July 26, 1961 Washington Senators at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 5
BOS 1 BAL 9
BOS 2 CLE 12
@KCA 5 DET 5
@LAA 4 MIN 10
WSA 9 NYY 5
CHW 2 CHC 7
STL 6
(12) CIN 3
@MLN 2 LAD 6
@PHI 1 PIT 8
SFG 3

Standings at end of play this day

Metropolitan Stadium, Attendance: 18,658

Wednesday, July 26, 1961
Time of Game: 3:07

Senators

43-54

Lost 1

6th, 20½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Senators        0  0  0   0  2  5   1  0  1    9 12  0
Twins           0  3  0   0  3  4   0  0  X   10 11  1

W: B Cueto (1-3), L: D Sisler (2-5), S: R Moore (6)

Twins

41-56

Won 1

9th, 22½ GB

BATTING

Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Keough CF                   4   0   3   2    1   0  .275  .811    0    3   0   3B,2B,SB
B Johnson SS                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .823    0    1   3   
B Zipfel 1B                   5   1   1   0    0   2  .200  .600    0    9   0   2B
J King LF                     4   1   1   0    0   0  .273  .812    0    3   0   2B
  W Tasby PH                  0   1   0   0    1   0  .273  .791    0    0   0   
G Woodling RF                 5   1   2   1    0   0  .292  .870    0    1   0   
  C Veal PR                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .206  .533         0   0   
B Klaus 3B                    4   1   1   3    0   0  .232  .706    0    1   2   HR
  D O'Connell PH              1   0   1   1    0   0  .279  .760    0    0   0   
P Daley C                     4   0   0   0    0   2  .175  .486    0    4   0   
  C Hinton PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .244  .663    0    0   0   
C Cottier 2B                  4   2   1   1    1   2  .226  .591    0    1   3   HR
B Daniels P                   2   1   2   1    0   0  .206  .632    0    0   0   HR
  M Garcia P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Long PH                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .271  .835         0   0   
  G Green PH                  0   1   0   0    1   0  .315  .957    0    0   0   
  D Sisler P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         1   0   
  J Klippstein P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .400         0   0   
  H Bright PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .260  .707    0    0   0   
  P Burnside P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .071  .204         0   0   
Totals                       40   9  12   9    4   9                    24   8

BATTING

2B: J King (10, off C Pascual); B Zipfel (1, off B Pleis); M Keough (12, off C Pascual).

3B: M Keough (6, off D McDevitt).

HR: B Daniels (2, off C Pascual; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF); B Klaus (7, off C Pascual; 6th inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep RF); C Cottier (2, off C Pascual; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

TB: M Keough 6; B Daniels 5; C Cottier 4; B Klaus 4; G Woodling 2; J King 2; B Zipfel 2; D O'Connell.

RBI: B Klaus 3 (26); M Keough 2 (24); D O'Connell (23); C Cottier (18); B Daniels (3); G Woodling (45).

2-out RBI: M Keough 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

BASERUNNING

SB: M Keough (8, 2nd base off C Pascual/H Naragon).

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
Z Versalles SS                5   1   1   1    0   1  .288  .711    0    0   1   2B
L Green CF-LF                 5   1   3   4    0   0  .295  .803    0    2   0   SB
H Killebrew 1B-3B             5   0   1   1    0   1  .325 1.114    0   10   0   2B
B Allison RF                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .230  .822    0    1   0   
J Lemon LF                    2   1   0   0    1   0  .256  .761    0    1   0   
  B Pleis P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .286    0    1   0   
  R Moore P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
H Naragon C                   4   2   3   0    0   0  .307  .752    0    9   0   2B
T Lepcio 2B                   3   2   1   3    1   1  .226  .840    0    0   6   HR
B Tuttle 3B-CF                4   1   1   0    0   0  .230  .592    0    1   0   
C Pascual P                   1   1   0   0    1   0  .120  .325    0    0   2   
  D McDevitt P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   0   
  B Cueto P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .167         0   0   
  J Becquer PH-1B             2   1   1   1    0   0  .250  .832    0    2   1   
Totals                       35  10  11  10    4   3                    27  10

BATTING

2B: Z Versalles (17, off B Daniels); H Naragon (1, off D Sisler); H Killebrew (12, off D Sisler).

HR: T Lepcio (5, off B Daniels; 2nd inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

TB: H Naragon 4; T Lepcio 4; L Green 3; Z Versalles 2; H Killebrew 2; B Tuttle; J Becquer.

RBI: L Green 4 (34); T Lepcio 3 (12); Z Versalles (25); J Becquer (18); H Killebrew (78).

2-out RBI: L Green 2; H Killebrew.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 6 for 11.

FIELDING

E: B Pleis (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: L Green (11, 2nd base off M Garcia/P Daley).

