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Kansas City Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1961-09-19 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 1:53

Kansas City Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 6–0. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Jim Archer earned the win. Bobby Del Greco went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Archer L: Dick Stigman SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Lumpe	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dick Howser	4	1	1	0	0	1
Norm Siebern	4	0	2	1	0	0
Deron Johnson	2	1	0	1	1	1
Leo Posada	4	1	1	0	0	1
Wayne Causey	4	1	2	1	0	1
Joe Pignatano	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jim Archer	3	0	0	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jack Kubiszyn	4	0	0	1
Jim Piersall	4	1	0	0
Chuck Essegian	4	0	0	0
Bob Nieman	3	2	1	0
John Romano	4	0	0	0
Vic Power	3	1	0	0
Woodie Held	3	1	0	1
Hal Jones	3	1	0	1
Dick Stigman	2	0	0	1
Miguel de la Hoz	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Archer	9.0	6	1	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Stigman	8.0	7	3	5
Wynn Hawkins	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Lumpe: 99#
Bobby Del Greco: W#
Dick Howser: 64(1)3/GDP#

Bot 1

Jack Kubiszyn: 99#
Jim Piersall: S#
Chuck Essegian: 99#
Bob Nieman: D.1-3
John Romano: 99#

Top 2

Norm Siebern: S9#
Deron Johnson: W.1-2
Leo Posada: 15(2)/FO.1-2;B-1#
Wayne Causey: D.2-H;1-3
Joe Pignatano: IW#
Jim Archer: 8/SF.3-H
Jerry Lumpe: 99#

Bot 2

Vic Power: S.BX2(74)#
Woodie Held: E5#
Hal Jones: K#
Dick Stigman: 99#

Top 3

Bobby Del Greco: HR/7D#
Dick Howser: K#
Norm Siebern: 99#
Deron Johnson: 99#

Bot 3

Jack Kubiszyn: K#
Jim Piersall: 99#
Chuck Essegian: 99#

Top 4

Leo Posada: S9.B-2(E9)#
Wayne Causey: K#
Joe Pignatano: 99#
Jim Archer: WP.2-3#
Jim Archer: 99#

Bot 4

Bob Nieman: 99#
John Romano: 99#
Vic Power: 99#

Top 5

Jerry Lumpe: 99#
Bobby Del Greco: 99#
Dick Howser: 99#

Bot 5

Woodie Held: D#
Hal Jones: 4(B)3(2)/LDP#
Dick Stigman: K#

Top 6

Norm Siebern: 99#
Deron Johnson: K#
Leo Posada: 99#

Bot 6

Jack Kubiszyn: 99#
Jim Piersall: 99#
Chuck Essegian: 99#

Top 7

Wayne Causey: 99#
Joe Pignatano: K#
Jim Archer: 99#

Bot 7

Bob Nieman: W#
John Romano: 99#
Vic Power: 99#
Woodie Held: K#

Top 8

Jerry Lumpe: S
Bobby Del Greco: 14/SH.1-2#
Dick Howser: S.2-3#
Norm Siebern: D.3-H;1-3#
Deron Johnson: 7/SF.3-H#
Leo Posada: K#

Bot 8

Hal Jones: S#
Miguel de la Hoz: 6/P#
Jack Kubiszyn: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Wayne Causey: D
Joe Pignatano: S.2-3
Jim Archer: 99#
Jerry Lumpe: 8/SF.3-H
Bobby Del Greco: 99#

Bot 9

Jim Piersall: 99#
Chuck Essegian: 99#
Bob Nieman: D#
John Romano: 99#

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
DWS: fielding credit doesn't make sense

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