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Cleveland Guardians @ Baltimore Orioles

1961-09-01 · Night game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 12721 · 2:35

Cleveland Indians defeated Baltimore Orioles 5–4. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 3rd. Barry Latman earned the win and Frank Funk picked up the save. Brooks Robinson went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Barry Latman L: Chuck Estrada SV: Frank Funk

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Piersall	3	2	1	0	2	0
Tito Francona	3	1	0	0	1	0
Willie Kirkland	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bubba Phillips	3	1	0	0	0	2
Vic Power	4	1	2	3	0	0
Woodie Held	4	0	2	1	0	2
Valmy Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Barry Latman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Funk	1	0	0	0	0	1

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brooks Robinson	4	2	2	2	0	1
Whitey Herzog	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jackie Brandt	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Gentile	3	0	1	1	0	1
Ron Hansen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Earl Robinson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Charlie Lau	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Adair	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Estrada	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marv Throneberry	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Philley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Barry Latman	6.0	6	0	3
Frank Funk	3.0	0	1	4

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chuck Estrada	8.0	8	4	7
Hoyt Wilhelm	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: K
Jim Piersall: W
Tito Francona: W.1-2
Willie Kirkland: 8/L
Bubba Phillips: HP.2-3;1-2
Vic Power: S8/89D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Woodie Held: K/C

Bot 1

Brooks Robinson: HR/7LD
Whitey Herzog: 9
Jackie Brandt: T9/9LD
Jim Gentile: 9/SF.3-H
Ron Hansen: 53

Top 2

Valmy Thomas: K
Barry Latman: 8
Johnny Temple: 8/L

Bot 2

Earl Robinson: K
Charlie Lau: 9
Jerry Adair: 1/P

Top 3

Jim Piersall: W
Tito Francona: 6/L
Willie Kirkland: S8.1-2
Bubba Phillips: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Vic Power: S9.3-H;1-3
Woodie Held: D7.3-H;1-3
Valmy Thomas: BK.3-H(NR);2-3
Valmy Thomas: 23

Bot 3

Chuck Estrada: K
Brooks Robinson: 53
Whitey Herzog: HR/9D
Jackie Brandt: K

Top 4

Barry Latman: 13
Johnny Temple: 53
Jim Piersall: S
Tito Francona: SB2
Tito Francona: 5/L

Bot 4

Jim Gentile: 9
Ron Hansen: 3/G
Earl Robinson: 8

Top 5

Willie Kirkland: S9
Bubba Phillips: K/C
Vic Power: 8
Woodie Held: K

Bot 5

Charlie Lau: S9
Jerry Adair: 6/L
Chuck Estrada: 3(B)/SH/DP.1X3(16)

Top 6

Valmy Thomas: 6/L
Barry Latman: 53
Johnny Temple: 4/P

Bot 6

Brooks Robinson: HR/7D
Whitey Herzog: 5/P
Jackie Brandt: 5/BP
Jim Gentile: S8
Ron Hansen: 9

Top 7

Jim Piersall: 4/P
Tito Francona: 5/P
Willie Kirkland: W
Bubba Phillips: K

Bot 7

Earl Robinson: K
Charlie Lau: 31
Jerry Adair: 2/FL

Top 8

Vic Power: 63
Woodie Held: S/BG
Valmy Thomas: D7.1-3
Frank Funk: K+PO3(25)/DP

Bot 8

Marv Throneberry: K
Brooks Robinson: K/C
Whitey Herzog: 31

Top 9

Johnny Temple: K
Jim Piersall: 13
Tito Francona: HP
Willie Kirkland: CS2(26)

Bot 9

Jackie Brandt: 5/FL
Jim Gentile: K
Ron Hansen: W
Dave Philley: 9/L

Notes & reviews

Chuck Estrada bunted and was tagged by Vic Power; Charlie Lau thought the ball went foul and started back toward 1B; Barry Latman grabbed ball from Power and threw to Woody Held

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