6/26/1961, MAS61-FRA61, game 2, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tigers 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 9 10 1 7 0 1961 Frigates 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 3 8 0 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Frigates AB R H BI AVG Taussig lf 3 1 0 0 .209 Bruton cf 5 0 1 0 .236 Covington,W ph 2 1 1 0 .210 Geiger lf 3 1 1 2 .252 Fernandez ss 5 1 2 1 .232 Coleman,G 1b 3 1 2 1 .280 Green,P 2b 3 1 1 2 .156 Bilko ph 1 0 1 0 .244 Blasingame,D ph 2 0 0 0 .234 Kirkland rf 3 1 1 1 .265 Kaline rf 3 1 2 1 .299 Post ph 0 0 0 0 .209 Pearson cf 2 0 0 1 .226 Jensen pr 1 0 0 0 .308 Henry,B p 0 0 0 0 .000 Held ss 4 0 0 0 .286 Nichols p 0 0 0 0 .000 Elston p 0 0 0 0 .500 Miller,S p 1 1 1 1 .400 Howard,E c 4 1 1 1 .288 O'Connell 3b 4 0 0 0 .259 Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0 .276 Power 1b 5 1 1 0 .255 Malzone 3b 3 0 0 0 .249 Sadowski,E c 4 1 1 0 .205 Bowsfield p 1 0 0 0 .111 Stallard p 3 0 0 0 .000 Bond ph 0 1 0 0 .258 Spangler cf 1 1 1 2 .302 Hacker p 0 0 0 0 .000 38 9 10 8 Rodgers,A ph 2 0 0 0 .316 34 5 8 5 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Stallard W 3-3 6.2 6 5 5 4 7 133 69 4.48 Henry,B H 2 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 12 4 2.73 Nichols H 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.67 Miller,S S 13 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 21 14 3.57 9.0 8 5 5 6 10 168 89 Frigates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bowsfield 5.0 6 5 4 1 4 75 49 3.59 Hacker L 1-1 2.0 1 1 0 2 2 39 22 6.06 Elston 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 28 18 2.06 9.0 10 9 7 4 7 142 89 MAS: Covington,W batted for Taussig in the 7th Blasingame,D batted for Green,P in the 7th Blasingame,D moved to 2b in the 7th Covington,W moved to lf in the 7th Spangler inserted at cf in the 7th FRA: Bond batted for Bowsfield in the 5th Rodgers,A batted for Hacker in the 7th Bilko batted for Coleman,G in the 7th Post batted for Kirkland in the 7th Jensen ran for Post in the 7th Bilko moved to 1b in the 8th Jensen moved to rf in the 8th Rodgers,A moved to ss in the 8th E-O'Connell, Bolling, Malzone 2. 2B-Fernandez(9), Kaline(18), Sadowski,E(7). HR-Green,P(2), Kaline(8), Spangler(1), Miller,S(1), Geiger(11), Coleman,G(20), Kirkland(15), Howard,E(14). RBI-Fernandez(24), Green,P 2(14), Kaline(49), Pearson(18), Spangler 2(7), Miller,S(2), Geiger 2(27), Coleman,G(45), Kirkland(39), Howard,E(35). SB-Geiger(7). CS-Bruton 2. K-O'Connell, Power 2, Sadowski,E, Stallard 2, Blasingame,D, Bruton 2, Geiger, Kirkland, Held 2, Bolling, Malzone, Rodgers,A 2. BB-Kaline 2, Pearson, O'Connell, Geiger 2, Malzone, Bond, Bilko, Post. SH-Pearson. GWRBI: Pearson Temperature: 75, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 16 MPH. 6/26/1961, MAS61-FRA61, game 2, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tigers 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 9 10 1 7 0 1961 Frigates 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 3 8 0 Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Taussig lf 1>8 e4.2-H;B-2 2/fl Covington,W ph S 9 Fernandez ss 8 D.2-H S 8 53 Green,P 2b 53 31.2-3 HR.1-H Blasingame,D ph e5.1-2;B-1 9>k Kaline rf 2>D IW HR W.2-3;1-2 9 Pearson cf 34/SH.2-3 6 53 note 1 Henry,B p Nichols p Miller,S p HR O'Connell 3b 6 4>e5/fl 6>Hacker 9 W k 53 Power 1b 8 k k 8>Elston 8 S Sadowski,E c 3>D k 53 1/b Stallard p k 5>63 7>k Spangler cf HR.1-H 1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 Frigates -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Bruton cf 1>S 46/f k k 9>e5.B-1 Geiger lf POCS2(136) 3>43 HR.1-H W CS2(26) W k Coleman,G 1b S.1-2 HR 63 Henry,B Bilko ph SB2 S IW Kirkland rf k 3/g HR Post ph W.2-3;1-2 Jensen pr 64/f Held ss k 43 k 7 Elston p Howard,E c 2>HR 4>3/g 6>43 8>Nichols 7 Bolling 2b 63 k 6 Miller,S S Malzone 3b W 9 9 k Bowsfield p 16/b/f.B-1 Bond ph 5>W Hacker p Rodgers,A ph 7>k k Tigers IN OUT ER Frigates IN OUT ER Stallard A1 D2 5 W 3-3 Bowsfield A1 C5 4 Henry,B D3 D5 0 H 2 Hacker C6 D6 0 L 1-1 Nichols D6 D6 0 H 2 Elston D7 E7 3 Miller,S D7 E4 0 S 13 6/26/1961, MAS61-FRA61, game 2, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tigers 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 9 10 1 7 0 1961 Frigates 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 3 8 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Taussig flied out to center (CX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Fernandez flied out to center (X) 0-0 2 --- 31 Green,P grounded out to third (BBFBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Frigates batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Bruton reached on an infield single to third (BBBCX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Bruton was caught stealing second after being picked off first by Stallard (1) 0-0 1 --- 32 Geiger walked (1.BSBBSB) 0-0 1 1-- 32 Coleman,G lined a single to shallow center, Geiger to second (11CBFBFBX) 0-0 1 12- 22 Kirkland struck out (CBFFBS) 0-0 2 12- 12 Held struck out (BCSS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Kaline lined a double down the right field line (X) 0-0 0 -2- 00 Pearson sacrifice bunted to first, Kaline to third (Xb) 0-0 1 --3 01 O'Connell popped out to short (FX) 0-0 2 --3 12 Power flied out to center (3CCBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Frigates batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Howard,E homered deep to left (BBSFX) 0-1 0 --- 22 Bolling grounded out to short (BBCFX) 0-1 1 --- 31 Malzone walked (BBBCB) 0-1 1 1-- 01 Bowsfield bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Malzone at second, Bowsfield to first (FbXb) 0-1 2 1-- 22 Bruton grounded to second, forcing Bowsfield at second (BFCBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 0-1 0 --- 22 Sadowski,E doubled down the right field line and shallow (FFBBFFX) 0-1 0 -2- 02 Stallard struck out (CSS) 0-1 1 -2- 00 Sadowski,E scored, Taussig to second on an error by the second baseman Bolling (X) 1-1 1 -2- 20 Fernandez lined a double to left center, Taussig scored (BBX) 2-1 1 -2- 11 Green,P grounded out to first, Fernandez to third (FBX) 2-1 2 --3 30 Kaline was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-1 2 1-3 00 Pearson popped out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Frigates batting 2-1 0 --- 11 Geiger grounded out to second (CBX) 2-1 1 --- 32 Coleman,G homered deep to right center (BBFBSFX) 2-2 1 --- 21 Kirkland grounded out to first (FBBX) 2-2 2 --- 31 Held grounded out to second (BBBCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 10 O'Connell continues to bat after the third baseman Malzone dropped a foul popup for an error (BXF) 2-2 0 --- 32 O'Connell struck out (BXF.CFBFBFC) 2-2 1 --- 32 Power struck out (CBBFBS) 2-2 2 --- 12 Sadowski,E struck out (FFBS) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Frigates batting 2-2 0 --- 12 Howard,E grounded out to first (FBCX) 2-2 1 --- 32 Bolling struck out (FBBBSS) 2-2 2 --- 22 Malzone flied out to right (BCCBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 01 Stallard grounded out to short (CX) 2-2 1 --- 12 Taussig popped out to the catcher (BFSX) 2-2 2 --- 10 Fernandez