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Miley BB CD 1961 Indians-Yankees 9/10 (Game 1)
Called by Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto

After the top of the third inning both starters have been knocked out and each team has 6 runs.  There will be just one more run scored - Bob Cerv driving home Elston Howard with the winner in the eighth.

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New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 6 (1)

Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1961 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

CLE A    2  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 12  0
NY A 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 7 10 0
BATTING
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
Piersall cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Francona lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Romano c 5 2 2 2 0 1 6 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Power 1b 3 1 3 3 0 0 9 0
Held ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
de la Hoz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Latman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Locke p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Funk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6 2 5 24 9
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Temple-Held-Power.
BATTING - 
2B: Temple (21,off Ford); Power (31,off Ford); Piersall (25,off Ford); Francona
(28,off Coates).
HR: Power (5,3rd inning off Coates 2 on 1 out).
HBP: Power (1,by Coates).
GDP: Piersall (19,off Coates); de la Hoz (3,off Coates).
Team LOB: 7.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Richardson 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 1
Kubek ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 5
Maris rf 3 0 1 2 1 0 3 0
Mantle cf 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
Blanchard lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
Howard c 4 1 1 0 0 1 7 0
Skowron 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ford p 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Coates p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Cerv ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Gardner pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7 4 6 27 8
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Richardson-Kubek-Skowron, Boyer-Skowron.
BATTING - 
2B: Skowron (23,off Latman); Kubek (37,off Latman); Richardson (16,off Locke).
3B: Mantle (6,off Latman).
HR: Blanchard (20,2nd inning off Latman 1 on 0 out).
GDP: Kubek (7,off Latman).
Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Latman 1.2 6 6 6 1 1 1 11
Locke L(4-4) 5.1 3 1 1 3 4 0 22
Funk 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Totals 8 10 7 7 4 6 1 37
Locke faced 1 batter in the 8th inning
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ford 2 7 5 5 0 2 0 13
Coates W(11-5) 6 5 1 1 2 3 1 24
Arroyo SV(27) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 9 12 6 6 2 5 1 40
Ford faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning
WP: Ford (8).
HBP: Coates (7,Power).
Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Joe Linsalata, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Charlie Berry