S-O-M 1961

  American League Boston 4, Detroit 0 WP-Pattin LP-Lolich Pattin CG 6-Hitter BOS 4-2 DET 4-4 National League  Cincinnati 8, San Diego 6 WP-Billingham LP- Kirby SV-Borbon HR-Concepion (CIN) CIN 8-3 SDP 6-6 Los Angeles 5, Houston 2 WP-Sutton LP-Forsch HR-Davis, Ferguson, Cey (LAD) Watson (HOU) Sutton 11 strikeouts. LAD 9-2 HOU 5-7

  New York 6, Philadelphia 4 WP-Parker (1-0) LP-Lonborg (1-2) SV-McGraw (2) Cleon Jones 3-run homer in 1st. Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 2 WP-Briles (2-0) LP-McAnally (0-2) Richie Hebner 3-run homer in 4th. St. Louis 6, Chicago 5 WP-Hrabosky (1-0) LP-Aker (0-1) SV-Segui (2) Tim McCarver PH 2-run single in 8th gives Cards lead and eventual win. Cincinnati 4-4 San Francisco 3-3 G1: WP-Hall (1-0) LP-Moffitt (0-1) SV-Carroll (1)  G2: WP-Hall (2-0) LP-Moffitt (0-2)  In game 1, Tony Perez homered in 9th to tie game at 2, Reds scored twice in 10th. In game 2, sac fly by Cesar Geronimo gave Reds lead and victory in 12th inning. Houston 3-5 San Diego 8-6 G1: WP-Corkins (2-0) LP-Roberts (2-1) SV-Snook (1)  G2: WP-Greif (1-1) LP-Griffin (1-1) SV-Troedson (1)  In game 1, Nate Colbert homered twice. In game 2, Dave Hilton's RBI single in 6th gave Padres the lead and eventual victory. Jerry Morales threw out Jim Wynn at home to end the game.  Los Angeles 5, Atlanta 2 WP-Downin...

  Cleveland 4, Detroit 3 WP-Perry (1-2) LP-LaGrow (0-1) 1st win of season for Tribe (1-7) New York 5, Boston 1 WP-Stottlemyre (2-1) LP-Curtis (1-1) Stottlemyre CG 2-hitter, Roy White 2 homers, Sanchez, F. Alou also homered.  Baltimore 5, Milwaukee 2 (G1) WP-Palmer (2-0) LP-Slaton (0-2) Orioles score 4 in 9th. Baltimore 11, Milwaukee 6 (G2) WP-Pena (1-0) LP-Ryerson (0-1) SV-Jackson (1) Orioles 15 hits.  Chicago 11, Kansas City 3 WP-Bahnsen (2-0) LP-Busby (2-1) White Sox 16 hits. Postponed, Oakland-Minnesota, California-Texas.

  Montreal 2, Pittsburgh 1 WP-Torrez (2-1) LP-Ellis (1-1) SV-Marshall (1) Chicago 5, St. Louis 0 WP-Reuschel (1-0) LP-Spinks (0-1) Reuschel CG 5-hitter Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 2 WP-Hall (1-0) LP-Barr (0-1) SV-Borbon (2) Rose 2-run double in 9th Philadelphia 9, New York 0 WP-Carlton (2-1) LP-McAndrew (0-1) Luzinski, Robinson home runs  San Diego 6, Houston 5 WP-Troedson (1-0) LP-Crawford (0-1) Kendall lead-off walk-off homer in 9th Los Angeles 6, Atlanta 2 WP-Osteen (2-0) LP-Morton (0-2) SV-Rau (1)

  Detroit 8, Cleveland 7 WP-Hiller (1-0) LP-Dunning (0-1) Cash, Brown, Rodriguez, McAuliffe homer for Tigers, Chambliss 2 solo homers for Cleveland. Minnesota 1, Oakland 0 WP-Blyeven (3-0, 10 K's) LP-Holtzman (1-1) Walton homered for Twins in 5th, Blyeven 4-hitter. Boston 7, New York 4 WP-Tiant (1-0) LP-Peterson (1-1) Petrocelli, Cepeda, Yaz home runs. Baltimore 9, Milwaukee 1 WP-Alexander (1-0) LP-Lockwood (0-2) Williams, Baylor home runs. Chicago 7, Kansas City 0 WP-Wood (1-2) LP-Splittorf (1-1) Wood 4-hitter, Allen homer/double/single. 

  Pittsburgh-Montreal snowed out. Philadelphia 6, New York 1 WP-Christenson (1-0) LP-Matlack (1-1, 10 K's) Deron Johnson 2-run homer. St. Louis 6, Chicago 1 WP-Wise (1-1) LP-Pappas (0-2) SV-Segui 2 Cardinals 16 hits. San Diego 4, Houston 3 (10) WP-Romo (1-1) LP-York (0-1) Dave Roberts (SDP) game-winning homer in 10th Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 1 WP-John (1-0) LP-Reed (1-1) HR-Aaron (674) San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 2 WP-Bryant (1-1) LP-Grimsley (1-1) Giants score 6 in 1st. Home runs by Matthews, Bonds, Fuentes. Ron Bryant complete game 3-hitter held Reds hitless thru first 6 innings.

  Detroit 5, Cleveland 0 WP-Coleman (2-0) LP-Strom (0-2) Mickey Stanley Grand Slam. Milwaukee 12, Baltimore 9 WP-Champion (1-0) LP-Cuellar (1-1) Don Money 2 HR, 4 RBI Kansas City 7 Chicago 6 (11) WP-Garber (1-0) LP-Gossage (0-1) Amos Otis lead-off homer in 11th. Minnesota 6, Oakland 4 WP-Kaat (1-1) LP-Odom (1-1) Kaat retired 20 in a row from 1st-8th innings. California 9, Texas 1 WP-Wright (2-0) LP-Paul (0-1) Angels 17 hits, Rudy Meoli 5-5, Frank Robinson solo homer.