PITCHING

Washington Senators           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Daniels                      4.1   5   6   6    2   1   1   3.92   20     -       ·  ·      6· 5· 1· 5     28    -     0.73  -0.36
M Garcia                       0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   4.76    3     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.38   0.01
D Sisler, BS (5), L (2-5)      0.2   4   4   4    1   0   0   3.95    7     -       ·  ·      0· 2· 0· 4          0-0    2.31  -0.50
J Klippstein                   1.1   1   0   0    0   1   0   6.53    5     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 1· 1          1-0    0.46   0.04
P Burnside                     1     1   0   0    0   1   0   7.05    4     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 1          0-0    0.22   0.02
Totals                         8    11  10  10    4   3   1          39     -       ·  ·      9·10· 2·11          2-0

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Pascual                      5.2   7   6   6    2   5   3   3.67   26     -       ·  ·      8· 4· 0· 7     34    -     0.92  -0.14
D McDevitt, BS (1)             0     1   1   1    1   0   0   5.53    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 1          1-1    1.99  -0.34
B Cueto, W (1-3)               0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   7.17    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.62   0.05
B Pleis, H (2)                 2.1   4   2   2    1   2   0   6.07   13     -       ·  ·      4· 2· 0· 4          0-0    1.79  -0.22
R Moore, S (6)                 0.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   5.23    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    5.80   0.38
Totals                         9    12   9   9    4   9   3          44     -       ·  ·     12· 7· 0·12          4-1

D McDevitt faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Kinnamon, 1B - Eddie Hurley, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Jim Honochick.

Time of Game: 3:07.

Attendance: 18,658.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 79° F, Wind 0mph.

LINEUPS

   Washington Senators           Minnesota Twins                      
1. M Keough             CF    1. Z Versalles          SS 
2. B Johnson            SS    2. L Green              CF 
3. B Zipfel             1B    3. H Killebrew          1B 
4. J King               LF    4. B Allison            RF 
5. G Woodling           RF    5. J Lemon              LF 
6. B Klaus              3B    6. H Naragon            C  
7. P Daley              C     7. T Lepcio             2B 
8. C Cottier            2B    8. B Tuttle             3B 
9. B Daniels            P     9. C Pascual            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   2  6-5  12-     -31%  36% M Keough        D McDevitt      Triple to CF; Cottier Scores; Green Scores
   b 6   2  7-7  -23      24%  83% L Green         D Sisler        Single to CF; Lepcio Scores; Becquer Scores; Green to 2B/Adv on throw
   t 9   1 10-9  1-3      21%  83% C Hinton        R Moore         Strikeout
   b 6   1  7-6  12-      21%  67% J Becquer       D Sisler        Single to CF; Naragon Scores; Lepcio to 3B
   t 9   1 10-8  1-3     -20%  62% D O'Connell     B Pleis         Single to CF; Tasby Scores; Veal to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Senators Batting, Tied 0-0, Camilo Pascual facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      47%  M Keough        Walk
          1--      44%  B Johnson       Keough Steals 2B
   O      -2-      48%  " "             Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      -2-      52%  B Zipfel        Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-      55%  J King          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Bennie Daniels facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      53%  Z Versalles     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      51%  L Green         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      50%  H Killebrew     Foul Flyball: C
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 0.

Top of the 2nd, Senators Batting, Tied 0-0, Camilo Pascual facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      52%  G Woodling      Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      54%  B Klaus         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      55%  P Daley         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Bennie Daniels facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      53%  B Allison       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      55%  J Lemon         Walk
          1--      62%  H Naragon       Single to RF; Lemon to 3B
   RRR    1-3      80%  T Lepcio        Home Run (Deep LF); Lemon Scores; Naragon Scores
   O      ---      79%  B Tuttle        Lineout: 2B
   O      ---      79%  C Pascual       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 3.

Top of the 3rd, Senators Batting, Behind 0-3, Camilo Pascual facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      81%  C Cottier       Strikeout
          ---      79%  B Daniels       Single to RF
          1--      71%  M Keough        Double to RF; Daniels to 3B
   O      -23      78%  B Johnson       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -23      83%  B Zipfel        Strikeout
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bennie Daniels facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      82%  Z Versalles     Strikeout
   O      ---      81%  L Green         Flyball: CF
   O      ---      81%  H Killebrew     Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 3.

Top of the 4th, Senators Batting, Behind 0-3, Camilo Pascual facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      83%  J King          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      85%  G Woodling      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---      86%  B Klaus         Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bennie Daniels facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      84%  B Allison       Flyball: LF
   O      ---      84%  J Lemon         Flyball: CF
   O      ---      83%  H Naragon       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 3.

