Sep 26, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 Cleveland 82-74 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 0 1961 Minnesota 67-88 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 8 1 Cleveland AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Minnesota AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Aspromonte 2B 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .163 Green CF 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .278 Piersall CF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .337 Martin 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .229 Essegian LF 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .324 Lepcio 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176 Nieman RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Killebrew 1B 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .278 Dillard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Mincher 1B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 Kirkland RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Altobelli LF 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 .198 Romano C 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .317 Battey C 4 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Power 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Allison RF 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Held SS 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .275 Tuttle 3B 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .260 de la Hoz 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .230 Versalles SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .283 Bell P 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .230 Kralick P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Schaffernoth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dotter P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 37 9 11 9 3 3 2 0 1 15 .272 Dobbek PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .170 Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Naragon PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Bruckbauer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 34 6 8 6 9 6 1 0 2 18 .247 Cleveland IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Bell W(13-13) 8.2 8 6 6 2 9 6 158 94 64 5.02 42 145(146) 41 Schaffernoth 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 2.84 1 30(35) + 9.0 8 6 6 2 9 6 164 99 65 3.94 43 Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Kralick L(11-18) 3.2 8 9 1 1 1 1 73 47 26 3.80 21 135(144) 25 Dotter 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 21 10 4.05 10 65(68) Moore 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 34 20 14 4.24 8 30(40) Bruckbauer 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 4 0.00 3 20(18) 9.0 11 9 1 1 3 3 151 97 54 4.17 42 Cle: Dillard hit for Nieman in the 9th Kirkland moved to RF in the 9th Min: Mincher moved to 1B in the 6th Dobbek hit for Dotter in the 6th Lepcio moved to 2B in the 8th Naragon hit for Moore in the 8th E-Tuttle(15) 2B-Romano(25), Aspromonte(3), Battey(28) HR-Cle Essegian(16) off Kralick(19) in the 4th with 2 on base, 349 feet Min Altobelli(3) off Bell(37) in the 5th with bases empty, 343 feet Min Allison(34) off Bell(38) in the 9th with 1 on base, 356 feet RBI-Cle - Power(75), Held(83), Piersall(54), Essegian 3(41), Aspromonte 2(2), Bell(6) Min - Battey 2(53), Allison 2(101), Naragon(18), Altobelli(5) IBB-Cle Piersall off Kralick SF-Power(7) SH-Bell(10) WP-Moore(4) PB-Battey (13) Great-Killebrew(15), Green(29) Poor-de la Hoz(11), Martin(14) LOB-Cleveland 6 Minnesota 10 DP-Cleveland 1 GWRBI-Held Game MVP:Chuck Essegian Injury: Killebrew (today only) Metropolitan Stadium (02-21-2026 13:50:58) Time 2:44, 73ø Day Game