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Detroit Tigers 5 Minnesota Twins 4

May 24,1961

Visiting Team

Detroit Tigers (27-11)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (18-19)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,358

Time of Game

3:00

Umpires

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

Detroit Tigers 5 Minnesota Twins 4

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9th inning: 563 **Tigers Coach Phil Cavarretta ejected by 3B umpire Charlie Berry**
9th inning: 563 **for yelling about the call at 1B**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Detroit Tigers	DET	27-11		0	0	1		0	4	0		0	0	0			5	9	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	18-19		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	2			4	11	2		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	23.336	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.278		37	37
2	Bill Bruton	cf	35.196	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.240		38	936
3	Al Kaline	rf	26.156	R	5	2	3	2		0	0	.314		34	1085
4	Rocky Colavito	lf	27.287	R	4	1	1	2		1	1	.267		38	716
5	Norm Cash	1b	26.195	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.349		38	230
6	Steve Boros	3b	24.263	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.331		38	68
7	Dick Brown	c	26.127	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.310		36	199
8	Chico Fernandez	ss	29.083	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.274		38	543
9	Don Mossi	p	32.133	L	3	0	0	0		0	3	.111		9	284
	Bill Fischer	p	30.225	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		9	155
Totals

2B: Jake Wood (3)

HR: Al Kaline (2), Rocky Colavito (11)

RBI: Al Kaline 2 (21), Rocky Colavito 2 (30)

SH: Bill Bruton (3)

SB: Norm Cash (4)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.157	R	5	2	4	2		0	0	.293		33	77
2	Lenny Green	cf	28.138	L	4	0	2	0		1	1	.312		36	365
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	24.329	R	5	1	1	2		0	2	.340		27	417
4	Jim Lemon	lf	33.062	R	5	0	0	0		0	3	.267		31	824
5	Bob Allison	rf	26.317	R	2	0	0	0		2	0	.231		37	343
6	Earl Battey	c	26.139	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.296		36	324
7	Billy Gardner	2b	33.309	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.264		37	879
8	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.136	R	3	1	2	0		0	0	.209		31	539
	Don Mincher	ph-1b	22.334	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.198		29	56
9	Camilo Pascual	p	27.124	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		9	254
	Don Lee	p	27.087	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		4	56
	Ron Henry	ph	24.290	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.167		9	9
	Elmer Valo	ph	40.080	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.150		21	958
Totals

Errors: Harmon Killebrew, Jim Lemon

2B: Zoilo Versalles (8), Lenny Green (11), Billy Gardner (8)

HR: Zoilo Versalles (3), Harmon Killebrew (11)

RBI: Zoilo Versalles 2 (18), Harmon Killebrew 2 (27)

GDP: Harmon Killebrew (3)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Mossi	L	W 5-0	6.0	9	2	2	3	5	1		2.34	1.07		9	289
2	Bill Fischer	R	SV 1	3.0	2	2	2	1	4	1		4.34	1.45		9	161
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Mossi (0-0-0), Bill Fischer (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Camilo Pascual	R	L 4-4	4.2	6	4	4	3	3	2		3.17	1.12		9	255
2	Don Lee	R		1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		5.11	1.38		6	62
3	Ted Sadowski	R		3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0		5.91	1.69		9	18
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Camilo Pascual (0-0-0), Don Lee (0-0-0), Ted Sadowski (0-0-0)