Boxscore: MNL @ SSL
Date: 1961-09-06
BOXSCORE: 1961 Minnesota Loons At 1961 Sterling Silver Sluggers 9/6/1961
Loons AB R H RBI AVG Silver Sluggers AB R H RBI AVG
C.Sawatski C 6 1 2 1 .272 W.Post LF,RF 4 0 1 0 .252
B.Skinner LF 4 1 1 1 .284 G-M.De La Hoz PH 1 0 0 0 .239
A.Kaline RF 4 2 2 1 .316 H.Killebrew 3B 4 1 1 1 .290
W.McCovey 1B 3 0 0 0 .235 R.Maris RF,CF 4 1 1 1 .300
D-R.Sievers PH,1B 1 1 1 3 .279 D.Brown C 4 1 2 0 .311
A.Smith CF 3 1 0 0 .243 B.Skowron 1B 4 0 0 0 .294
W.Causey 3B 4 1 2 0 .260 B.Virdon CF 2 0 0 0 .213
J.Adair 2B 3 0 1 1 .259 A-J.Blanchard PH,LF 2 0 1 0 .312
E-B.Martin PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .246 R.McMillan SS 3 0 1 0 .191
B.Daniels P 1 1 0 0 .172 B.Richardson 2B 3 0 1 1 .238
C-E.Robinson PH 1 1 1 0 .313 E.Grba P 2 0 1 0 .218
S.Miller P 1 0 1 0 .250 B-J.Cunningham PH 1 0 0 0 .209
L.Aparicio SS 3 1 2 1 .270 D.Larsen P 0 0 0 0 .214
A.Earley P 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Hobaugh P 0 0 0 0 ----
F-W.Covington PH 1 0 0 0 .067
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Totals 35 10 13 8 Totals 35 3 9 3
A-Pinch Hit For Virdon In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Grba In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Daniels In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McCovey In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Adair In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hobaugh In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Post In 9th Inning
Loons........... 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 - 10 13 1
Silver Sluggers. 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
Loons (73-69) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Daniels WIN(8-11) 7 9 3 3 1 3 2 113 4.28 A1 D4
S.Miller 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 2.10 D5
Totals 9 9 3 3 1 5 2
Silver Sluggers (71-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Grba LOSS(11-10) 6 9 6 5 7 3 0 120 4.27 A1 D4
D.Larsen 1 2/3 2 3 3 1 1 0 28 5.12 D5 E3
A.Earley 0 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 1 10 8.36 E4 E6
E.Hobaugh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.29 E7
Totals 9 13 10 9 9 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 16,214 DATE- Wednesday, September 6th 1961 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Loons: 9 Silver Sluggers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Loons: 1 Silver Sluggers: 3
ERRORS- B.Daniels, W.Post, R.McMillan
DOUBLES- C.Sawatski(8th), J.Adair(17th), W.Post(17th), D.Brown(6th)
TRIPLES- A.Kaline(7th), L.Aparicio(3rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Sievers(20th), H.Killebrew(51st), R.Maris(61st)
RBIs- C.Sawatski(23rd), B.Skinner(41st), A.Kaline(70th), R.Sievers-3(66th),
J.Adair(50th), L.Aparicio(51st), H.Killebrew(105th), R.Maris(121st),
B.Richardson(35th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Robinson(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Daniels, L.Aparicio
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Richardson
WALKS- B.Skinner, A.Kaline, W.McCovey, A.Smith-2, W.Causey, J.Adair, B.Daniels,
L.Aparicio, R.McMillan
STRIKE OUTS- B.Skinner, W.McCovey-2, A.Smith, H.Killebrew, D.Brown, B.Skowron-2,
W.Covington
GIDP- C.Sawatski, W.McCovey, A.Smith, W.Post
PASSED BALLS- C.Sawatski
2-out RBI- J.Adair, B.Skinner, A.Kaline, R.Sievers-3
RLISP 2-out- A.Smith, A.Kaline-2, B.Skinner, B.Virdon, H.Killebrew-2,
J.Cunningham
TEAM RISP- Loons: 6 for 15 Silver Sluggers: 0 for 5
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Roy McMillan robbed Bob Skinner of a base hit.
The Minnesota Loons ended a long winless drought and cruised to a 10 to 3
victory over the Sterling Silver Sluggers at LA Wrigley Field.
Minnesota set the tone of the game in the first inning plating one baserunner
on 2 hits. Carl Sawatski doubled. Bob Skinner stepped into the batter's box
and he drew a walk. Al Kaline then ripped a one-base hit to load the bases.
Willie McCovey stepped in and he grounded into a double play scoring the run.
Minnesota ended up with 13 hits for the game while Sterling had 9.
Bennie Daniels(8-11) got the win allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. Eli Grba(11-10)
took the loss. He was touched for 9 hits and 7 walks in 6 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1961 Minnesota Loons at 1961 Sterling Silver Sluggers
C.Sawats-A1 A1:Do B1:Si>3# C1:G/43>2 D1:G-DP/4 E1:G/3 F1:G/43
23 12 3 63>23 1o
B.Skinne-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:P/4 C2:G/63 D2:Si>3# E2:K
A.Kaline-A1 A3:Si>23 B3:F/8 *5*:F/8 D3:Tr+E/7 E3:IW>b1
12 >1# b#
W.McCove-A1 A4:G-DP/4 *3*:W>b1 C4:K D4:K E4:HR>3#
R.Siever-E4 63>3# 23 1# b#
1o
A.Smith-A1 A5:K B5:G-DP/1 C5:W>b1 *7*:F/8 E5:W>b1
63>1o
W.Causey-A1 *2*:Si B6:W>b1 C6:Si>13 D6:G/63 E6:Force/
64>1o b1
J.Adair-A1 A7:W>12 b B7:P/5 C7:Do>3# D7:P/6 *9*:G/13
B.Martin-E7 1 1o
B.Daniel-A1 A8:Sac/34 *4*:E/6 *6*:W>b1 *8*:Si E8:Si
E.Robins-D8 >23 12
S.Miller-E7
L.Aparic-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:Sac/14 C9:Si>12 D9:SB>12 E9:F/9
>12 Tr>2#
W.Post-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G-DP/6 C1:Do>13 *7*:F/8 E1:G/53
M.De La -E1 43>1o
H.Killeb-A1 A2:F/8 *4*:HR>b# C2:G/43 D2:K
R.Maris-A1 A3:G/43 B3:P/5 *6*:HR>b# D3:E/1
D.Brown-A1 *2*:P/2 B4:Do C4:Si D4:K
B.Skowro-A1 A5:G/53 B5:PB>23 C5:K *8*:K
G/43
B.Virdon-A1 A6:G/63 B6:G/43 C6:Si>13 D6:G/3
J.Blanch-C6
R.McMill-A1 *3*:F/7 *5*:Si C7:W>12 b D7:L/5
1
B.Richar-A1 A8:Si B8:F/7 C8:SF/8>3 *9*:L/5
#
E.Grba-A1 A9:Si>12 B9:P/1 C9:Force/ D9:K
J.Cunnin-C9 64>1o b1
D.Larsen-D1+