          ---      34%  J Romano        Hit By Pitch
                  Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Frank Funk batting 9th; Mudcat Grant pinch runs for Johnny Romano batting 8th
   O      1--      26%  W Kirkland      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  Jack Kubiszyn pinch runs for Willie Kirkland batting 9th
   O      1--      22%  J Temple        Single to RF; Kubiszyn out at 3B/RF-3B; Temple to 2B/Adv on throw
          -2-      26%  T Francona      Single to CF; Temple to 3B
   R      1-3      50%  J Piersall      Single to RF; Temple Scores; Francona to 3B
                  Ken Johnson replaces Ed Rakow pitching and batting 2nd
          1-3      53%  W Bond          Walk; Piersall to 2B
   O      123      39%  B Phillips      Popfly: 2B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 8, Athletics 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Tied 8-8, Wynn Hawkins facing 4-5-6
                  Wynn Hawkins replaces Jack Kubiszyn pitching and batting 9th; Valmy Thomas replaces Mudcat Grant playing C batting 8th
   O      ---      44%  N Siebern       Flyball: CF
   O      ---      47%  M Throneberry   Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      50%  B Tuttle        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 8, Athletics 8.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Tied 8-8, Ken Johnson facing 6-7-8
          ---      58%  V Power         Walk
   O      1--      56%  W Held          Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Power to 2B
          -2-      58%  V Thomas        Walk
                  Joe Nuxhall replaces Ken Johnson pitching and batting 2nd; Bob Hale pinch hits for Wynn Hawkins batting 9th
   O      12-      51%  B Hale          Groundout: 1B-P; Power to 3B; Thomas to 2B
   RR     -23      91%  J Temple        Walk, Wild Pitch; Power Scores/No RBI; Thomas Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/No RBI; Temple to 1B
          1--      92%  T Francona      Single to CF; Temple to 3B
                  Norm Bass replaces Joe Nuxhall pitching and batting 2nd
   O      1-3      91%  J Piersall      Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 10, Athletics 8.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 8-10, Russ Heman facing 7-8-9
                  Russ Heman replaces Bob Hale pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      95%  A Carey         Flyball: CF
                  Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Haywood Sullivan batting 8th
          ---      89%  L Klimchock     Single to RF
   O      1--      95%  H Bauer         Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      1--     100%  D Howser        Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 10, Athletics 8.

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