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Retrosheet Boxscore: Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 5 (1)

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Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 5 (1)

Day

Game Played on Sunday, July 16, 1961 (D) at Cleveland Stadium

MIN A    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  2  -   5 11  1
CLE A    6  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   7 12  0
BATTING
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Green cf                      5   1   3   1       0   2       4   0
Martin 2b                     4   0   0   1       0   0       0   1
Killebrew 1b,3b               4   0   1   1       0   0       5   2
Allison rf                    3   0   0   0       1   1       2   0
Lemon lf                      4   0   1   0       0   2       2   0
Battey c                      4   1   2   0       0   0       9   0
Lepcio 3b,ss                  4   0   1   0       0   2       0   1
Valdivielso ss                2   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
  Becquer ph,1b               2   1   1   2       0   0       1   0
Kaat p                        0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Stobbs p                    1   1   1   0       0   0       1   0
  Rollins ph                  1   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
  McDevitt p                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Dobbek ph                   0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Totals                       35   5  11   5       2   9      24   6
FIELDING - 
E: Lepcio (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Battey (14,off Bell); Lepcio (1,off Bell).
3B: Green (3,off Bell).
HR: Becquer (5,9th inning off Bell 1 on 2 out).
GDP: Lemon (5,off Bell).
Team LOB: 5.
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Temple 2b                     4   1   1   0       1   0       4   2
Nieman lf                     4   0   3   0       0   0       1   1
  Dillard pr,lf               1   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Francona 1b                   3   1   0   0       0   0       6   0
Phillips 3b                   4   1   2   1       0   0       2   0
Kirkland rf                   4   1   1   1       0   1       1   0
Essegian cf                   4   2   2   4       0   1       0   0
Romano c                      4   1   2   1       0   0       9   0
Held ss                       4   0   1   0       0   2       3   6
Bell p                        4   0   0   0       0   2       0   0
  Latman p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       36   7  12   7       1   7      27   9
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Held-Temple-Francona, Temple-Held.
BATTING - 
2B: Held (13,off Stobbs).
HR: Essegian 2 (8,1st inning off Kaat 2 on 1 out,7th inning off McDevitt 0
on 2 out); Romano (13,1st inning off Stobbs 0 on 1 out).
HBP: Francona (1,by Kaat).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Kaat L(3-10)                  0.1   4   5   5   1   0   1   6
Stobbs                        3.2   6   1   1   0   3   1  17
McDevitt                      4     2   1   1   0   4   1  15
Totals                        8    12   7   7   1   7   3  38
HBP: Kaat (7,Francona).
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Bell W(6-9)                   8.2  11   5   5   2   8   1  36
Latman SV(5)                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1
Totals                        9    11   5   5   2   9   1  37
Inherited Runners - Scored: Latman 1-0.
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Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Kinnamon, 3B - Eddie Hurley
Time of Game: 3:44   
Starting Lineups:

   Minnesota Twins               Cleveland Indians        
1. Green               cf        Temple              2b
2. Martin              2b        Nieman              lf
3. Killebrew           1b        Francona            1b
4. Allison             rf        Phillips            3b
5. Lemon               lf        Kirkland            rf
6. Battey              c         Essegian            cf
7. Lepcio              3b        Romano              c
8. Valdivielso         ss        Held                ss
9. Kaat                p         Bell                p

TWINS 1ST: Green was called out on strikes; Martin popped to
third in foul territory; Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Temple walked; Nieman singled to center [Temple to
second]; Francona was hit by a pitch [Temple to third, Nieman to
second]; Phillips singled to shortstop [Temple scored, Nieman
out at home (shortstop to catcher), Francona to third]; Kirkland
singled to right [Francona scored, Phillips to second]; Essegian
homered to center [Phillips scored, Kirkland scored]; STOBBS
REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Romano homered to left; Held doubled
to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Held to
third]; Temple flied out to center; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Indians 6.

TWINS 2ND: Allison struck out; Lemon singled to shortstop;
Battey doubled to left [Lemon to third]; Lepcio struck out;
Valdivielso struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians
6.

INDIANS 2ND: Nieman singled to left; Francona flied out to right
[Nieman to second]; Phillips singled to left [Nieman to third];
Kirkland was called out on strikes; Essegian struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 6.

TWINS 3RD: Stobbs singled to center; Green singled to center
[Stobbs to second]; Martin flied out to right; Killebrew singled
to left [Stobbs scored, Green to third, Killebrew out at second
(left to shortstop to second)]; Allison grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 6.

INDIANS 3RD: Romano singled to third; Held grounded out (first
unassisted) [Romano to second]; Bell struck out; Temple flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 6.

TWINS 4TH: Lemon struck out; Battey popped to first in foul
territory; Lepcio struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Nieman singled to left; Francona popped to catcher
in foul territory; Phillips flied out to left; Kirkland grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians
6.

TWINS 5TH: Valdivielso popped to third in foul territory;
ROLLINS BATTED FOR STOBBS; Rollins singled to shortstop; Green
tripled to left [Rollins scored]; Martin grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Green scored]; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 5TH: MCDEVITT REPLACED ROLLINS (PITCHING); Essegian
grounded out (third to first); Romano popped to first in foul
territory; Held was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 3, Indians 6.

TWINS 6TH: Allison walked; Lemon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Allison out at second]; Battey
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Temple flied out to
center; Nieman reached on an error by Lepcio; DILLARD RAN FOR
NIEMAN; Francona grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

TWINS 7TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lepcio doubled
to left; BECQUER BATTED FOR VALDIVIELSO; Becquer lined into a
double play (second to shortstop) [Lepcio out at second];
McDevitt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: BECQUER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KILLEBREW
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LEPCIO CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); Phillips flied out to left; Kirkland flied out to
center; Essegian homered to left-center; Romano flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

TWINS 8TH: Green singled to right; Martin popped to shortstop;
Killebrew popped to shortstop; Allison forced Green (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

INDIANS 8TH: Held was called out on strikes; Bell grounded out
(third to first); Temple singled to center; Dillard struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

TWINS 9TH: Lemon struck out; Battey singled to right; Lepcio
flied out to left; Becquer homered to right-center [Battey
scored]; DOBBEK BATTED FOR MCDEVITT; Dobbek walked; LATMAN
REPLACED BELL (PITCHING); Green struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Twins            5  11   1    5
 Indians          7  12   0    7
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