8/6/1961, KC61-Bos61, game 1, Fenway Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Athletics 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 12 2 8 1
1961 Red Sox 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 0 8 1
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Red Sox AB R H BI AVG
Howser ss 4 2 2 1 .278 Schilling 2b 5 0 1 1 .270
Hankins lf 4 1 0 0 .281 Geiger cf 5 0 1 0 .245
Causey 3b 5 1 3 1 .244 Yastrzemski lf 5 1 2 0 .269
Siebern 1b 4 1 3 2 .285 Wertz,V 1b 4 2 2 1 .282
Lumpe 2b 4 0 1 2 .277 Green,P ph 1 0 0 0 .353
Stephens,G rf 3 0 0 0 .174 Malzone 3b 4 0 1 0 .272
Pignatano c 4 0 0 0 .229 Nixon c 3 1 1 1 .246
Del Greco,B cf 4 1 2 0 .212 Hardy rf 3 1 0 0 .283
Rakow p 2 0 1 0 .200 Nichols p 0 0 0 0 .000
Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0 .500 Buddin ss 3 0 1 0 .245
34 6 12 6 Cisco p 0 0 0 0 .000
Runnels ph 1 0 1 2 .346
Hillman p 0 0 0 0 .167
Ginsberg,J ph 1 0 0 0 .207
Muffett p 0 0 0 0 .323
Jensen rf 1 0 0 0 .282
36 5 10 5
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Rakow W 2-5 8.2 10 5 5 3 3 131 79 5.74
Nuxhall S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5.56
9.0 10 5 5 3 3 133 81
Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Cisco 2.0 6 4 4 3 0 44 23 9.53
Hillman L 5-3 4.0 4 2 2 0 2 45 35 2.50
Muffett 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 46 30 5.01
Nichols 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 3.03
9.0 12 6 6 4 3 145 94
Bos: Runnels batted for Cisco in the 2nd
Ginsberg,J batted for Hillman in the 6th
Jensen inserted at rf in the 9th
Green,P batted for Wertz,V in the 9th
E-Hankins, Siebern. 2B-Howser(17), Causey(11), Siebern 2(19),
Del Greco,B(12), Rakow(2), Yastrzemski(24). HR-Wertz,V(17). RBI-Howser(23),
Causey(22), Siebern 2(59), Lumpe 2(47), Schilling(51), Wertz,V(63),
Nixon(18), Runnels 2(31). K-Pignatano 2, Del Greco,B, Schilling, Hardy,
Buddin. BB-Howser, Hankins, Siebern, Stephens,G, Nixon, Hardy, Buddin.
SH-Rakow 2, Hillman. SF-Lumpe.
GWRBI: Siebern
Temperature: 75, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 11 MPH.
Attendance: N/A
Game Time: 2:34
8/6/1961, KC61-Bos61, game 1, Fenway Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Athletics 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 12 2 8 1
1961 Red Sox 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 0 8 1
Athletics -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Howser ss 1>S D.2-H 53 43 W
Hankins lf W.1-2 43.2-3 5>8 63 63
Causey 3b note 1 S.3-H D 7>Muffett 9>Nichols
3/g 9
Siebern 1b note 2 D.1xH(942) D.2-H S 8
Lumpe 2b note 3 3>Hillman S.2-H 46/f.B-1 3/L
8
Stephens,G rf W.1-2 8 46/f.B-1 43
Pignatano c 323/gdp 13 k 8>k
Del Greco,B cf 2>S 4>k 6>D 43
Rakow p 54/SH.1-2 6 14/SH.2-3 D
Nuxhall p
1: S/b.2-3;1-2 2: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: 7/SF.3-H;2-3
Red Sox -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Schilling 2b 1>7 S.2-H;1-3 53 k 53
Geiger cf S 8 2/fl 7>9 e3.B-1
Yastrzemski lf 463/gdp 3>D 5>63 7 S.1-3
Wertz,V 1b 2>S 63 3/g HR Nuxhall
Green,P ph 53
Malzone 3b 8 43.2-3 S.B-2(e7) 63
Nixon c W.1-2 S.3-H 5 8>4
Hardy rf W.2-3;1-2 9 6>3/g k
Nichols p
Buddin ss k 4>S W 8
Cisco p
Runnels ph note 1
Hillman p 24/SH.1-2
Ginsberg,J ph 9
Muffett p
Jensen rf 9>43
1: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Athletics IN OUT ER Red Sox IN OUT ER
Rakow A1 E3 5 W 2-5 Cisco A1 B4 4
