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Miley BB CD 1961 World Series Game 5
Called by Bob Wolff and Waite Hoyt

With Mantle and Berra out of the lineup with injuries and with Maris ending the Series with a .105 batting average, the Yankees resort to their bench and erupt for 5 runs in the first, and five more in the fourth.  Hector Lopez drives in 5 runs.

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New York Yankees 13, Cincinnati Reds 5

World Series Game 5 Played on Monday, October 9, 1961 (D) at Crosley Field

NY  A    5  1  0    5  0  2    0  0  0  -  13 15  1
CIN N 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 3
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Richardson 2b 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Kubek ss 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 1
Maris cf,rf 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 1
Blanchard rf 4 3 3 2 2 0 2 0
Reed cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howard c 5 3 2 0 1 1 4 0
Skowron 1b 5 2 2 3 0 1 7 3
Lopez lf 4 2 2 5 0 1 5 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 1
Terry p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Daley p 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 15 13 6 6 27 10
FIELDING - 
E: Daley (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Howard (3,off Jay); Boyer (2,off Maloney); Maris (1,off Maloney); Blanchard
(1,off Henry).
3B: Lopez (1,off Maloney).
HR: Blanchard (2,1st inning off Jay 1 on 2 out); Lopez (1,4th inning off Henry
2 on 1 out).
SH: Terry (1,off Henry); Lopez (1,off Purkey); Daley (1,off Brosnan).
SF: Daley (1,off Purkey).
IBB: Howard (1,by Henry); Boyer (1,by Purkey).
Team LOB: 10.
Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Blasingame 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 2
Chacon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kasko ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Pinson cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Robinson rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 0
Coleman 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 7 0
Post lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 0
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Jay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maloney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gernert ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Purkey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cardenas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosnan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynch ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 5 11 5 0 3 27 9
FIELDING - 
E: Kasko (1), Coleman (1), Purkey (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Freese (1,off Daley); Robinson (2,off Daley).
HR: Robinson (1,3rd inning off Terry 2 on 1 out); Post (1,5th inning off Daley
1 on 2 out).
HBP: Post (1,by Daley).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Terry 2.1 6 3 3 0 0 1 13
Daley W(1-0) 6.2 5 2 0 0 3 1 26
Totals 9 11 5 3 0 3 2 39
HBP: Daley (1,Post).
Cincinnati Reds              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Jay L(1-1) 0.2 4 4 4 0 0 1 6
Maloney 0.2 4 2 2 1 1 0 7
K. Johnson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Henry 1.1 4 5 5 2 1 1 10
Jones 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Purkey 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 10
Brosnan 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 9
Hunt 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Totals 9 15 13 11 6 6 2 50
WP: Brosnan (2).
IBB: Henry (1,Howard); Purkey (1,Boyer).
Umpires: HP - Ed Runge, 1B - Jocko Conlan, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Augie Donatelli, 
LF - Shag Crawford, RF - Bob Stewart