5/15/1961, Cle61-Bos61, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Indians 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 7 8 1 7 2 1961 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 Indians AB R H BI AVG Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Temple 2b 4 0 1 0 .254 Schilling 2b 1 0 0 0 .248 Piersall cf 2 1 0 1 .355 Geiger cf 3 0 0 0 .277 Francona lf 5 1 0 0 .301 Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0 .238 Power 1b 5 1 3 0 .265 Wertz,V 1b 3 0 0 0 .313 Kirkland rf 3 2 1 3 .265 Jensen rf 4 0 0 0 .298 Romano c 4 1 1 1 .195 Malzone 3b 4 1 2 1 .321 Held ss 3 0 0 0 .287 Nixon c 3 0 0 0 .172 Phillips 3b 2 1 0 1 .234 Pagliaroni ph 1 0 1 0 .333 Grant p 3 0 2 1 .333 Buddin ss 3 0 1 0 .280 Allen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brewer,T p 1 0 0 0 .250 31 7 8 7 Runnels ph 1 0 0 0 .345 Wills,T p 0 0 0 0 .000 Fornieles p 1 0 0 0 .000 Hardy ph 1 0 0 0 .431 30 1 4 1 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Grant W 4-0 7.0 1 1 1 5 7 123 68 2.88 Allen 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 32 18 3.97 9.0 4 1 1 6 7 155 86 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Brewer,T L 3-3 5.0 4 4 4 3 2 91 50 3.93 Wills,T 1.1 3 3 3 4 0 37 15 15.43 Fornieles 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 28 19 5.73 9.0 8 7 7 7 4 156 84 Bos: Runnels batted for Brewer,T in the 5th Pagliaroni batted for Nixon in the 9th Hardy batted for Fornieles in the 9th E-Power. 2B-Power 2(7), Romano(3), Grant(1). HR-Kirkland(6), Malzone(3). RBI-Piersall(21), Kirkland 3(15), Romano(11), Phillips(17), Grant(2), Malzone(11). K-Francona, Held, Phillips, Grant, Schilling, Yastrzemski, Jensen, Nixon 2, Brewer,T, Fornieles. BB-Piersall 2, Kirkland 2, Held, Phillips, Grant, Schilling 3, Geiger, Wertz,V, Buddin. SH-Temple. SF-Piersall, Phillips. GWRBI: Kirkland Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 17 MPH. Attendance: 8,627 Game Time: 2:58 5/15/1961, Cle61-Bos61, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Indians 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 7 8 1 7 2 1961 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 Indians -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Temple 2b 1>8 63 note 1 8 S Piersall cf 53 4>W 9/SF.3-H 7>W 43 Francona lf 1/L k 63 46/f.B-1 9>43 Power 1b 2>D D.1-3 6>Wills,T S.1-2 43 8 Kirkland rf 13 HR.3-H;2-H W W.2-3;1-2 7 Romano c OA.2x3(25) 8 D.1-3 Fornieles 8 note 2 Held ss 3>k 6 IW 63 Phillips 3b 9 5>W note 3 8>k Grant p W S.1-2 D.3-H;1-3 k Allen p 1: 34/SH.2-3;1-2 2: 63.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: 7/SF.3-H;2-3 Red Sox -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Schilling 2b 1>k W.1-2 6>W 8>W Geiger cf 7 note 1 43.1-2 Allen W.1-2 Yastrzemski lf 63 5 k note 2 Wertz,V 1b 2>W 4>63 7 8 Jensen rf k 13 7>63 9>5 Malzone 3b 5 43 HR S Nixon c k 5>k e3.B-1 Pagliaroni ph S.1-2 Buddin ss 3>W 8 8 S.2-3;1-2 Brewer,T p k Runnels ph 63 Wills,T p Fornieles p k Hardy ph 643/gdp 1: 46/f.2-3;B-1 2: 543/gdp.2-3 Indians IN OUT ER Red Sox IN OUT ER Grant A1 D1 1 W 4-0 Brewer,T A1 C3 4 L 3-3 Allen D2 D9 0 Wills,T C4 D5 3 Fornieles D6 E5 0 5/15/1961, Cle61-Bos61, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Indians 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 7 8 1 7 2 1961 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Indians batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Temple lined out to center (BCCBBX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Piersall grounded out to third (CCBBX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Francona lined out to the mound (BFFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Red Sox batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Schilling struck out (BSFBFS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Geiger flied out to left (CCBX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Yastrzemski grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Indians batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Power lined a double down the right field line (BX) 0-0 0 -2- 32 Kirkland grounded out to the mound (BFBFBX) 0-0 1 -2- 00 Power out at third attempting to advance (B) 0-0 2 --- 10 Romano flied out to center (B.X) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Red Sox batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Wertz,V walked (BBBCB) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Jensen struck out (CCBBBS) 0-0 1 1-- 10 Malzone popped out to third (BX) 0-0 2 1-- 32 Nixon struck out (CBBSFB>F>C) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Indians batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Held struck out (CBCS) 0-0 1 --- 01 Phillips flied out to right (CX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Grant walked (SSBBFFBB) 0-0 2 1-- 32 Temple grounded out to short (BCBBF>X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Red Sox batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Buddin walked (BBBCB) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Brewer,T struck out (SSBFS) 0-0 1 1-- 32 Schilling walked, Buddin to second (CSBFBFBB) 0-0 1 12- 10 Geiger grounded to second, forcing Schilling at second, Buddin to third, Geiger to first (BX) 0-0 2 1-3 01 Yastrzemski popped out to third (FX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Indians batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Piersall walked (BBCBFFB) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Francona struck out (CB>FFFBBFS) 0-0 1 1-- 20 Power doubled deep to left, Piersall to third (BBX) 0-0 1 -23 32 Kirkland homered deep down the right field line, Piersall scored, Power scored (CBBFBX) 3-0 1 --- 00 Romano flied out to center (X) 3-0 2 --- 21 Held popped out to short (BBFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Red Sox batting 3-0 0 --- 22 Wertz,V grounded out to short (CBSBX) 3-0 1 --- 12 Jensen grounded out to the mound (BSSX) 3-0 2 --- 10 Malzone grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Indians batting 3-0 0 --- 31 Phillips walked (BFBBB) 3-0 0 1-- 02 Grant lined a single up the middle, Phillips to second (FbSbX) 3-0 0 12- 00 Temple sacrifice bunted to first, Phillips to third, Grant to second (Xb) 3-0 1 -23 20 Piersall lined out to right, Phillips scored (BBX) 4-0 2 -2- 21 Francona grounded out to short (BBCX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Red Sox batting 4-0 0 --- 32 Nixon struck out (BBBCCC) 4-0 1 --- 21 Buddin flied out to center (FBBX) Runnels pinch hitting for Brewer,T 4-0 2 --- 11 Runnels grounded out to short (CBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Indians batting Wills,T now pitching 4-0 0 --- 31 Power lined out to center (BBBCX) 4-0 1 --- 32 Kirkland walked (BCBBCB) 4-0 1 1-- 11 Romano doubled deep to left center, Kirkland to third (BFX) 4-0 1 -23 30 Held was walked intentionally (IIII) 4-0 1 123 00 Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to left, Kirkland scored, Romano to third (X) 5-0 2 1-3 10 Grant lined a double down the right field line, Romano scored, Held to third (BX) 6-0 2 -23 00 Temple lined out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Red Sox batting 6-0 0 --- 30 Schilling walked (BBBB) 6-0 0 1-- 00 Geiger grounded out to second, Schilling to second (X) 6-0 1 -2- 32 Yastrzemski struck out (CFBFBBFS) 6-0 2 -2- 02 Wertz,V flied out to left (FFFFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Indians batting 6-0 0 --- 31 Piersall walked (BBSBB) 6-0 0 1-- 12 Francona grounded to second, forcing Piersall at second, Francona to first (CSBX) 6-0 1 1-- 00 Power reached on an infield single to third, Francona to second (X) 6-0 1 12- 31 Kirkland walked, Francona to third, Power to second (BSBBB) Fornieles now pitching 6-0 1 123 00 Romano grounded out to short, Francona scored, Power to third, Kirkland to second (X) 7-0 2 -23 00 Held grounded out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Red Sox batting 7-0 0 --- 32 Jensen grounded out to short (CBBSFBX) 7-0 1 --- 20 Malzone homered deep to left (BBX) 7-1 1 --- 11 Nixon to first on an error by the first baseman Power (BSX) 7-1 1 1-- 31 Buddin flied out to center (BBBCX) 7-1 2 1-- 12 Fornieles struck out (CSBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Indians batting 7-1 0 --- 12 Phillips struck out (CBFS) 7-1 1 --- 22 Grant struck out (CBBSS) 7-1 2 --- 10 Temple lined a single down the left field line (BX) 7-1 2 1-- 11 Piersall grounded out to second (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Red Sox batting 7-1 0 --- 31 Schilling walked (BCBBB) Allen now pitching 7-1 0 1-- 32 Geiger walked, Schilling to second (BCBBSB) 7-1 0 12- 22 Yastrzemski grounded into a double play, Phillips to Temple to Power, Schilling to third (BFBSX) 7-1 2 --3 22 Wertz,V popped out to center (FBBFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Indians batting 7-1 0 --- 22 Francona grounded out to second (BFBFFX) 7-1 1 --- 01 Power grounded out to second (CX) 7-1 2 --- 21 Kirkland flied out to left (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Red Sox batting 7-1 0 --- 00 Jensen popped out to third (X) 7-1 1 --- 11 Malzone lined a single up the middle (BCX) Pagliaroni pinch hitting for Nixon 7-1 1 1-- 11 Pagliaroni grounded a single between first and second, Malzone to second (FBX) 7-1 1 12- 11 Buddin lined a single to shallow left, Malzone to third, Pagliaroni to second (CBX) Hardy pinch hitting for Fornieles 7-1 1 123 32 Hardy grounded into a double play, Held to Temple to Power (BBBCCX)