GAME 2:
Game MVP:Tito Francona
Griffith Stadium (01-22-2026 07:55:28) Time 3:23, 85ø, Wind: 3 MPH Right to Left Night Game
Aug 30, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1961 Cleveland 71-61 0 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 2 13 17 0
1961 Washington 55-74 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 12 13 0
Recap
Was 1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.
Was Chuck Hinton scored on a PB by Romano to take the lead. Cle 0 Was 1.
Was Bob Johnson hit a 3 run HR(1). Cle 0 Was 4.
Was 2nd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.
Was Chuck Hinton hit a 2 run HR(8). Cle 0 Was 6.
Was Bud Zipfel tripled scoring Woodling. Cle 0 Was 7.
Cle 3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.
Cle Johnny Temple singled scoring Held. Cle 1 Was 7.
Cle Tito Francona singled scoring Temple. Cle 2 Was 7.
Cle 4th: Sent 12 batters to the plate scoring 6 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks.
Cle Jim Piersall walked scoring Power. Cle 3 Was 7.
Cle Tito Francona hit a fly ball scoring 1. Cle 4 Was 7.
Cle Willie Kirkland singled scoring Temple. Cle 5 Was 7.
Cle Bubba Phillips singled scoring 2 to tie the score. Cle 7 Was 7.
Cle Woodie Held walked scoring Romano to take the lead. Cle 8 Was 7.
Cle 5th: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.
Cle Jim Piersall tripled scoring Temple. Cle 9 Was 7.
Cle Tito Francona singled scoring Piersall. Cle 10 Was 7.
Cle Johnny Romano doubled scoring Francona. Cle 11 Was 7.
Was 5th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.
Was Harry Bright doubled scoring Johnson. Cle 11 Was 8.
Cle 9th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.
Cle Tito Francona tripled scoring Piersall. Cle 12 Was 8.
Cle Willie Kirkland hit a fly ball scoring 1. Cle 13 Was 8.
Was 9th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.
Was Bud Zipfel hit a solo HR(3). Cle 13 Was 9.
Was Chuck Cottier hit a grounder scoring 1. Cle 13 Was 10.
Was Dale Long singled scoring 2. Cle 13 Was 12.
Cle Johnny Romano: 3 for 5, double.
Cle Johnny Temple: 2 for 3, 3 runs, 2 W.
Cle Tito Francona: 4 for 5, double, triple, 4 RBI, 2 runs.
Cle Jim Piersall: 2 for 4, triple, 2 RBI, 3 runs, 2 W.
Was Marty Keough: 3 for 4.
Was Chuck Hinton: 2 for 6, double, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs, 3 K.
Was Bob Johnson: 1 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs, 2 W.
Was Bud Zipfel: 2 for 5, triple, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K.
Cle Gary Bell pitched 7 innings to earn the win: 8 earned runs, 10 hits, 5 BB, 7 K. He's now 12-9 on the season.
Cle Bill Dailey got the save, his 1st of the year.
Was Gabe Gabler pitched poorly for 3.2 innings and took the loss: 8 earned runs, 9 hits, 5 BB, 1 K. He's 1-8 on the year.
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Cleveland IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc
Bell W(12-9) 7.0 10 8 8 2 5 7 137 91 46 4.41 35 145(143) 27
Funk H(5) 1.2 2 4 4 1 2 2 36 21 15 2.63 9 30(37)
Dailey S(1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 0.00 2 30(33) -
9.0 13 12 12 3 7 10 179 118 61 3.82 46
Washington IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc
Gabler L(1-8) 3.2 9 8 8 0 5 1 89 51 38 5.67 25 105(108) 7
Klippstein 2.1 6 3 3 0 3 1 70 41 29 6.32 15 60(60)s -
Garcia 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 16 5 3.29 6 30(30)
Kutyna 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 9 5 4 4.50 2 80(75) +
Burnside 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 4.29 1 40(40)s -
Sisler 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 2 3.98 3 75(86) +
9.0 17 13 13 0 9 2 204 124 80 4.09 52
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2B-Romano(21), Power(31), Francona(23), Hinton(11), Cottier(7), Bright(9)
3B-Francona(7), Piersall(7), Zipfel(6)
HR-Was Johnson,B(1) off Bell(32) in the 1st with 2 on base, 260 feet
Was Hinton(8) off Bell(33) in the 2nd with 1 on base, 291 feet
Was Zipfel(3) off Funk(6) in the 9th with bases empty, 305 feet
SB-Cle Temple(8) off Klippstein(5) + Bright(2), 5th
CS-Cle Piersall(7) picked off by Gabler(1) in the 1st Inn
Pickoff(P)-Gabler(1)
RBI-Cle - Romano(74), Temple(50), Phillips 2(73), Held(63), Francona 4(62), Kirkland 2(86), Piersall 2(52)
Was - Long 2(57), Hinton 2(34), Cottier(25), Johnson,B 3(16), Bright(26), Zipfel 2(12)
HBP-Romano(Cle) by Gabler(Was)
SF-Francona(3), Kirkland(14)
SH-Bell(8)
WP-Klippstein(9), Gabler(7)
PB-Romano (9)
Great-Johnson,B(8)
Poor-Held(22), Hinton(1), Johnson,B(8), Zipfel(3)
OfA-Keough(4)
LOB-Cleveland 12 Washington 7
DP-Cleveland 1
GWRBI-Held

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