Editor’s note: The 27 * 61 Yankees Replay games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter will not be used for any games. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur.
Bud Daley won his third straight start as the 1961 New York Yankees defeated the 2005 Chicago White Sox 8-0 in the opener of a four-game series.
Daley (4-3), who went the distance for the third game in a row, allowed five hits and fanned four in front of a large throng of fans at Yankee Stadium.
Offensively, it didn’t take long for Daley’s teammates to help the cause for the Yankees.
Tony Kubek led off the contest with a single against Chicago’s Orlando Hernandez. With the assistance of the first of three errors by the White Sox, Elston Howard drove in New York’s run with a single.
In the third, Clete Boyer smashed his fourth homer of the season to begin the frame. Roger Maris followed with a single and then Mickey Mantle drilled a two-run homer that put the Yankees on top 4-0.
For Mantle, it was his 15th long ball of the season as he trails the team-high total of 21 by Maris.
Hernandez lasted into the fifth inning as he gave up a RBI single to Howard and it was 5-0.
The Yankees added their final three runs later in the inning as Chicago’s defensive committed two miscues.
Bill Skowron singled and went to second on an error by White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye that allowed Howard to score.
Chicago third baseman Joe Crede misplayed a grounder by Daley that had Skowron hustling for the plate for the final tally.
Daley walked two to start the seventh, but he retired the next nine batters to end the contest.
The Yankees send Whitey Ford (5-2) to the mound in the second affair of the series, while Mark Buehrle gets the ball for the White Sox.
27 * 61 Replay Standings
1927 New York Yankees (29-18)
1961 New York Yankees (26-21)
1948 Cleveland Indians (6-2)
1968 Detroit Tigers (7-3)
2005 Chicago White Sox (4-4)
1970 Baltimore Orioles (3-5)
2004 Boston Red Sox (5-9)
1924 Washington Senators (7-15)
1972 Oakland A’s (7-17)
27 * 61 Home Run Totals
Roger Maris 21
Lou Gehrig 17
Babe Ruth 17
Mickey Mantle 15