Kansas City Splits With Minnesota. Earn 3rd Win Of Season

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Norm Bass

Municipal Stadium    (08-26-2025 19:51:35)       Time 2:04, 59ø, Wind: 3 MPH Left to Right  Night Game

Apr 25, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Minnesota 7-4            0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      1  4  1
1961 Kansas City 3-5          1 2 0   0 1 0   0 1 -      5  9  0

Recap

KC   1st: Scored 1 run on a hit.

KC       Jay Hankins hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  Min  0 KC 1.

KC   2nd: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits, and an error.

KC       Bill Tuttle singled scoring Siebern.  Min  0 KC 2.

KC       Haywood Sullivan hit a grounder scoring 1.  Min  0 KC 3.

KC   5th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

KC       Jerry Lumpe singled scoring Howser.  Min  0 KC 4.

Min  8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Min      Lenny Green hit a grounder scoring 1.  Min  1 KC 4.

KC   8th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

KC       Norm Siebern hit a solo HR(1).  Min  1 KC 5.

KC   Norm Siebern: 2 for 3, HR, 2 runs.

KC   Dick Howser: 2 for 4, triple, 2 runs.

KC   Norm Bass pitched a great 7.1 innings for the win: 1 earned run, 4 hits, 3 BB, 1 K. He's 2-0 on the year.

Min  Ted Sadowski pitched 5 innings and took the loss: 4 earned runs, 8 hits, 0 BB, 1 K. He goes to 0-1 on the year.

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  E-Bertoia(2)

 3B-Howser(2)

 HR- KC Siebern(1) off Moore(1) in the 8th with bases empty, 381 feet

 CS-Min Battey(1) by Bass(1) and Sullivan(2), 2nd

RBI-Min  - Green(2)

     KC  - Siebern(3), Lumpe(4), Hankins(1), Tuttle(5)

Poor-Mincher(2)

OfA-Allison(2)

LOB-Minnesota 5 Kansas City 4

 DP-Minnesota 3

GWRBI-Hankins