Sep 28, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E 1961 Cleveland 83-75 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 1961 Minnesota 68-89 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 Cleveland AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Minnesota AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Temple 2B 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Green CF 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .274 Cline CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 Martin 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Essegian PH-CF 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Becquer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Francona LF 6 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .308 Lepcio 2B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Kirkland RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Killebrew 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .275 Piersall PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .336 Altobelli LF 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .186 Phillips 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249 Valdivielso PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Romano C 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .318 Lemon LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Held SS 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 .275 Battey C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .304 Power 1B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Allison RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .255 de la Hoz 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .237 Tuttle 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Dillard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .235 Versalles SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Bond RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Ramos P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .074 Grant P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .188 Naragon PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238 Nieman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Pleis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dailey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luplow PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Cueto P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Locke P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 34 4 5 4 4 7 0 1 1 11 .247 39 3 9 3 8 6 1 0 1 19 .272 Cleveland IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Grant 8.0 4 3 2 0 3 6 117 73 44 3.24 30 130(137) 67 Dailey 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 18 7 0.79 7 30(33) Locke L(7-7) 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 4 1 4.56 1 85(75) 10.0 5 4 3 1 4 7 147 95 52 3.93 38 Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Ramos 7.0 9 3 3 1 3 4 122 85 37 4.51 32 125(131) 48 Pleis 2.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 38 22 16 3.28 9 35(39) Moore 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 5 8 4.24 2 20(20)s -- Cueto W(1-3) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 1 26 14 12 4.18 6 75(75) 11.0 9 3 3 1 8 6 199 126 73 4.17 49 0 out when winning run scored Cle: Nieman hit for Grant in the 9th Essegian hit for Cline in the 9th Essegian moved to CF in the 9th Piersall hit for Kirkland in the 10th Dillard hit for de la Hoz in the 10th Phillips moved to 3B in the 10th Bond moved to RF in the 10th Luplow hit for Dailey in the 11th Min: Becquer hit for Martin in the 5th Lepcio moved to 2B in the 6th Naragon hit for Ramos in the 7th Valdivielso ran for Altobelli in the 9th Lemon moved to LF in the 10th E-Temple(21) 2B-Held(27) 3B-Battey(2) HR-Cle Francona(15) off Ramos(38) in the 7th with bases empty, 382 feet Min Lepcio(12) off Locke(9) in the 11th with bases empty, 360 feet CS-Cle Kirkland(2) by Ramos(5) and Battey(17), 2nd Min Tuttle picked off by Romano(2) in the 4th Inn Pickoff(C)-Romano(1) RBI-Cle - Power(77), Temple(55), Francona(74) Min - Battey(55), Tuttle(35), Lepcio(19), Altobelli(6) IBB-Cle Essegian off Cueto SF-Temple(4) SH-Temple(4) Great-Cline(1), Martin 2(7) Poor-Martin(16), Tuttle(23), Altobelli(7) LOB-Cleveland 13 Minnesota 4 DP-Cleveland 1 Game MVP:Ted Lepcio Metropolitan Stadium (02-21-2026 14:11:03) Time 3:23, 71ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 10 MPH Out to RCF Day Game