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Kansas City Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1961-09-20 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 2632 · 2:21

Kansas City Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 4–2. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 9th. Norm Bass earned the win. Bobby Del Greco went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	11
CLE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8

W: Norm Bass L: Bob Allen SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Howser	5	1	2	0	0	0
Jay Hankins	4	0	1	1	0	2
Wayne Causey	4	0	1	0	1	0
Norm Siebern	4	0	2	0	0	1
Deron Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Bryan	3	0	0	0	1	1
Charlie Shoemaker	3	2	2	0	1	0
Bobby Del Greco	4	1	1	2	0	0
Norm Bass	4	0	2	1	0	1
Frank Cipriani	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ty Cline	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Dillard	4	1	1	1	0	1
Vic Power	4	0	0	0	0	1
Woodie Held	3	1	1	0	1	1
John Romano	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hal Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Bond	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jack Kubiszyn	3	0	1	0	0	0
Barry Latman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Kirkland	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Nieman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Norm Bass	9.0	8	2	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Barry Latman	7.0	8	1	2
Bob Allen	1.1	3	2	3
Joe Schaffernoth	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Howser: 53#
Jay Hankins: 43
Wayne Causey: S8
Norm Siebern: S9.1-3
Deron Johnson: 43

Bot 1

Ty Cline: D9
Don Dillard: WP.2-3#
Don Dillard: K
Vic Power: K
Woodie Held: K23#

Top 2

Billy Bryan: 13
Charlie Shoemaker: 53
Bobby Del Greco: 53

Bot 2

John Romano: 8
Hal Jones: 63
Walt Bond: 43

Top 3

Norm Bass: K
Dick Howser: S#
Jay Hankins: WP.1-2
Jay Hankins: S8.2-H
Wayne Causey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Jack Kubiszyn: S9.BX3(E9)(945)
Barry Latman: 43
Ty Cline: 43

Top 4

Norm Siebern: 7
Deron Johnson: 2/FL
Billy Bryan: W
Charlie Shoemaker: S8.1-2
Bobby Del Greco: 53

Bot 4

Don Dillard: 7
Vic Power: 8
Woodie Held: W
John Romano: S8.1-H(E8)(NR)(UR);B-2
Hal Jones: 7

Top 5

Norm Bass: 63
Dick Howser: 6/FL
Jay Hankins: K

Bot 5

Walt Bond: W
Jack Kubiszyn: 8
Barry Latman: 2/FL
Ty Cline: 7

Top 6

Wayne Causey: 5/FL
Norm Siebern: S8
Deron Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Don Dillard: 43
Vic Power: 9
Woodie Held: 43

Top 7

Billy Bryan: 9
Charlie Shoemaker: S9
Bobby Del Greco: 43.1-2#
Norm Bass: S7.2-H
Dick Howser: 63#

Bot 7

John Romano: S7
Hal Jones: 46(1)/FO
Walt Bond: S9.1-2
Jack Kubiszyn: 2/FL
Tito Francona: 6(1)/FO

Top 8

Jay Hankins: K
Wayne Causey: W
Norm Siebern: K
Deron Johnson: 9

Bot 8

Ty Cline: 5/FL
Don Dillard: HR/9D
Vic Power: 63
Woodie Held: S8
John Romano: 8

Top 9

Billy Bryan: K
Charlie Shoemaker: W
Bobby Del Greco: HR/7D.1-H
Norm Bass: S8
Dick Howser: S.1-2#
Frank Cipriani: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Wayne Causey: 4/P

Bot 9

Hal Jones: 9
Walt Bond: S9
Willie Kirkland: 5/FL
Bob Nieman: 13