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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1961-06-18 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 44459 · Wind L to R · 2:27

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 9–0. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 2nd. Whitey Ford earned the win and Luis Arroyo picked up the save. Johnny Blanchard went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	9	15
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Whitey Ford L: Frank Lary SV: Luis Arroyo

Umpires — HP: Joe Linsalata · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Bob Stewart · 3B: Charlie Berry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Richardson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clete Boyer	4	1	2	1	0	0
Roger Maris	4	1	2	2	1	0
Mickey Mantle	3	0	1	1	1	0
Yogi Berra	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Skowron	5	2	2	1	0	1
Johnny Blanchard	5	3	3	2	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	5	1	3	1	0	2
Whitey Ford	4	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jake Wood	3	0	1	2
Bill Bruton	4	0	0	1
Al Kaline	4	1	0	0
Rocky Colavito	3	0	1	0
Norm Cash	3	0	0	2
Dick Brown	3	1	0	0
Chico Fernandez	1	0	0	1
Ozzie Virgil	3	0	0	2
Jerry Casale	2	0	0	2
George Thomas	2	0	0	2
Bubba Morton	1	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whitey Ford	8.0	3	2	12
Luis Arroyo	1.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Lary	2.1	9	1	0
Jerry Casale	5.0	6	2	1
Hal Woodeshick	0.2	0	0	1
Terry Fox	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Richardson: S7/G56
Clete Boyer: 54(1)3/GDP/G5S
Roger Maris: W
Mickey Mantle: S9/G34.1-2
Yogi Berra: 3/P3S

Bot 1

Jake Wood: 13/G1
Bill Bruton: 2/BP2F/FL
Al Kaline: 7/L7

Top 2

Bill Skowron: HR/F7D
Johnny Blanchard: HR/F9D
Joe DeMaestri: S1/G3S
Whitey Ford: S7/G5.1-2
Bobby Richardson: FC3/BG23/SH/TH3.2-3;1-2
Clete Boyer: 9/L9D/SF/TH3.3-H
Roger Maris: S4/G34.2-3;1-2
Mickey Mantle: 8/F8D/SF/TH3.3-H
Yogi Berra: 8/F8

Bot 2

Rocky Colavito: 8/F8XD
Norm Cash: K/C
Dick Brown: S1/G5S.B-2(E1/TH1)
Chico Fernandez: K

Top 3

Bill Skowron: D7/G5L
Johnny Blanchard: 43/G34.2-3
Joe DeMaestri: S8/G46.3-H
Whitey Ford: 7/F78
Bobby Richardson: 9/F9

Bot 3

Ozzie Virgil: K
Jerry Casale: K
Jake Wood: W
Bill Bruton: 43/G4

Top 4

Clete Boyer: 6/P56D
Roger Maris: 31/G3
Mickey Mantle: 3E1/G3
Yogi Berra: W.1-2
Bill Skowron: 9/F89S

Bot 4

Al Kaline: S7/L7
Rocky Colavito: W.1-2
Norm Cash: 9/F9D.2-3
Dick Brown: 6/L6/LDP.1X1(63)

Top 5

Johnny Blanchard: S9/G34
Joe DeMaestri: S5/G5S.1-H(E5/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Whitey Ford: 1/BP1/DP.2X2(16)
Bobby Richardson: 5/P15

Bot 5

George Thomas: K
Ozzie Virgil: K
Jerry Casale: K

Top 6

Clete Boyer: S8/G46
Roger Maris: 4/P4
Mickey Mantle: 8/F89D
Yogi Berra: 8/F8XDW

Bot 6

Jake Wood: K
Bill Bruton: K/C
Al Kaline: 63/G6

Top 7

Bill Skowron: 8/F8S
Johnny Blanchard: HR/F9D
Joe DeMaestri: K
Whitey Ford: 8/L8S

Bot 7

Rocky Colavito: 3/P3D
Norm Cash: K
Dick Brown: 13/G1

Top 8

Bobby Richardson: 63/G6
Clete Boyer: S7/L56D
Roger Maris: HR/F9D.1-H
Mickey Mantle: W
Yogi Berra: 6/P56D
Bill Skowron: K

Bot 8

George Thomas: K/C
Ozzie Virgil: 9/F9D
Bubba Morton: S8/L8
Jake Wood: K

Top 9

Johnny Blanchard: 9/F9DW
Joe DeMaestri: K
Earl Torgeson: 13/G1

Bot 9

Bill Bruton: 13/G1
Al Kaline: 6/P56D
Rocky Colavito: 7/F7

Notes & reviews

Into LF upper deck
Just cleared the screen in RF
Ford bluffed a bunt then bounced it over Virgil
Cash went to field it; Lary didn't cover 1B in time
Caught at the 415' sign
Into RF upper deck
Into RF upper deck
Ford left the game with a blister on the index finger of his left hand. He also suffered a cut on his left knee when he hopped out of the dugout in the 7th and tripped over a drain cover.

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