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Message #: 4931
April 10 Right fielder Gene Woodling had 3 base hits and scored 3 times and Dick Donovan went 5 strong innings at Metropolitan Stadium where the New York AL Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 8 to 5. Donovan(1-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for New York AL. He went 5 innings allowing 2 hits and no walks. New York AL had 13 hits overall, while Minnesota had 7. Luis Arroyo got the save, his 1st. Jim Perry(0-1) ended up with the loss. He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings. Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG G.Woodling RF 4 3 3 0 .476 K.Hunt LF 4 3 2 1 .379 D-A.Heist RF 0 0 0 0 .238 B.Tuttle CF 4 1 1 0 .355 B.Richardson 2B 4 0 2 0 .350 E.Battey C 4 0 2 1 .419 J.Blanchard LF 4 2 2 0 .333 H.Killebrew 3B 3 1 2 3 .483 J.Coates P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Allison RF 4 0 0 0 .267 C-E.Bouchee PH 1 0 0 0 .333 V.Power 1B 4 0 0 0 .200 R.Duren P 0 0 0 0 ---- Z.Versalles SS 4 0 0 0 .118 L.Arroyo P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Martin 2B 3 0 0 0 .273 M.Mantle CF 5 2 1 3 .303 F-E.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .364 B.Skowron 1B 4 1 2 1 .417 J.Perry P 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .400 F.Sullivan P 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Kubek SS 5 0 3 2 .343 B-H.Naragon PH 1 0 0 0 .333 C.Boyer 3B 5 0 0 0 .054 J.Donohue P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Donovan P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-Y.Berra PH,LF 2 0 0 0 .133 E-H.Lopez LF 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 8 13 6 Totals 34 5 7 5 A-Pinch Hit For Donovan In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Coates In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Woodling In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Berra In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Martin In 9th Inning Yankees......... 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 - 8 13 1 Twins........... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 - 5 7 2 Yankees (3-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Donovan WIN(1-0) 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 66 1.64 A1 B9 J.Coates 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 33 6.35 C1 C9 R.Duren 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 18 5.06 D1 D5 L.Arroyo SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 D6 Totals 9 7 5 4 0 2 2 Twins (3-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Perry LOSS(0-1) 4 2/3 8 6 3 2 2 1 81 7.07 A1 C7 F.Sullivan 2 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 31 1.50 C8 D7 J.Donohue 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 32 5.40 D8 Totals 9 13 8 5 3 3 2 ATTENDANCE- 30,629 DATE- Monday, April 10th 1961 TIME- Night T- 3:02 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9 Twins: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Twins: 1 ERRORS- T.Kubek, H.Killebrew-2 DOUBLES- T.Kubek(2nd) TRIPLES- G.Woodling(1st) HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(3rd), B.Skowron(5th), K.Hunt(3rd), H.Killebrew(3rd) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Richardson SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Killebrew WALKS- G.Woodling, B.Skowron, E.Howard STRIKE OUTS- E.Howard, C.Boyer, Y.Berra, B.Tuttle, E.Battey GIDP- B.Skowron WILD PITCHES- J.Donohue ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ April 11 The New York AL Yankees edged the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium by the score of 6 to 5. Jerry Walker(1-0) gave a fine effort for New York AL. He went 7 innings allowing 5 hits and 3 walks. Minnesota made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across. Luis Arroyo was credited with his 2nd save. Gary Bell(1-1) suffered the loss. He was not very effective, surrendering 5 runs in 2 innings. Sam Mele was reflective after the loss, 'We should have won this one, we just made one too many mistakes. Son-of-a-gun, that added a couple more white hairs on this noggin of mine.' Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG G.Woodling RF 4 1 1 0 .440 K.Hunt LF,2B 3 1 1 0 .375 E-A.Heist RF 0 0 0 0 .238 B.Tuttle CF 4 1 1 0 .343 B.Lillis 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Battey C 4 0 0 0 .371 F-C.Boyer 3B 0 0 0 0 .054 H.Killebrew 3B 5 1 3 3 .500 E.Bouchee 1B 3 1 0 0 .167 B.Allison RF 4 1 2 1 .294 M.Mantle CF 3 2 1 1 .306 V.Power 1B 4 0 1 0 .205 Y.Berra C 2 2 1 2 .176 Z.Versalles SS 4 0 0 0 .105 G-E.Howard C 0 0 0 0 .400 B.Martin 2B 2 0 0 0 .250 B.Richardson 2B 4 0 1 2 .341 B-E.Robinson PH,LF 2 0 0 0 .308 T.Kubek SS 4 0 0 0 .308 G.Bell P 0 0 0 0 .167 B.Cerv LF 2 0 1 1 .200 J.Donohue P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Shantz P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-H.Naragon PH 1 1 1 1 .429 