Minnesota Twins 8 – 2 Kansas City Athletics
30 June 1961 · KAN05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 13+ Batters in an Inning · 13 | Minnesota Twins | 1 in 131 games |
| 24 | final score 8–2 | 1 in 85 games | |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Bob Allison | 1 in 65 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Box score
Minnesota Twins batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3B |
| Billy Martin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Harmon Killebrew | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3B |
| Bob Allison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jim Lemon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Earl Battey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lenny Green | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Tuttle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Kralick | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Minnesota Twins pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kralick | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Kansas City Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Howser | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Jerry Lumpe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deron Johnson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Norm Siebern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haywood Sullivan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Prescott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Leo Posada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reno Bertoia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Nuxhall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Covington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Kansas City Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nuxhall | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Norm Bass | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Art Ditmar | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Rakow | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bill Kunkel | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |