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Washington Senators @ Kansas City Athletics

1961-07-29 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 4368 · 90°F · 2:21

Kansas City Athletics defeated Washington Senators 2–1. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 7th. Bob Shaw earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
KC1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	9

W: Bob Shaw L: John Gabler SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Keough	2	1	1	0	1	0
Bud Zipfel	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Woodling	3	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Tasby	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Green	2	0	0	0	1	1
Chuck Cottier	3	0	0	0	0	1
John Gabler	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Long	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim King	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Howser	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jay Hankins	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wayne Causey	3	0	0	0	1	1
Norm Siebern	4	0	1	2	0	1
Jerry Lumpe	4	0	2	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Shaw	3	1	2	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Gabler	6.1	8	2	2
Mike Garcia	0.2	1	0	0
Pete Burnside	1.0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Shaw	9.0	4	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny O'Connell: S4/G
Marty Keough: HP.1-2
Bud Zipfel: 6(B)4(2)/LDP
Gene Woodling: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Dick Howser: 63
Jay Hankins: 3/G
Wayne Causey: K

Top 2

Gene Woodling: 3/P
Willie Tasby: K/C
Bob Johnson: 3/FL

Bot 2

Norm Siebern: 43
Jerry Lumpe: S8
Haywood Sullivan: S8.1-2
Gene Stephens: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Bobby Del Greco: W.1-2
Bob Shaw: 53

Top 3

Gene Green: W
Chuck Cottier: K/C
John Gabler: CS2(24)
John Gabler: 13

Bot 3

Dick Howser: 53
Jay Hankins: 63
Wayne Causey: 31

Top 4

Danny O'Connell: 53
Marty Keough: E3/G.B-2
Bud Zipfel: W
Gene Woodling: PO2(16)
Gene Woodling: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Norm Siebern: 43
Jerry Lumpe: S4
Haywood Sullivan: 3/FL
Gene Stephens: SB2
Gene Stephens: 9

Top 5

Willie Tasby: 53
Bob Johnson: S7
Gene Green: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bobby Del Greco: 4/L
Bob Shaw: S8
Dick Howser: 46(1)/FO
Jay Hankins: S9.1-3
Wayne Causey: W.1-2
Norm Siebern: K

Top 6

Chuck Cottier: 7
John Gabler: 63
Danny O'Connell: E6/TH1.BX2(26)

Bot 6

Jerry Lumpe: 63
Haywood Sullivan: 53
Gene Stephens: 43

Top 7

Marty Keough: S5/BG
Bud Zipfel: 8/8XD
Gene Woodling: D8/L.1-H
Willie Tasby: 53
Bob Johnson: 53

Bot 7

Bobby Del Greco: 4/P
Bob Shaw: S1
Dick Howser: WP.1-2
Dick Howser: S4/G.2-3
Jay Hankins: S1/G.3-3;1-2
Wayne Causey: 8/8S
Norm Siebern: S9/9S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jerry Lumpe: 43

Top 8

Gene Green: K
Chuck Cottier: 8
Dale Long: 9

Bot 8

Haywood Sullivan: 63
Gene Stephens: 3/G
Bobby Del Greco: K

Top 9

Danny O'Connell: 8
Marty Keough: W
Bud Zipfel: 4/P
Jim King: K/C