L.Arroyo P 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Sullivan P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Walker P 3 0 0 0 .200 C-D.Dobbek PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-H.Lopez LF 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Moore P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-B.Gardner PH 1 0 0 0 .167 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 28 6 5 6 Totals 36 5 9 5 A-Pinch Hit For Donohue In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Martin In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Walker In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Woodling In 9th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lillis In 9th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Berra In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Moore In 9th Inning Yankees......... 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 5 0 Twins........... 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 5 9 0 Yankees (4-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Walker WIN(1-0) 7 5 3 3 3 2 1 113 5.68 A1 D2 B.Shantz HOLD(1st) 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 17 18.00 D3 D8 L.Arroyo SAVE(2nd) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 0.00 D9 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 3 3 Twins (3-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET G.Bell LOSS(1-1) 2 4 5 5 2 2 1 46 6.19 A1 B4 J.Donohue 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 39 4.50 B5 C6 F.Sullivan 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 1.13 C7 D4 R.Moore 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 15.75 D5 Totals 9 5 6 6 8 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 30,273 DATE- Tuesday, April 11th 1961 TIME- Night T- 3:02 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Twins: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Twins: 2 DOUBLES- K.Hunt(4th), H.Killebrew-2(6th), B.Allison(1st), V.Power(2nd) HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(4th), Y.Berra(1st), H.Killebrew(4th), B.Allison(2nd), H.Naragon(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Lillis-2 WALKS- G.Woodling, B.Lillis, E.Bouchee, M.Mantle, Y.Berra-2, B.Cerv-2, K.Hunt-2, B.Tuttle, E.Battey HIT BY PITCH- E.Bouchee STRIKE OUTS- E.Bouchee, Y.Berra, B.Richardson, J.Walker-2, E.Battey, B.Allison, J.Donohue GIDP- M.Mantle WILD PITCHES- J.Walker, R.Moore XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX April 12 Joe Gibbon(2-1), with relief help from Ray Moore, mystified New York AL while the Minnesota Twins scored 5 runs in an evening game at Metropolitan Stadium. New York AL never recovered after Minnesota took the lead in the 3rd inning plating an isolated run utilizing 2 base hits. That was all Gibbon needed. Minnesota had 9 hits for the night while New York AL had 2. The loss was charged to Whitey Ford(1-1). He surrendered 9 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings. Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG H.Lopez RF 4 0 0 0 .000 Z.Versalles SS 4 2 3 1 .167 B.Lillis 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 V.Power 1B 3 1 2 0 .238 M.Mantle CF 2 0 0 0 .289 E.Battey C 4 1 1 3 .359 B.Cerv LF 1 0 1 0 .333 H.Killebrew 3B 3 0 0 0 .459 B.Richardson 2B 3 0 0 0 .319 B.Allison RF 4 0 0 0 .263 E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .364 E.Robinson LF 3 1 2 0 .375 B.Skowron 1B 3 0 1 0 .410 B.Tuttle CF 4 0 1 0 .333 T.Kubek SS 4 0 0 0 .279 B.Gardner 2B 3 0 0 1 .111 W.Ford P 3 0 0 0 .200 J.Gibbon P 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Moore P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 31 5 9 5 Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Twins........... 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 - 5 9 0 Yankees (4-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Ford LOSS(1-1) 8 9 5 5 2 4 2 138 4.50 A1 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 4 2 Twins (4-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Gibbon WIN(2-1) 8 1/3 2 0 0 5 8 0 129 2.35 A1 D5 R.Moore 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 13.50 D6 Totals 9 2 0 0 6 9 0 ATTENDANCE- 34,227 DATE- Wednesday, April 12th 1961 TIME- Night T- 2:27 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 Twins: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Twins: 0 DOUBLES- E.Robinson(2nd) TRIPLES- B.Skowron(2nd) HOME RUNS- Z.Versalles(1st), E.Battey(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- V.Power, B.Gardner WALKS- M.Mantle-2, B.Cerv-2, B.Richardson, B.Skowron, H.Killebrew, E.Robinson HIT BY PITCH- B.Cerv STRIKE OUTS- B.Richardson-2, E.Howard-3, B.Skowron, T.Kubek, W.Ford-2, H.Killebrew-2, E.Robinson, B.Gardner WILD PITCHES- W.Ford WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Bob Allison robbed Mickey Mantle of an extra base hit. |
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