KC Stumbles With One Bad Inning. Detroit Has Punishing 5th.

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Dick Brown

Municipal Stadium    (09-24-2025 14:49:32)       Time 2:39, 68ø, Light Rain, Wind: 13 MPH Left to Right  Night Game

May 21, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Detroit 22-13            0 0 1   0 5 0   0 0 0      6  7  0
1961 Kansas City 9-20         1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      2 10  0

Recap

KC   1st: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

KC       Jerry Lumpe singled, hit streak now 10.

KC       Lou Klimchock hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead.  Det  0 KC 1.

Det  3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Det      Norm Cash singled scoring Wood to tie the score.  Det  1 KC 1.

Det  5th: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks.

Det      Norm Cash walked scoring Wood to take the lead.  Det  2 KC 1.

Det      Steve Boros hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Det  3 KC 1.

Det      Dick Brown doubled scoring 2.  Det  5 KC 1.

Det      Chico Fernandez singled scoring Brown.  Det  6 KC 1.

KC  :    Andy Carey at bat 38 min delay, rain.

KC   8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Marv Throneberry singled scoring Lumpe.  Det  6 KC 2.

Det  Dick Brown: 2 for 4, 2 doubles, 2 RBI.

KC   Dick Howser: 3 for 4.

Det  Frank Lary pitched a solid 6.1 innings for the win: 1 earned run, 5 hits, 2 BB, 3 K. He's 5-2 on the year.

KC   Bud Daley pitched 7 innings and took the loss: 6 earned runs, 7 hits, 5 BB, 3 K. He goes to 1-4 on the season.

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 2B-Brown 2(4), Lumpe(5)

 SB- KC Howser(7) off Donohue(1) + Brown(11), 7th

 CS- KC Howser(8) by Lary(4) and Brown(16), 3rd

RBI-Det  - Brown 2(28), Cash 2(30), Boros(16), Fernandez(15)

     KC  - Throneberry(7), Klimchock(4)

IBB-Det Colavito off Daley

HBP-Bruton(Det) by Daley(KC)

    Cash(Det) by Wickersham(KC)

 SF-Boros(2), Klimchock(1)

 SH-Kaline(1), Hankins(4)

 WP-Keegan(2)

Great-Bruton(5), Kaline(4), Lary(3), Carey(1)

Poor-Wood(3), Carey 2(9)

LOB-Detroit 9 Kansas City 10

GWRBI-Cash