On September 20, 1961 — The 155th Yankees game of the season (including a tie) is Roger Maris’ last chance to beat the 60 home run mark set by Babe Ruth in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick’s statement, for the record to be broken Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris’ 59th home run of the year, off Jack Fisher, is short of the record, but helps the Yankees beat Baltimore, 4 – 2 to clinch their 26th American League pennant.
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New York Yankees 4, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 20, 1961 (N) at Memorial Stadium
NY A 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 4 1
BOX+PBP WP: Terry (15-3) LP: Pappas (12-9) HR: Maris (59), Berra (21) Top 5 Plays - Top 3rd Roger Maris hits 59th homerun off Milt Pappas giving NY a 1-0 lead Top 3 Yogi Berra hits homerun off Milt Pappas giving NY a 2-0 lead Bottom 6th Brooks Robinson singles in Hansen off Ralph Terry making it 4-1 Top 2nd Bill Skowron triples off Milt Pappas Top 3rd Elston Howard doubles off Milt Pappas scoring John Blanchard
Play by Play
YANKEES 1ST: Richardson reached on an error by Adair; Kubek flied out to center; Maris lined to right; Berra singled to center [Richardson to second]; Blanchard grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Adair grounded out (shortstop to first); Brandt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: Howard lined to shortstop; Skowron tripled to right; Boyer singled to center [Skowron scored]; Terry struck out; Richardson grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Gentile grounded out (first unassisted); Herzog flied out to center; Triandos grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. YANKEES 3RD: Kubek grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Maris homered; Berra homered; Blanchard singled to right; Howard doubled to center [Blanchard scored]; HALL REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING); Skowron flied out to left; Boyer was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: E. Robinson struck out; Hansen grounded out (shortstop to first); Hall was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. YANKEES 4TH: Terry struck out; Richardson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubek singled to second; Maris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Adair singled to center; Brandt lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Adair out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. YANKEES 5TH: Berra popped to third in foul territory; Blanchard was called out on strikes; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Gentile struck out; Herzog grounded out (second to first); Triandos flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. YANKEES 6TH: Skowron was called out on strikes; Boyer singled to right; Terry popped to catcher in foul territory; Richardson popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: E. Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Hansen singled to center; Hall singled to center [Hansen to second]; B. Robinson singled to left [Hansen scored, Hall to second]; Adair forced B. Robinson (shortstop to second) [Hall scored (error by Richardson) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Brandt walked [Adair to second]; Gentile struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. YANKEES 7TH: Kubek grounded out (third to first); Maris flied out to right; Berra grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 7TH: Herzog flied out to right; Triandos flied out to left; E. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. YANKEES 8TH: Blanchard doubled to right; Howard struck out; Skowron was walked intentionally; Boyer flied out to center; Terry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 8TH: Hansen struck out; THRONEBERRY BATTED FOR HALL; Throneberry struck out; B. Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. YANKEES 9TH: WILHELM REPLACED THRONEBERRY (PITCHING); Richardson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubek popped to second; Maris grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 9TH: Adair grounded out (pitcher to first); Brandt was called out on strikes; Gentile grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2.
