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Miley BB CD 1961 Yankees-Senators 8/12
Called by Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto

Gene Green connects in the seventh inning for a grand slam home run, breaking up a tight pitching duel between Donovan and Stafford.

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Washington Senators 5, New York Yankees 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1961 (D) at Griffith Stadium

NY  A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
WAS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 5 10 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Richardson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Kubek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
Maris rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Mantle cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Berra lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Howard c 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Skowron 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Stafford p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 1 3 24 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Stafford-Kubek-Skowron.
BATTING - 
2B: Maris (14,off Donovan); Boyer (13,off Donovan).
HR: Maris (43,4th inning off Donovan 0 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Mantle (10,2nd base off Donovan/Daley).
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hinton lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
Zipfel 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 15 1
King rf 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
Keough cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Johnson ss,2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2
Cottier 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Woodling ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Veal pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daley c 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Green ph,c 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Donovan p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Totals 31 5 10 5 1 5 27 16
BATTING - 
2B: Keough (13,off Stafford).
HR: Green (16,7th inning off Arroyo 3 on 1 out).
SH: Zipfel (1,off Stafford).
IBB: Johnson (1,by Stafford).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Johnson (2,2nd base by Stafford/Howard).
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Stafford L(9-6) 6.1 7 4 4 1 4 0 25
Arroyo 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 1 8
Totals 8 10 5 5 1 5 1 33
IBB: Stafford (3,Johnson).
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Donovan W(8-8) 9 5 1 1 1 3 1 33
Umpires: HP - Bob Stewart, 1B - Charlie Berry, 2B - Joe Linsalata, 3B - Frank Umont