8/15/1961, Bos61-Cle61, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1961 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 10 2
1961 Indians 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 x 4 9 2 9 0
Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Schilling 2b 4 0 2 0 .273 Temple 2b 4 0 1 1 .297
Geiger cf 4 0 1 1 .248 Piersall cf 4 0 2 0 .344
Wertz,V 1b 4 1 0 0 .293 Francona lf 4 1 1 1 .293
Malzone 3b 5 0 1 0 .264 Kirkland rf 3 1 0 0 .276
Nixon c 4 0 1 1 .244 Phillips 3b 4 1 2 2 .270
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0 .272 Romano c 3 0 2 0 .275
Hardy lf 4 0 0 0 .280 Power 1b 4 0 0 0 .252
Buddin ss 3 1 0 0 .248 Held ss 1 1 0 0 .275
Conley p 2 0 0 0 .212 Bell,Ga p 3 0 1 0 .263
Muffett p 1 1 1 0 .324 Allen p 0 0 0 0 .091
Runnels ph 1 0 0 0 .345 Funk p 1 0 0 0 .273
35 3 6 2 31 4 9 4
Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Conley 5.1 8 3 3 5 1 105 55 4.79
Muffett L 6-6 2.2 1 1 1 1 1 35 20 4.76
8.0 9 4 4 6 2 140 75
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bell,Ga 6.2 4 3 2 4 5 114 63 4.06
Allen BS 2, W 2-0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 5.66
Funk S 17 2.0 1 0 0 1 4 38 22 1.56
9.0 6 3 2 5 9 157 89
Bos: Runnels batted for Muffett in the 9th
E-Held 2. 2B-Malzone(18), Muffett(3), Romano(18). HR-Francona(13),
Phillips(19). RBI-Geiger(60), Nixon(20), Temple(39), Francona(63),
Phillips 2(65). SB-Kirkland(5). K-Schilling, Geiger, Wertz,V, Jensen 2,
Hardy, Buddin, Conley, Runnels, Bell,Ga, Funk. BB-Schilling, Geiger, Wertz,V,
Jensen, Buddin, Temple, Kirkland, Romano, Held 3. PB-Romano.
GWRBI: Francona
Temperature: 83, Sky: cloudy, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.
Attendance: 15,019
Game Time: 2:42
8/15/1961, Bos61-Cle61, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1961 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 10 2
1961 Indians 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 x 4 9 2 9 0
Red Sox -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Schilling 2b 1>8 S k W S
Geiger cf 7 pb.1-2 6>5/fl note 1 W.1-2
k
Wertz,V 1b 63 4>W k Allen 8
note 2
Malzone 3b 2>7 D.1-3 e6.B-1 43 7
Nixon c 13 note 3 46/f 8>S
Jensen rf W 4/fl 7>k Funk
k
Hardy lf 7 13 63 k
Buddin ss 3>53 5>53 W k
Conley p k 43
Muffett p D.1-3
Runnels ph 9>k
1: S.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: e6.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1 3: 3/g.3-H;2-3
Indians -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Temple 2b 1>63 3>43 S.3-H;1-2 W.1-2 63
Piersall cf S 63 S.2-3;1-2 Muffett
643/gdp
Francona lf 9 4 64/f 7>HR
Kirkland rf 31 4>W 5>43 6
Phillips 3b 2>S SB2 1/g 63
HR.2-H
Romano c S.1-2 6 D W
Power 1b note 1 63 63 43
Held ss W W 6>W 8>7
Bell,Ga p 43 S.1-3 k
Allen p
Funk p k
1: 643/gdp.2-3
Red Sox IN OUT ER Indians IN OUT ER
Conley A1 D1 3 Bell,Ga A1 D2 2
Muffett D2 E1 1 L 6-6 Allen D3 D5 0 BS 2, W 2-0
Funk D6 E4 0 S 17
8/15/1961, Bos61-Cle61, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1961 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 10 2
1961 Indians 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 x 4 9 2 9 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Red Sox batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Schilling flied out to center (BSBFX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Geiger flied out to left (CBX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Wertz,V grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Indians batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Temple grounded out to short (X)
0-0 1 --- 10 Piersall grounded a single between third and short (BX)
0-0 1 1-- 11 Francona flied out to right (BCX)
0-0 2 1-- 01 Kirkland grounded out to first (FX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Red Sox batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Malzone lined out to left (CBBSX)
0-0 1 --- 31 Nixon grounded out to the mound (BBBCX)
0-0 2 --- 30 Jensen walked (BBBB)
0-0 2 1-- 10 Hardy flied out to left (BX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Indians batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Phillips reached on an infield single to short (BBSBX)
0-0 0 1-- 11 Romano reached on an infield single to third, Phillips to
second (CBX)
0-0 0 12- 10 Power grounded into a double play, Buddin to Schilling to
Wertz,V, Phillips to third (BX)
0-0 2 --3 30 Held walked (BBBB)
