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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

1961-09-17 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 6113 · 2:35

Minnesota Twins defeated Cleveland Indians 5–3. Minnesota Twins put up 2 in the 2nd. Al Schroll earned the win and Ray Moore picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Al Schroll L: Mudcat Grant SV: Ray Moore

Umpires — HP: Harry Schwarts · 1B: Bill McKinley · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Al Smith · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lenny Green	4	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Martin	5	1	1	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	2	1	0	0	2	1
Joe Altobelli	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Allison	2	1	1	0	2	0
Hal Naragon	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Tuttle	3	0	0	1	1	1
Jose Valdivielso	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Schroll	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ty Cline	5	0	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	2	1	1	0	2	0
Vic Power	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Romano	4	1	1	0	0	0
Woodie Held	3	1	2	1	1	0
Al Luplow	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Kubiszyn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Jones	4	0	1	2	0	2
Mudcat Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Dillard	1	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Kirkland	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Bond	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Schroll	7.2	6	3	4
Ray Moore	1.1	0	1	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mudcat Grant	7.0	5	6	5
Bill Dailey	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lenny Green: 9
Billy Martin: 7
Harmon Killebrew: K/C

Bot 1

Ty Cline: 7
Tito Francona: W
Vic Power: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Altobelli: S4
Bob Allison: W.1-2
Hal Naragon: 8.2-3
Bill Tuttle: PB.3-H(NR);1-2
Bill Tuttle: K/C
Jose Valdivielso: S7.2-H(UR)
Al Schroll: 9

Bot 2

John Romano: 53
Woodie Held: S8
Al Luplow: 46(1)/FO
Jack Kubiszyn: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Lenny Green: 2/FL
Billy Martin: 8
Harmon Killebrew: 5/FL

Bot 3

Hal Jones: 53
Mudcat Grant: 53
Ty Cline: 7

Top 4

Joe Altobelli: 2/FL
Bob Allison: W
Hal Naragon: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Bill Tuttle: 4/P

Bot 4

Tito Francona: S8
Vic Power: 5/L
John Romano: 64(1)/FO
Woodie Held: W.1-2
Al Luplow: K

Top 5

Jose Valdivielso: 8
Al Schroll: 8
Lenny Green: 9

Bot 5

Jack Kubiszyn: 53
Hal Jones: K
Mudcat Grant: 5/FL

Top 6

Billy Martin: 8
Harmon Killebrew: W
Joe Altobelli: K/C
Bob Allison: S8.1-2
Hal Naragon: S1.2-3;1-2
Bill Tuttle: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jose Valdivielso: K

Bot 6

Ty Cline: 6/P
Tito Francona: 43
Vic Power: 43

Top 7

Al Schroll: K
Lenny Green: W
Billy Martin: S9.1-3
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Joe Altobelli: 64(1)/FO.3-H(RBI);2-H(E4/TH)(NR);B-2
Bob Allison: WP.2-3
Bob Allison: 2/FL

Bot 7

John Romano: S7
Woodie Held: E6.1-2
Al Luplow: 43.2-3;1-2
Jack Kubiszyn: K/C
Hal Jones: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Don Dillard: K

Top 8

Hal Naragon: S9
Bill Tuttle: 54(1)/FO
Jose Valdivielso: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ty Cline: 43
Tito Francona: W
Vic Power: S7.1-2
John Romano: 6/P
Woodie Held: D7.2-H;1-3
Willie Kirkland: W
Jack Kubiszyn: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Ray Moore: 43
Lenny Green: 43
Billy Martin: 43

Bot 9

Hal Jones: K23
Walt Bond: K
Ty Cline: 53