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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Athletics

1961-09-10 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · 2:36

Kansas City Athletics defeated Minnesota Twins 13–1. Kansas City Athletics put up 8 in the 7th. Norm Bass earned the win and Dave Wickersham picked up the save. Harmon Killebrew went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
KC1	0	1	3	1	0	0	8	0		13	17

W: Norm Bass L: Jack Kralick SV: Dave Wickersham

Umpires — HP: Bill Kinnamon · 1B: Eddie Hurley · 2B: Red Flaherty · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lenny Green	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Martin	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harmon Killebrew	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Lemon	4	0	0	0	0	2
Earl Battey	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Allison	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Tuttle	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Valdivielso	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Kralick	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Dotter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Altobelli	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Henry	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Del Greco	5	1	1	1	0	0
Charlie Shoemaker	5	2	2	1	0	0
Dick Howser	5	3	5	2	0	0
Norm Siebern	4	2	3	3	0	0
Deron Johnson	3	3	2	1	2	0
Wayne Causey	2	0	1	1	1	0
Frank Cipriani	5	0	2	2	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	2	1	0	0	3	0
Norm Bass	3	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Wickersham	2	1	1	2	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Kralick	2.2	7	1	1
Gary Dotter	4.0	6	4	2
Julio Becquer	1.1	4	1	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Norm Bass	6.0	6	1	1
Dave Wickersham	3.0	0	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lenny Green: S9
Billy Martin: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Harmon Killebrew: S8
Jim Lemon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Bobby Del Greco: 3/FL
Charlie Shoemaker: 6/L
Dick Howser: S8
Norm Siebern: 43

Top 2

Earl Battey: 43
Bob Allison: 63
Bill Tuttle: S6
Jose Valdivielso: 4/P

Bot 2

Deron Johnson: S7
Wayne Causey: 13/SH.1-2
Frank Cipriani: S7.2-H
Haywood Sullivan: 9/L
Norm Bass: K

Top 3

Jack Kralick: S7
Lenny Green: 8
Billy Martin: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Bobby Del Greco: 7
Charlie Shoemaker: 7
Dick Howser: T7
Norm Siebern: D9.3-H
Deron Johnson: D7.2-H
Wayne Causey: WP.2-3
Wayne Causey: W
Frank Cipriani: S8.3-H;1-2
Haywood Sullivan: W.2-3;1-2
Norm Bass: K

Top 4

Harmon Killebrew: 8
Jim Lemon: 43
Earl Battey: 9

Bot 4

Bobby Del Greco: 8
Charlie Shoemaker: S9
Dick Howser: S7.1-3
Norm Siebern: 9/SF.3-H
Deron Johnson: CS2(24)

Top 5

Bob Allison: 4/P
Bill Tuttle: 8/L
Jose Valdivielso: D9
Gary Dotter: 7

Bot 5

Deron Johnson: W
Wayne Causey: CS2(26)
Wayne Causey: S8
Frank Cipriani: 7
Haywood Sullivan: 7

Top 6

Lenny Green: 43
Billy Martin: 8
Harmon Killebrew: HR/8XD
Jim Lemon: K

Bot 6

Norm Bass: K
Bobby Del Greco: 7
Charlie Shoemaker: 13

Top 7

Earl Battey: W
Bob Allison: K/C
Bill Tuttle: 64(1)/FO
Joe Altobelli: 6/P

Bot 7

Dick Howser: S7
Norm Siebern: D9.1-3
Deron Johnson: IW
Wayne Causey: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Frank Cipriani: 5/P
Haywood Sullivan: W.1-2
Dave Wickersham: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bobby Del Greco: S8.3-H;1-2
Charlie Shoemaker: S8.2-H;1-2
Dick Howser: D7.2-H;1-H
Norm Siebern: D7.2-H
Deron Johnson: 53

Top 8

Julio Becquer: 43
Lenny Green: 9
Billy Martin: W
Harmon Killebrew: K

Bot 8

Wayne Causey: 63
Frank Cipriani: 7
Haywood Sullivan: W
Dave Wickersham: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Jim Lemon: K/C
Ron Henry: K
Bob Allison: 63

Notes & reviews

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