0-0 2 1-3 32 Bell,Ga grounded out to second (CBSBFFB>F>X)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Red Sox batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Buddin grounded out to third (CBX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Conley struck out (BCCFS)
0-0 2 --- 32 Schilling lined a single to left center (CBBBFX)
0-0 2 1-- 22 Romano allowed a passed ball, Schilling to second (SFBBB)
0-0 2 -2- 32 Geiger struck out (SFBBB.FFS)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Indians batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Temple grounded out to second (FBBX)
0-0 1 --- 01 Piersall grounded out to short (FX)
0-0 2 --- 12 Francona popped out to second (CBSFFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Red Sox batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Wertz,V walked (BBSBB)
0-0 0 1-- 10 Malzone lined a double to right center, Wertz,V to third
(BX)
0-0 0 -23 22 Nixon grounded out to first, Wertz,V scored, Malzone to
third (BCBFX)
1-0 1 --3 00 Jensen popped out to second (X)
1-0 2 --3 31 Hardy grounded out to the mound (BCBBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Indians batting
1-0 0 --- 31 Kirkland walked (BBSBB)
1-0 0 1-- 00 Kirkland stole second (>C)
1-0 0 -2- 12 Phillips homered deep down the left-field line, Kirkland
scored (>C.SFBX)
1-2 0 --- 21 Romano popped out to short (BFBX)
1-2 1 --- 10 Power grounded out to short (BX)
1-2 2 --- 32 Held walked (BSBFBB)
1-2 2 1-- 00 Bell,Ga grounded a single up the middle, Held to third (X)
1-2 2 1-3 10 Temple lined a single to shallow left, Held scored,
Bell,Ga to second (BX)
1-3 2 12- 00 Piersall lined a single between third and short, Bell,Ga
to third, Temple to second (X)
1-3 2 123 00 Francona grounded to short, forcing Piersall at second (X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Red Sox batting
1-3 0 --- 22 Buddin grounded out to third (BSBCX)
1-3 1 --- 12 Conley grounded out to second (CBFX)
1-3 2 --- 12 Schilling struck out (FSFFBC)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Indians batting
1-3 0 --- 31 Kirkland grounded out to second (BBBCX)
1-3 1 --- 00 Phillips grounded out to the mound (X)
1-3 2 --- 32 Romano lined a double to left center (BBCSBFX)
1-3 2 -2- 32 Power grounded out to short (BBFBFX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Red Sox batting
1-3 0 --- 00 Geiger popped out to third (X)
1-3 1 --- 22 Wertz,V struck out (CBCBFS)
1-3 2 --- 20 Malzone to first on an error by the shortstop Held (BBX)
1-3 2 1-- 11 Nixon grounded to second, forcing Malzone at second (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Indians batting
1-3 0 --- 31 Held walked (CBBBB)
1-3 0 1-- 32 Bell,Ga struck out (SbBbCbBBS)
1-3 1 1-- 31 Temple walked, Held to second (BBCBB)
Muffett now pitching
1-3 1 12- 12 Piersall grounded into a double play, Buddin to Schilling
to Wertz,V (CBCX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Red Sox batting
1-3 0 --- 22 Jensen struck out (FCBBS)
1-3 1 --- 11 Hardy grounded out to short (BCX)
1-3 2 --- 30 Buddin walked (BBBB)
1-3 2 1-- 01 Muffett lined a double down the left field line, Buddin
to third (CX)
1-3 2 -23 32 Schilling walked (BCFBBB)
1-3 2 123 00 Geiger grounded a single between first and second, Buddin
scored, Muffett to third, Schilling to second (X)
Allen now pitching
2-3 2 123 00 Muffett scored, Schilling to third, Geiger to second,
Wertz,V to first on an error by the shortstop Held (X)
3-3 2 123 10 Malzone grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Indians batting
3-3 0 --- 00 Francona homered deep to left center (X)
3-4 0 --- 31 Kirkland popped out to short (BBCBX)
3-4 1 --- 01 Phillips grounded out to short (CX)
3-4 2 --- 31 Romano walked (BBBCB)
3-4 2 1-- 01 Power grounded out to second (FX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Red Sox batting
3-4 0 --- 01 Nixon grounded a single up the middle (CX)
Funk now pitching
3-4 0 1-- 22 Jensen struck out (SCBBFS)
3-4 1 1-- 22 Hardy struck out (BBFCS)
3-4 2 1-- 22 Buddin struck out (CBBFS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Indians batting
3-4 0 --- 20 Held flied out to left (BBX)
3-4 1 --- 22 Funk struck out (BBCSFC)
3-4 2 --- 32 Temple grounded out to short (BBCFBFX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Red Sox batting
Runnels pinch hitting for Muffett
3-4 0 --- 32 Runnels struck out (BFCBBFS)
3-4 1 --- 01 Schilling lined a single to center (CX)
3-4 1 1-- 32 Geiger walked, Schilling to second (BBBCFB)
3-4 1 12- 20 Wertz,V flied out to center (BBX)
3-4 2 12- 12 Malzone flied out to left (CSBX)