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Detroit Tigers 5 Minnesota Twins 2

May 23,1961

Visiting Team

Detroit Tigers (26-11)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (18-18)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,449

Time of Game

2:46

Umpires

[HP]: Charlie Berry [1B]: Joe Linsalata [2B]: Frank Umont [3B]: Bob Stewart

Detroit Tigers 5 Minnesota Twins 2

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8th inning: K/C **Rocky Colavito ejected by HP umpire Charlie Berry**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Detroit Tigers	DET	26-11		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	0	3			5	9	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	18-18		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	0			2	7	3		5	5	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jake Wood	2b	23.335	R	5	1	2	0		0	2	.275		36	36
2	Bill Bruton	cf	35.195	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.244		37	935
3	Al Kaline	rf	26.155	R	4	1	2	2		0	1	.304		33	1084
4	Rocky Colavito	lf	27.286	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.267		37	715
5	Norm Cash	1b	26.194	L	3	1	1	1		1	1	.350		37	229
6	Steve Boros	3b	24.262	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.341		37	67
7	Dick Brown	c	26.126	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.310		35	198
8	Chico Fernandez	ss	29.082	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.275		37	542
9	Jim Bunning	p	29.212	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.143		8	192
	Hank Aguirre	p	30.112	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		10	121
Totals

Errors: Jake Wood

HR: Al Kaline (1), Norm Cash (7), Steve Boros (2), Dick Brown (7)

RBI: Al Kaline 2 (19), Norm Cash (32), Steve Boros (33), Dick Brown (25)

GDP: Rocky Colavito (2)

SB: Bill Bruton (5)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.156	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.275		32	76
2	Lenny Green	cf	28.137	L	4	0	1	0		1	1	.306		35	364
3	Don Mincher	1b	22.333	L	3	1	0	0		2	0	.200		28	55
4	Harmon Killebrew	3b	24.328	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.347		26	416
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.061	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.281		30	823
6	Bob Allison	rf	26.316	R	2	0	0	1		1	0	.234		36	342
7	Earl Battey	c	26.138	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.298		35	323
8	Billy Gardner	2b	33.308	R	3	0	2	0		0	1	.262		36	878
	Elmer Valo	ph	40.079	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.158		20	957
9	Jack Kralick	p	25.356	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.182		8	47
	Ron Henry	ph	24.289	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		8	8
Totals

Errors: Zoilo Versalles, Don Mincher, Earl Battey

RBI: Bob Allison (26)

SH: Jack Kralick (4)

SF: Bob Allison (5)

GDP: Harmon Killebrew (2), Earl Battey (5)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Bunning	R		7.0	7	2	2	5	3	0		3.73	1.34		10	196
2	Jim Donohue	R		0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2.92	1.86		10	10
3	Terry Fox	R		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0		0.71	1.03		8	13
4	Hank Aguirre	L	W 2-3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.12	1.15		10	124
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Bunning (0-0-0), Jim Donohue (0-0-0), Terry Fox (0-0-0), Hank Aguirre (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Kralick	L		8.0	6	2	2	1	7	1		2.74	1.17		8	49
2	Ray Moore	R	L 3-2	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	2		3.00	1.43		18	257
3	Paul Giel	R		1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1		8.82	2.14		10	94
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Kralick (0-0-0), Ray Moore (0-0-0), Paul Giel (0-0-0)