Sunday, February 04, 2007
Roger Maris hit his league leading 12th homerun on May 9th, 1961. The other three hit two homeruns in their game that featured 9 homeruns and the second straight day that the Boston Red Sox scored 17 runs in a game. The lowely LA Angels were again the victums of the BoSox assault. In other games Washington split their double header with first place Detriot after scoring 11 runs in the 6th inning of the night cap to win it 12-4. Tigers won lid lifter 3-2 on a walk-off Al Kaline double. Yanks won, to go one game above .500...Whitey started but did not get the win. Cleveland beat the White Sox in a close game behind the complete game right handed slants of Jim Perry. Baltimore beat the Minnesota Twins in other league action.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Only one game in the Junior Circuit yesterday, Monday May 8th, 1961. In the game, Russ Nixon, from the Boston Red Sox, had four hits and knocked in 8 runs in the BoSox 17-4 win over the expansion LA Angels. "Nix" is hitting a cool .442 so far this season, with most of those 43 official at bats against right handed pitching.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
The hotest pitcher in the Amercian League for 1961 is Jim "Mudcat" Grant. He just threw his third consecutive shutout white-washing the Washington Nats 4-0. It was the "Cats" fifth win of the season against zero defeats. In other action from Sunday May 7th, the Detroit Tigers took over sole possession of first place with a double header sweep of the previously in first place Chicago White Sox by the scores of 5-1 and 15-9. Other highlights were Roger Maris hitting his league leading 11th homerun for the Yankees, who find themselves looking up at five other clubs playing better then five hundred ball. With the victory the Yankees even their mark at ten and ten. Another power surge is found coming from Kansas City in the form of their lefty swinging firstbaseman "Marvelous Marv" Throneberry. He hit his 8th dinger of the season for the last place Athletics.