S-O-M 1961

Philadelphia 7, Chicago Cubs 6(only 10!) PHI-Malkmus 4 hits, including game-winner in 10th Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 2 MIL-Aaron 4th home run, Mathews 2nd LA Dodgers 10, Cincinnati 6 LAD-Homers by Snider, Neal, Moon, W. Davis St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1 STL-Jackson 8.2 innings of 1-run ball.

16 of you already know of this one(thanks for the views!): NY Yankees 11, Baltimore 8(20) NYY-Elston Howard 4 hits, 5 RBI, go-ahead runs in the 20th Detroit 6, LA Angels 2 DET-Colavito 5th home run Minnesota 5, Washington 2 MIN-Allison, Battey, Lemon home runs Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2 CLE-Piersall home run Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 3 BOS-Schwall CG 4-hitter

Yanks-Orioles, 4-21(and part of 22)-1961             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20   R  H   E NYY     0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0  0   1    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0  3    11 19  2 BAL      5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0  0   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  0      8 17  6 BAL 1st-Williams 3-run homer NYY 2nd-Howard 2-run homer NYY 3rd-Howard RBI single BAL 5th-Hansen RBI single NYY 7th-Blanchard RBI double BAL 7th-Triandos RBI double NYY 8th-Kubek solo homer BAL 9th-Gentile thrown out at home trying to score with 2 out on Triandos double(Blanchard)  NYY 11th-Kubek RBI single NYY 11th-Gentile thrown out at home trying to score with 2 out on Hansen single(Hansen drove in B. Robinson with tying run) (Blanchard) NYY 20th-Howard singled i...

Cleveland 4, Detroit 3 CLE-Snaps 6-game losing streak, Francona go-ahead homer. DET-1st loss of season LA Angels 4, NY Yankees 3(10) LAA-Hunt go-ahead homer in 10th NYY-Maris homer(2) Chicago White Sox 8, Washington 2 CWS-Pizarro CG, Landis homer.

Pittsburgh 11, Chicago Cubs 1 Joe Gibbon 14 Strikeouts! Clemente 2 homers, 5 RBI Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 0 MIL-Don Nottebart CG 2-Hitter, Joe Torre 2 homers, 5 RBI PS: Torre drove in 9 runs in 3 games vs. the Phils, was also hit by a pitch in his last at-bat and will miss 2 games. LA Dodgers 3, St. Louis 1 LAD-Drysdale 8 strikeouts, complete game San Francisco 5, Cincinnati 4 SFG-Takes over 1st in NL CIN-4 errors  Goat of the Night: Ernie Banks(CHC) struck out 4 times, also made 2 errors.

San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 8(13) SFG-Grand Slam by Haller, Cepeda scores winning run on groundout CIN-Lynch 2 homers Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 2 PHI-Home runs by Taylor, Gonzalez MIL-Aaron homer Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 3 CHC-Santo 2 home runs, Banks solo homer PIT-Burgess home run(4)  St. Louis 4, LA Dodgers 2 STL-Sadecki complete game snaps 6-game losing streak LAD-Koufax 9 strikeouts

New York 5, LA Angels 1 NYY-Blanchard homer, Terry 8-2/3 IP Boston 2, Minnesota 1 BOS-6 wins in their first 7 games Kansas City 11, Baltimore 0 KCA-Rivera Grand Slam, Bass CG shutout

National League Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 4 CHC-Santo 3-run homer Philadelphia 5, Milwaukee 4 PHI-Gonzales home run in 3rd, Herrera go-ahead RBI single in 8th MIL-Torre drove in all 4 Braves runs  San Francisco 4, Cincinnati 3 SFG-McCovey, F. Alou home runs CIN-Pinson 4 hits, Kasko thrown out at plate by F. Alou in 8th trying to score tying run LA Dodgers 7, St. Louis 4 LAD-Scored 3 each in 1st and 2nd innings, Hodges home run(2)

American League  Detroit 7, Cleveland 6 DET-Cash home run(3), 6th win in a row. CLE-Yet to win 1st game(0-6) Yankees 6, LA Angels 3 NYY-Mantle(2), Maris, Berra home runs Boston 4, Minnesota 1 BOS-Green home run White Sox 7, Washington 0 CWS-Pierce complete game 6-hitter, retired last 15 in a row Baltimore 2, Kansas City 0 BAL-Barber complete game 4-hitter

         123  456   789   RHE  STL  040  000   100   5 9 1 LAD  003  000   102   6 8 1 2ND-Cards sent 11 batters to plate, Boyer singled and doubled 3RD-Dodgers scored 3, 2 on triple by Wills 7TH-Boyer tripled and scored, Dodgers got pinch RBI double by Fairly 9TH-Boyer struck out, Wills singled with bases loaded to drive in tying and winning runs Boyer season to date: 13-25(.520), 2 homers, 10 runs batted in, 8 runs scored, 3 triples, 2 doubles.  WP-L. Sherry LP-Gibson(CG)

The only MLB game originally scheduled on Oscar night(4/17/1961, a few makeup games were played that day) was the Cardinals at Dodgers; the nominees for top performance from that game were: Ken Boyer, home run short of the cycle, has 11 hits in last 3 games. Bob Gibson, who went the distance to rest a tired Card pen. Some lucky Dodger who beat Gibby with a walk-off hit. Winner to be revealed later!

Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3(11) MIL-Aaron homers for go-ahead run in 11th, Spahn needs relief help from McMahon for win. Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 5(10) CIN-Gus Bell 3-run homer gives 1st place Reds(4-1) the win. San Francisco 3, Philadelphia 1 SFG-Sam Jones cools off red-hot Phils, McCovey slugs 1st inning homer. LA Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh 2. LAD-Williams' complete game, homers by Hodges and Norm Sherry avert Bucs' sweep.

Washington 8, Cleveland 3 WSH-Homers by Donovan, Johnson CLE-Off to 0-5 start. Detroit 3, White Sox 1 DET-Cash hits 2nd homer, Bunning twirls 5-hitter for 5-0 Tigers. Minnesota 8, Baltimore 3(G1) MIN-Pounds out 15 hits, Ramos complete game. Minnesota 3, Baltimore 2(G2) MIN-Tuttle drives in go-ahead run in 11th to earn Twins sweep. Kansas City 2, Yankees 1(G1) KCA-Posada's sac fly drives in go-ahead run in 10th, Archer goes distance. Kansas City 4, Yankees 2 (G2)  KCA-Posada's 2-run homer in 9th earns sweep over winless Yanks(0-5). LA Angels 9, Boston 6(G1) LAA-Bilko's homer helps gives Halos game 1 win  Boston 6, LA Angels 4(G2)  BOS-Jensen, Yaz rally Sawx with 5 in 7th to earn twin bill split