Nuxhall E4 E4 0 S 1 Hillman B5 D2 2 L 5-3
Muffett D3 E2 0
Nichols E3 E5 0
8/6/1961, KC61-Bos61, game 1, Fenway Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Athletics 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 12 2 8 1
1961 Red Sox 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 0 8 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
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************** Top of the 1st inning, Athletics batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Howser reached on an infield single to short (FX)
0-0 0 1-- 32 Hankins walked, Howser to second (BC>FBBB)
0-0 0 12- 00 Causey bunted for a single, Howser to third, Hankins to
second (Xb)
0-0 0 123 30 Siebern walked, Howser scored, Hankins to third, Causey
to second (BBBB)
1-0 0 123 01 Lumpe hit a sacrifice fly to left, Hankins scored, Causey
to third (FX)
2-0 1 1-3 32 Stephens,G walked, Siebern to second (BFBFBB)
2-0 1 123 11 Pignatano grounded into a double play, Wertz,V to Nixon
to Wertz,V (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Red Sox batting
2-0 0 --- 11 Schilling popped out to left (SBX)
2-0 1 --- 01 Geiger reached on an infield single to short (FX)
2-0 1 1-- 00 Yastrzemski grounded into a double play, Lumpe to Howser
to Siebern (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Athletics batting
2-0 0 --- 11 Del Greco,B lined a single to shallow left (FBX)
2-0 0 1-- 21 Rakow sacrifice bunted to third, Del Greco,B to second
(BbBbFbXb)
2-0 1 -2- 31 Howser grounded a double down the first base line, Del
Greco,B scored (CBBBX)
3-0 1 -2- 11 Hankins grounded out to second, Howser to third (BCX)
3-0 2 --3 00 Causey grounded a single between first and second, Howser
scored (X)
4-0 2 1-- 12 Siebern grounded a double down the first base line,
Causey out at home (CBFX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Red Sox batting
4-0 0 --- 02 Wertz,V lined a single to right center (CFX)
4-0 0 1-- 00 Malzone flied out to center (X)
4-0 1 1-- 31 Nixon walked, Wertz,V to second (BBCBB)
4-0 1 12- 30 Hardy walked, Wertz,V to third, Nixon to second (BBBB)
4-0 1 123 22 Buddin struck out (BCSBS)
Runnels pinch hitting for Cisco
4-0 2 123 01 Runnels grounded a single up the middle, Wertz,V scored,
Nixon scored, Hardy to second (CX)
4-2 2 12- 20 Schilling lined a single to right, Hardy scored, Runnels
to third (BBX)
4-3 2 1-3 22 Geiger flied out to center (CBCBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Athletics batting
Hillman now pitching
4-3 0 --- 00 Lumpe flied out to center (X)
4-3 1 --- 00 Stephens,G flied out to center (X)
4-3 2 --- 00 Pignatano grounded out to the mound (X)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Red Sox batting
4-3 0 --- 01 Yastrzemski lined a double to left center (CX)
4-3 0 -2- 10 Wertz,V grounded out to short (BX)
4-3 1 -2- 32 Malzone grounded out to second, Yastrzemski to third
(BBBCCX)
4-3 2 --3 11 Nixon grounded a single between third and short,
Yastrzemski scored (BCX)
4-4 2 1-- 10 Hardy flied out to right (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Athletics batting
4-4 0 --- 22 Del Greco,B struck out (FBBSFS)
4-4 1 --- 22 Rakow popped out to short (FBBSX)
4-4 2 --- 00 Howser grounded out to third (X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Red Sox batting
4-4 0 --- 10 Buddin grounded a single between first and second (BX)
