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Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Athletics

1961-08-24 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 7695 · 2:24

Kansas City Athletics defeated Baltimore Orioles 5–3. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Bill Kunkel earned the win. Deron Johnson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	10
KC1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		5	8

W: Bill Kunkel L: Dick Hall SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Harry Schwarts · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brooks Robinson	4	0	3	1	0	0
Russ Snyder	4	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Herzog	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Gentile	4	0	0	0	1	0
Earl Robinson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ron Hansen	2	1	1	0	2	0
Hank Foiles	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jerry Adair	2	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Barber	2	0	1	0	0	1
Marv Throneberry	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Philley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Breeding	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Lumpe	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bobby Del Greco	4	1	1	0	0	2
Dick Howser	3	0	2	2	0	0
Deron Johnson	4	1	2	3	0	0
Leo Posada	3	0	1	0	0	1
Norm Siebern	3	0	0	0	1	0
Haywood Sullivan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Causey	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ed Rakow	2	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jay Hankins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Barber	5.0	5	1	4
Dick Hall	3.0	3	1	1

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Rakow	7.0	9	4	3
Bill Kunkel	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brooks Robinson: S
Russ Snyder: S.1-2
Whitey Herzog: 4(1)3(B)/GDP.2-3
Jim Gentile: 63

Bot 1

Jerry Lumpe: E6/TH.B-2
Bobby Del Greco: K
Dick Howser: 63
Deron Johnson: S8/L.2-H(UR)
Leo Posada: K

Top 2

Earl Robinson: K
Ron Hansen: W
Hank Foiles: S.1-2
Jerry Adair: K
Steve Barber: K

Bot 2

Norm Siebern: 13
Haywood Sullivan: K/C
Wayne Causey: 13

Top 3

Brooks Robinson: S7
Russ Snyder: 53/SH.1-2
Whitey Herzog: 6/P
Jim Gentile: 7/7D

Bot 3

Ed Rakow: 43
Jerry Lumpe: 43
Bobby Del Greco: 1/P

Top 4

Earl Robinson: T7/7D
Ron Hansen: W
Hank Foiles: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)
Jerry Adair: 43

Bot 4

Dick Howser: S
Deron Johnson: 53.1-2
Leo Posada: 41.2-3
Norm Siebern: 7

Top 5

Steve Barber: S
Brooks Robinson: S.1-2
Russ Snyder: 7
Whitey Herzog: 4(1)/FO.2-3
Jim Gentile: W.1-2
Earl Robinson: 4(1)/FO

Bot 5

Haywood Sullivan: 6/L
Wayne Causey: S8
Ed Rakow: S8.1-2
Jerry Lumpe: BK.2-3;1-2
Jerry Lumpe: W
Bobby Del Greco: K
Dick Howser: S7/L.3-H;2-H;1-2
Deron Johnson: 8

Top 6

Ron Hansen: S8
Hank Foiles: D7/78D.1-H
Marv Throneberry: W
Dave Philley: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Brooks Robinson: 8/SF.3-H(RBI)
Russ Snyder: SB2
Russ Snyder: 31

Bot 6

Leo Posada: S7
Norm Siebern: 5/FL
Haywood Sullivan: 4(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 7

Whitey Herzog: HP
Jim Gentile: 36(1)/FO
Earl Robinson: 46(1)/FO
Ron Hansen: SB2
Ron Hansen: 7

Bot 7

Wayne Causey: 43
Jim Rivera: K
Jerry Lumpe: 43

Top 8

Hank Foiles: 53
Marv Breeding: 9
Dick Hall: K

Bot 8

Bobby Del Greco: S7
Dick Howser: 14/SH.1-2
Deron Johnson: HR/78XD.2-H
Jay Hankins: 8
Norm Siebern: W
Haywood Sullivan: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Brooks Robinson: 6/P
Russ Snyder: 43
Whitey Herzog: S8
Jim Gentile: 43

Notes & reviews

Orioles Manager Paul Richards ejected by HP umpire Larry Napp

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