Top of the 5th, Senators Batting, Behind 0-3, Camilo Pascual facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      85%  P Daley         Strikeout
   R      ---      77%  C Cottier       Home Run (Deep LF)
   R      ---      67%  B Daniels       Home Run (Deep LF)
   O      ---      69%  M Keough        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      71%  B Johnson       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-2, Bennie Daniels facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      68%  T Lepcio        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      71%  B Tuttle        Single to 3B
          1--      74%  C Pascual       Walk; Tuttle to 2B
   R      12-      86%  Z Versalles     Double to LF; Tuttle Scores; Pascual to 3B
   RR     -23      93%  L Green         Single to RF; Pascual Scores; Versalles Scores
                  Mike Garcia replaces Bennie Daniels pitching and batting 9th
          1--      93%  H Killebrew     Green Steals 2B
   O      -2-      92%  " "             Flyball: CF
          -2-      93%  B Allison       Walk
   O      12-      91%  J Lemon         Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Senators 2, Twins 6.

Top of the 6th, Senators Batting, Behind 2-6, Camilo Pascual facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      93%  B Zipfel        Flyball: CF
          ---      90%  J King          Double to RF
          -2-      87%  G Woodling      Single to CF; King to 3B
   RRR    1-3      69%  B Klaus         Home Run (Deep RF); King Scores; Woodling Scores
   O      ---      72%  P Daley         Strikeout Looking
          ---      70%  C Cottier       Walk
                  Danny McDevitt replaces Camilo Pascual pitching and batting 9th; Gene Green pinch hits for Dale Long batting 9th; Dale Long pinch hits for Mike Garcia batting 9th
          1--      67%  G Green         Walk; Cottier to 2B
   RR     12-      36%  M Keough        Triple to CF; Cottier Scores; Green Scores
                  Bert Cueto replaces Danny McDevitt pitching and batting 9th
   O      --3      40%  B Johnson       Flyball: LF
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Senators 7, Twins 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 6-7, Dave Sisler facing 6-7-8
                  Dave Sisler replaces Gene Green pitching and batting 9th
          ---      51%  H Naragon       Double to LF
          -2-      56%  T Lepcio        Walk
   O      12-      47%  B Tuttle        Popfly: P
                  Julio Becquer pinch hits for Bert Cueto batting 9th
   R      12-      67%  J Becquer       Single to CF; Naragon Scores; Lepcio to 3B
   O      1-3      59%  Z Versalles     Flyball: LF; Becquer to 2B
   RR     -23      83%  L Green         Single to CF; Lepcio Scores; Becquer Scores; Green to 2B/Adv on throw
   R      -2-      90%  H Killebrew     Double to LF; Green Scores
                  Johnny Klippstein replaces Dave Sisler pitching and batting 9th
   O      -2-      89%  B Allison       Flyball: RF
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Senators 7, Twins 10.

Top of the 7th, Senators Batting, Behind 7-10, Bill Pleis facing 3-4-5
                  Bill Pleis replaces Jim Lemon pitching and batting 5th; Julio Becquer moves to 1B; Harmon Killebrew moves to 3B; Lenny Green moves to LF; Bill Tuttle moves to CF
          ---      83%  B Zipfel        Double to RF
   O      -2-      86%  J King          Groundout: 2B-1B; Zipfel to 3B
   RO     --3      87%  G Woodling      Groundout: 1B-P; Zipfel Scores
   O      ---      88%  B Klaus         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Senators 8, Twins 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 10-8, Johnny Klippstein facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      87%  B Pleis         Lineout: SS
          ---      88%  H Naragon       Single to LF
   O      1--      87%  T Lepcio        Strikeout
   O      1--      86%  B Tuttle        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Senators 8, Twins 10.

Top of the 8th, Senators Batting, Behind 8-10, Bill Pleis facing 7-8-9
          ---      79%  P Daley         Reached on E1 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      85%  C Cottier       Foul Flyball: LF
                  Harry Bright pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein batting 9th
   O      1--      90%  H Bright        Strikeout Looking
          1--      86%  M Keough        Single to CF; Daley to 2B
   O      12-      94%  B Johnson       Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Senators 8, Twins 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 10-8, Pete Burnside facing 9-1-2
                  Pete Burnside replaces Harry Bright pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      93%  J Becquer       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      92%  Z Versalles     Flyball: LF
          ---      93%  L Green         Single to CF
   O      1--      92%  H Killebrew     Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Senators 8, Twins 10.

Top of the 9th, Senators Batting, Behind 8-10, Bill Pleis facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      96%  B Zipfel        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Willie Tasby pinch hits for Jim King batting 4th
          ---      91%  W Tasby         Walk
          1--      82%  G Woodling      Single to RF; Tasby to 3B
                  Danny O'Connell pinch hits for Billy Klaus batting 6th; Coot Veal pinch runs for Gene Woodling batting 5th
   R      1-3      62%  D O'Connell     Single to CF; Tasby Scores; Veal to 3B
                  Ray Moore replaces Bill Pleis pitching and batting 5th; Chuck Hinton pinch hits for Pete Daley batting 7th
   O      1-3      83%  C Hinton        Strikeout
   O      1-3     100%  C Cottier       Strikeout
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Senators 9, Twins 10.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation