Saturday, March 11, 1961; Detroit 4, Minnesota 1

Tigers ab r h Twins ab r h rbi rbi Zoilo Versalles ss 4 0 1 0 Chuck Cottier 2b 4 1 0 0 Lenny Green cf 4 0 2 0 Bill Bruton cf 1 0 0 0 Bob Allison rf 4 1 1 0 Bubba Morton rf 1 1 1 0 Harmon Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0 George Thomas rf-cf 4 1 1 2 Dan Dobbek lf 4 0 1 1 Charley Maxwell lf 3 0 0 1 Reno Bertoia 3b 4 0 1 0 Larry Osborne 1b 4 0 3 1 Billy Gardner 2b 4 0 0 0 Steve Boros 3b 2 0 0 0 Joe McCabe c 1 0 0 0 Bob Micelotta ss 4 0 1 0 Earl Battey c 1 0 0 0 Mike Roarke c 3 0 0 0 Paul Giel p 0 0 0 0 Bob Bruce p 1 0 0 0 a-Dave Sanchez 1 0 0 0 Hank Aguirre p 1 0 0 0 Jim Kaat p 1 0 0 0 b-Dick Brown 1 0 0 0 Ray Moore p 0 0 0 0 Phil Regan p 1 0 0 0 c-Sandy Valdespino 1 0 0 0 30 4 7 4 Joe Kaiser p 0 0 0 0 33 1 6 1

a-Called out on strikes for Giel in the third. b-Flied out for Aguirre in the seventh. c-Struck out for Moore in the eighth.

Detroit 101 000 020- 4 7 0 Manager Bob Scheffing Minnesota 000 000 001- 1 6 1 Manager Cookie Lavagetto

E-Giel. DP-Killebrew-Versalles-Giel; Kaat-Gardner-Killebrew; Moore-Battey-Killebrew. LOB-Detroit 8, Minnesota 6. 2B-Osborne. 3B-Thomas. SB-Morton. S-Thomas.

Pitching Summary IP H R ER BB SO Bob Bruce (W) 3 2 0 0 0 3 Hank Aguirre 3 1 0 0 1 3 Phil Regan 3 3 1 1 0 2

Paul Giel (L) 3 3 2 1 3 1 Jim Kaat 3 1 0 0 1 1 Ray Moore 2 2 2 2 3 1 Joe Kaiser 1 1 0 0 0 0 U-Nestor Chylak, Sam Carrigan, Harry Schwarts, Joe Paparella. T-2:39. A-2,794.

Note: The Twins’ first game of any type was an intra-squad game (ending in a 6-6 tie) on Thursday, March 9.