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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Kansas City Athletics

1961-05-16 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 6419 · 2:18

Kansas City Athletics defeated Los Angeles Angels 6–4. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 4th. Norm Bass earned the win and Jim Archer picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	8
KC1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1		6	15

W: Norm Bass L: Eli Grba SV: Jim Archer

Umpires — HP: Joe Linsalata · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Bob Stewart · 3B: Charlie Berry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Aspromonte	5	0	0	0	0	1
Albie Pearson	5	0	0	0	0	1
Leon Wagner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Hunt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Averill	3	1	2	1	1	0
Gene Leek	4	1	1	2	0	0
Rocky Bridges	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eli Grba	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bilko	1	0	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Howser	3	2	2	1	2	0
Jay Hankins	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Lumpe	5	0	2	1	0	1
Lou Klimchock	5	1	2	1	0	0
Norm Siebern	5	0	1	0	0	0
Marv Throneberry	4	1	3	1	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	4	1	2	0	0	0
Wayne Causey	4	1	2	2	0	0
Norm Bass	3	0	0	0	0	1

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eli Grba	5.2	10	2	0
Jerry Casale	0.1	0	0	0
Tom Morgan	2.0	5	0	2

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Norm Bass	8.0	7	2	1
Jim Archer	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ken Aspromonte: K#
Albie Pearson: 99#
Leon Wagner: 99#

Bot 1

Dick Howser: 99#
Jay Hankins: 99#
Jerry Lumpe: 99#

Top 2

Ted Kluszewski: 99#
Ken Hunt: S
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Gene Leek: 99#
Rocky Bridges: W.2-3;1-2
Eli Grba: 99#

Bot 2

Lou Klimchock: 99#
Norm Siebern: S#
Marv Throneberry: 99#
Haywood Sullivan: 99#

Top 3

Ken Aspromonte: 99#
Albie Pearson: 99#
Leon Wagner: S#
Ted Kluszewski: 99#

Bot 3

Wayne Causey: 99#
Norm Bass: 99#
Dick Howser: W
Jay Hankins: S.1-2#
Jerry Lumpe: 99#

Top 4

Ken Hunt: 99#
Earl Averill: S
Gene Leek: 99#
Rocky Bridges: 99#

Bot 4

Lou Klimchock: S
Norm Siebern: 43.1-2#
Marv Throneberry: S.2-H#
Haywood Sullivan: S.1-3#
Wayne Causey: PO3(252).1-2
Wayne Causey: S.2-H
Norm Bass: 99#

Top 5

Eli Grba: 99#
Ken Aspromonte: 99#
Albie Pearson: 99#

Bot 5

Dick Howser: W
Jay Hankins: 23/SH.1-2#
Jerry Lumpe: S.2-H
Lou Klimchock: 99#
Norm Siebern: 99#

Top 6

Leon Wagner: 99#
Ted Kluszewski: S#
Ken Hunt: 99#
Earl Averill: 99#

Bot 6

Marv Throneberry: D
Haywood Sullivan: 99#
Wayne Causey: S.2-H
Norm Bass: 23/SH.1-2#
Dick Howser: S.2-H;B-2(TH)
Jay Hankins: HP
Jerry Lumpe: PO1(13)#

Top 7

Gene Leek: 99#
Rocky Bridges: 99#
Lee Thomas: 9#

Bot 7

Jerry Lumpe: S#
Lou Klimchock: 99#
Norm Siebern: 64(1)/FO.B-1#
Marv Throneberry: S.1-2#
Haywood Sullivan: S.2-3;1-2#
Wayne Causey: 99#

Top 8

Ken Aspromonte: 99#
Albie Pearson: 99#
Leon Wagner: 99#

Bot 8

Norm Bass: K#
Dick Howser: S#
Jay Hankins: E9/F.1-2;B-1
Jerry Lumpe: K#
Lou Klimchock: S.2-H;1-2
Norm Siebern: 99#

Top 9

Ted Kluszewski: S8/8
Ken Hunt: HP.1-2
Earl Averill: D7/7D.2-H;1-3
Gene Leek: D7/78D.3-H;2-H
Rocky Bridges: 99.2-3#
Steve Bilko: D9/9LS.3-H
Ken Aspromonte: 53/5.2-3#
Albie Pearson: K

Notes & reviews

No source for the play-by-play for this game has been located. The events were either taken from the newspaper accounts of the game or assumed.
Angels manager Bill Rigney argued that Lou Klimchock's foot was off the bag

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