GAME 1:
Game MVP:Harmon Killebrew
Metropolitan Stadium (02-05-2026 06:33:24) Time 2:47, 70ø, Wind: 9 MPH Out to CF Night Game
Sep 11, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1961 Los Angeles(A) 59-85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1961 Minnesota 63-80 0 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 - 13 16 0
Recap
Min 2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error.
Min Zoilo Versalles hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead. LAA 0 Min 1.
Min 3rd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.
Min Jim Lemon singled scoring 2. LAA 0 Min 3.
Min 4th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits, on one walk and an error.
Min Lenny Green singled scoring 1. LAA 0 Min 4.
Min Harmon Killebrew hit a 414 foot 3 run HR(42). LAA 0 Min 7.
Min 5th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.
Min Camilo Pascual hit a fly ball scoring 1. LAA 0 Min 8.
Min Billy Martin singled scoring Green. LAA 0 Min 9.
Min Harmon Killebrew hit a 2 run HR(43). LAA 0 Min 11.
Min 6th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits, and an error.
Min Zoilo Versalles hit a grounder scoring 1. LAA 0 Min 12.
Min Camilo Pascual hit a grounder scoring 1. LAA 0 Min 13.
LAA 9th: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks.
Min Harmon Killebrew: 4 for 5, 2 HRs, 5 RBI, 3 runs.
Min Billy Martin: 3 for 5, 2 runs.
Min Lenny Green: 3 for 5, triple, 2 runs.
Min Camilo Pascual threw a shutout: 2 hits, 4 BB, 7 K. He's 13-12 on the season.
LAA Dean Chance pitched 3.1 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 9 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He drops to 0-1 on the season.
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Los Angeles(A) IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc
Chance L(0-1) 3.1 9 7 5 1 1 1 79 57 22 11.57 21 85(91) 18
Donohue 1.2 4 4 4 1 2 1 41 25 16 5.82 11 75(75)
Kline 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 29 22 7 4.98 9 75(75)
James 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 4 5.58 3 75(75)
8.0 16 13 11 2 3 3 163 114 49 4.53 44
Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc
Pascual W(13-12) 9.0 2 0 0 0 4 7 115 81 34 3.29 33 145(130) - 86
9.0 2 0 0 0 4 7 115 81 34 4.24 33
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E-Hunt(15), Bridges(6), Chance(1)
2B-Battey(27), Tuttle(12)
3B-Green(7)
HR-Min Killebrew(42) off Chance(1) in the 4th with 2 on base, 414 feet
Min Killebrew(43) off Donohue(17) in the 5th with 1 on base, 367 feet
CS-Min Green(9) by Chance(1) and Rodgers(1), 3rd
RBI-Min - Killebrew 5(96), Martin(33), Versalles(54), Green(51), Lemon 2(53), Pascual 2(7)
SF-Pascual(1)
SH-Pascual(8)
Great-Koppe 2(19), Battey(19), Tuttle(9), Lemon(11)
Poor-Satriano(2), Bridges(9)
LOB-Los Angeles(A) 6 Minnesota 7