grounded a single between third and short (BX) 2-2 2 1-- 10 Green,P homered deep to left, Fernandez scored (1BX) 4-2 2 --- 11 Kaline homered deep to left center (CBX) 5-2 2 --- 21 Pearson grounded out to third (BFBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Frigates batting Bond pinch hitting for Bowsfield 5-2 0 --- 32 Bond walked (CBFBBB) 5-2 0 1-- 32 Bruton struck out (BFFBBS) 5-2 1 1-- 20 Geiger homered deep down the right field line, Bond scored (BBX) 5-4 1 --- 21 Coleman,G grounded out to short (BBCX) 5-4 2 --- 31 Kirkland homered deep to center (BBBCX) 5-5 2 --- 12 Held struck out (CBFS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting Hacker now pitching 5-5 0 --- 00 O'Connell grounded out to third (X) 5-5 1 --- 32 Power struck out (BBFFBS) 5-5 2 --- 01 Sadowski,E grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Frigates batting 5-5 0 --- 00 Howard,E grounded out to second (X) 5-5 1 --- 20 Bolling popped out to short (BBX) 5-5 2 --- 00 Malzone flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting 5-5 0 --- 12 Stallard struck out (FCBFS) Covington,W pinch hitting for Taussig 5-5 1 --- 10 Covington,W grounded a single between first and second (BX) 5-5 1 1-- 01 Fernandez flied out to center (FX) Blasingame,D pinch hitting for Green,P 5-5 2 1-- 21 Covington,W to second, Blasingame,D to first on an error by the third baseman Malzone (BBSX) 5-5 2 12- 32 Kaline walked, Covington,W to third, Blasingame,D to second (BBBCF>B) 5-5 2 123 31 Pearson walked, Covington,W scored, Blasingame,D to third, Kaline to second (CBBBB) 6-5 2 123 22 O'Connell flied out to right (CSBBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Frigates batting Blasingame,D moved to second base Covington,W moved to left field Rodgers,A pinch hitting for Hacker 6-5 0 --- 32 Rodgers,A struck out (BBCSBS) 6-5 1 --- 22 Bruton struck out (FBSBC) 6-5 2 --- 31 Geiger walked (BBBCB) Spangler now playing center field Henry,B now pitching Bilko pinch hitting for Coleman,G 6-5 2 1-- 00 Geiger stole second (1>B) 6-5 2 -2- 30 Bilko was walked intentionally (1>B.III) Post pinch hitting for Kirkland 6-5 2 12- 32 Post walked, Geiger to third, Bilko to second (BCSBB>F>B) Jensen pinch running for Post 6-5 2 123 00 Held flied out to left (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting Bilko moved to first base Jensen moved to right field Elston now pitching Rodgers,A moved to shortstop 6-5 0 --- 31 Power lined a single to shallow left (BBBCX) 6-5 0 1-- 00 Sadowski,E popped out on a bunt to the mound (Xb) 6-5 1 1-- 21 Spangler homered deep to right center, Power scored (1BFBX) 8-5 1 --- 12 Covington,W flied out to right (CFFBX) 8-5 2 --- 01 Fernandez grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Frigates batting Nichols now pitching 8-5 0 --- 01 Howard,E flied out to left (CX) Miller,S now pitching 8-5 1 --- 21 Bolling grounded a single up the middle (CBBX) 8-5 1 1-- 32 Malzone struck out (CBCBBS) 8-5 2 1-- 02 Rodgers,A struck out (FSS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting 8-5 0 --- 02 Blasingame,D struck out (FFS) 8-5 1 --- 00 Kaline flied out to right (X) 8-5 2 --- 01 Miller,S homered deep to left (CX) 9-5 2 --- 30 O'Connell walked (BBBB) 9-5 2 1-- 00 Power lined out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Frigates batting 9-5 0 --- 00 Bruton to first on an error by the third baseman O'Connell (X) 9-5 0 1-- 10 Bruton was caught stealing second (B>C) 9-5 1 --- 12 Geiger struck out (B>C.FC) 9-5 2 --- 00 Bilko lined a single to shallow left (X) 9-5 2 1-- 10 Jensen grounded to short, forcing Bilko at second (BX)