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Miley BB CD 1961 Yankees-Indians 8/20
Called by Phil Rizzuto  Red Barber and Mel Allen

Ralph Terry throws a shutout while Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris drive in all the runs.  Mantle hits his 46th home run of the season in the first inning, and Maris connects for his 49th in the third.  Mantle then singles home Richardson in the sixth.

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New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 0 (1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1961 (D) at Cleveland Stadium

NY  A    3  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   6 12  0
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Richardson 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 4
Gardner 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 2
Maris rf 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 0
Mantle cf 4 1 3 4 1 0 4 0
Berra lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Lopez lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Howard c 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 0
Skowron 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 10 1
Boyer ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
Terry p 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 39 6 12 6 4 6 27 12
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Gardner-Richardson-Skowron, Boyer-Richardson-Skowron.
BATTING - 
2B: Skowron 2 (17,off Perry,off Stigman).
HR: Mantle (46,1st inning off Perry 2 on 1 out); Maris (49,3rd inning off Perry
1 on 0 out).
HBP: Berra (1,by Perry).
IBB: Boyer (3,by Perry).
Team LOB: 11.
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Aspromonte 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Francona lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kirkland rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Romano c 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Power 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Held ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bond ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Stigman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Nieman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0 0 2 27 9
BATTING - 
2B: Aspromonte (14,off Terry).
GDP: Held (10,off Terry); Power (12,off Terry).
Team LOB: 2.
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Terry W(10-1) 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 29
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Perry L(9-11) 3 6 5 5 2 1 2 18
Stigman 6 6 1 1 2 5 0 26
Totals 9 12 6 6 4 6 2 44
WP: Perry (3), Stigman (1).
HBP: Perry (5,Berra).
IBB: Perry (5,Boyer).
Umpires: HP - Sam Carrigan, 1B - Cal Drummond, 2B - Joe Paparella, 3B - Ed Runge