S-O-M 1961

CLE 5-10-3 DET 4-10-1 WP-FUNK (1-0) LP-FOX (0-1) CLE-Walkoff sac fly by Don Dillard in 9th DET-Dick Brown homer tied game in top of 9th. NYY 10-11-1 LAA 4-7-0 WP-TERRY (2-0) LP-MCBRIDE (0-2) NYY-Homers by Berra, Kubek WSH 3-8-0 CWS 1-6-0 WP-MCCLAIN (2-0) LP-SHAW (0-2) WSH-2-run double by Danny O'Connell in top of the 9th.  

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, THURSDAY APRIL 20, 1961 -33 This finish had a "Ring" to it Mazeroski's ground single in 10th gives Pirates wild win on "Ring" night   APRIL 19-If Ring night seemed a bit familiar, it was only because of how it ended. For Bill Mazeroski, it was bottom of an inning with a game on the line, with a dramatic result forthcoming. Only it was a much shorter hit than the hit that went down in Pirate lore last October, but a dramatic finish to a wild game against the Cubs, 8-7 in 10 innings on a night which began when the champion Pirates received their World Series rings and flag.  Friend ran out of gas The Pirates started the top of the 9th with a seemingly insurmountable 6-2 lead, but when the 9th began, pitches that were hitting the strike zone slipped off the ring finger, Ed Bouchee leading off with a single (fatigue), then Al Heist drawing a walk. When Sammy Taylor singled home Bouchee (fatigue), Friend's night was over, and Roy Face loo...

SFG 8-16-1 CIN 7-14-0 (10) WP-Duffalo (1-0) LP-Sh. Jones (0-1) Willie Mays' RBI single with no outs in the 10th capped a Giants rally from a 6-1 deficit to an 8-7 win in a thrilling comeback at Candlestick Park. Orlando Cepeda sparked the rally with 4 straight hits, including a pair of home runs in the 6th and 7th. It was hit number 4 by Cepeda, a one-out double in the 9th that preceded a game-tying home run by Tom Haller to force extra-innings. Harvey Kuenn's lead-off triple in the 10th off Sherman Jones, followed by a walk by Jim Davenport, set up Mays' game-winning hit. Kuenn also had 4 hits, including 3 singles, while Cepeda drove in 4 runs with his 2 homers, a solo and a three-run shot. Vada Pinson paced the Reds with 4 hits, including a 2-run homer. Willie McCovey also homered for the Giants. Jim Duffalo got the win in relief for the Giants.  SFG 5-3 CIN 3-4  MIL 3-10-0. PHI 1-10-1                       WP-...

  NYY 8-6-1 LAA 2-5-2 WP-Ditmar (1-1) LP-Casale (0-2) The "M&M" Boys figured prominently in this Yankee rout of the Angels, with Roger Maris belting a grand slam in the 3rd and Mickey Mantle chasing starter Jerry Casale with a three-run shot in the 4th. Maris drove in the first Yankee run in the 1st inning with a single. Art Ditmar pitched 7-1/3 innings of 2-run ball for the Yankees, with Ted Kluszewski and Leon Wagner driving in both Halo runs. NYY 4-3 LAA 1-6 BOS 3-12-0 MIN 0-5-0 WP-Brewer (2-0) LP-Stobbs (0-2) Tom Brewer went the distance as the Red Sox scored three runs in the 3rd for their 6th win in 7 games. Frank Malzone's 2-run homer and Billy Harrell's single drove in the Sox runs, chasing Twins starter Chuck Stobbs. Minnesota's 4-game winning streak was snapped. BOS 6-1 MIN 5-3 KCA 5-13-0 BAL 4-8-1 WP-Johnson (2-0) LP-Fisher (0-2) Kansas City's bullpen withstood late rallies by the Orioles to hang on for a 5-4 victory at Memorial Stadium. The A...

86-DAILY NEWS April 19, 1961  Panic Button Time? Not yet, says Houk April 18-Yankee skipper Ralph Houk isn't ready to push the panic button yet, especially when it comes to his team's batting woes after yesterday's 2-1 loss to the expansion LA Angels. "What it is" says Houk, is just a matter of timing and getting the proper pitch to hit. "I saw it before alongside Casey, and it really is something a little extra batting practice can fix. The fact that it's happening with the absences of Moose (Skowron) and Blanchard isn't that surprising and can be fixed. I've got faith we can fix this and with the Baltimore series coming up, we can rectify this." Bob Turley would like to see a fix for this, as some of the batting woes are tied to his 2 starts, both losses. "I'd like to see better support, it's something I stressed to Mick yesterday after the game and he told me, 'They're just pitching us a little tough, we can get a litt...

CHC 3, PIT 2 (11)                                      WP- Elston (2-0) LP-Face (0-1) MIL 5, PHI 3                                                WP-Burdette (2-0) LP-Sullivan (0-1) LAD 3, STL 2                                              WP-Craig (2-0) LP-Cicotte (0-1) SV-L. Sherry (1) CIN 13, SFG 5                                            WP- Purkey (1-1) LP-Loes (1-1)   CHC 3-8-0 PIT 2-9-1 Ron Santo tripled with 1 out in the 11th, then scored the eventual winni...

  Gary Bell enjoyed fine success as a starter and reliever in his MLB career, but in my 1961 Strat Advanced replay, he nearly joined another Indians pitching legend with an early-season no-no. Ding-Dong rung up the Tigers with 6-1/3 innings of no-hit ball, retiring the side in order in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th innings, that 3rd-6th stretch alone netting 14 consecutive outs before former Indian Rocky Colavito ended the no-hit bid with one out in the 7th, a solid single to Tito Francona in left. Bob Feller's no-hitter in 1940 was the stuff of legend, but when Bell took the mound in the 9th, the way he finished was legendary, too for all the wrong reasons. Pinch-hitter Bubba Morton opened the Tigers 9th with a base hit, then rookie sensation Jake Wood ended the shutout bid in dramatic fashion with a stand-up triple, cutting the Tribe lead to 3-1, the three runs scoring in the bottom of the 3rd. Bill Bruton then landed on one of Bell's fatigue results, a strikeout which becam...

CLE 3, DET 2                                                    WP- Bell (1-0) LP-Lary (0-1) SV-Funk (1) WSH 11, CWS 5                                               WP-Daniels (2-0) LP-Pierce (0-2) LAA 2, NYY 1                                                     WP-Garver (1-1) v. Turley (0-2) SV-Morgan (1) MIN 10, BOS 4                                                   WP-Pascual (2-0) LP-Delock (...