4-4 0 1-- 01 Hillman sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Buddin to second
(CbXb)
4-4 1 -2- 32 Schilling grounded out to third (BFBCBX)
4-4 2 -2- 12 Geiger popped out to the catcher (FFBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Athletics batting
4-4 0 --- 02 Hankins flied out to center (FFX)
4-4 1 --- 11 Causey grounded a double down the third base line (BFX)
4-4 1 -2- 11 Siebern grounded a double down the first base line,
Causey scored (SBX)
5-4 1 -2- 10 Lumpe lined a single to right center, Siebern scored (BX)
6-4 1 1-- 12 Stephens,G grounded to second, forcing Lumpe at second,
Stephens,G to first (BCFFX)
6-4 2 1-- 02 Pignatano struck out (FFFC)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Red Sox batting
6-4 0 --- 20 Yastrzemski grounded out to short (BBX)
6-4 1 --- 21 Wertz,V grounded out to first (BBFX)
6-4 2 --- 32 Malzone lined a single to shallow left, Malzone to second
on an error by the left fielder Hankins (BFBCFBFFX)
6-4 2 -2- 00 Nixon popped out to third (X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Athletics batting
6-4 0 --- 11 Del Greco,B lined a double to left center (CBX)
6-4 0 -2- 00 Rakow sacrifice bunted to the mound, Del Greco,B to third
(Xb)
6-4 1 --3 12 Howser grounded out to second (BCSX)
6-4 2 --3 01 Hankins grounded out to short (CX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Red Sox batting
6-4 0 --- 12 Hardy grounded out to first (SBSX)
6-4 1 --- 31 Buddin walked (CBBBB)
Ginsberg,J pinch hitting for Hillman
6-4 1 1-- 22 Ginsberg,J popped out to right (BFFBFX)
6-4 2 1-- 32 Schilling struck out (BBBCF>S)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Athletics batting
Muffett now pitching
6-4 0 --- 32 Causey grounded out to first (BFFBFFFFBX)
6-4 1 --- 21 Siebern reached on an infield single to short (BBCX)
6-4 1 1-- 12 Lumpe grounded to second, forcing Siebern at second,
Lumpe to first (FBFFX)
6-4 2 1-- 21 Stephens,G grounded out to second (BCBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Red Sox batting
6-4 0 --- 01 Geiger flied out to right (CX)
6-4 1 --- 00 Yastrzemski flied out to left (X)
6-4 2 --- 00 Wertz,V homered deep to right (X)
6-5 2 --- 32 Malzone grounded out to short (BBBCSX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Athletics batting
6-5 0 --- 22 Pignatano struck out (FFBBS)
6-5 1 --- 11 Del Greco,B grounded out to second (CBX)
6-5 2 --- 01 Rakow lined a double to left center (CX)
6-5 2 -2- 32 Howser walked (BFFFBBFB)
6-5 2 12- 12 Hankins grounded out to short (FBFFX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Red Sox batting
6-5 0 --- 10 Nixon popped out to second (BX)
6-5 1 --- 12 Hardy struck out (CBSFC)
6-5 2 --- 11 Buddin flied out to center (BCX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Athletics batting
Nichols now pitching
Jensen now playing right field
6-5 0 --- 22 Causey lined out to right (FCBBX)
6-5 1 --- 00 Siebern flied out to center (X)
6-5 2 --- 21 Lumpe lined out to first (FBBX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Red Sox batting
6-5 0 --- 10 Jensen grounded out to second (BX)
6-5 1 --- 01 Schilling grounded out to third (CX)
6-5 2 --- 00 Geiger to first on an error by the first baseman Siebern
(X)
6-5 2 1-- 22 Yastrzemski lined a single to right center, Geiger to
third (BBCCX)
Nuxhall now pitching
Green,P pinch hitting for Wertz,V
6-5 2 1-3 01 Green,P grounded out to third (CX)