Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 8, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1960 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green ss 3 0 0 1
Hardy cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Williams lf 3 1 3 1
  Tasby pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 1 2
  Coughtry pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Nixon c 5 1 2 1
Malzone 3b 3 1 0 0
Runnels 2b,1b 2 1 1 0
Clinton rf 3 0 1 1
Brewer p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 3 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Cash lf 3 0 0 0
Kaline cf 4 0 1 0
Colavito rf 4 1 1 0
Bilko 1b 1 0 0 0
  Foiles c 1 0 0 0
Chiti c 2 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Virgil 3b 2 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 1
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0
  Yost ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Boston 000 111 2106101
Detroit 000 000 100141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W (10-11) 9.0 4 1 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (9-12) 7.0 8 5 5 2 4
  Burnside   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Spencer   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
7

  E–Wertz (10), Bilko (5).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Williams (13,off Bunning); Runnels (28,off Bunning); Wertz (19,off Bunning), Detroit Colavito (16,off Brewer).  3B–Boston Clinton (5,off Burnside).  HR–Boston Williams (27,4th inning off Bunning 0 on, 0 out); Nixon (5,6th inning off Bunning 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Brewer (3,off Bunning); Runnels (9,off Burnside).  SF–Green (4,off Bunning).  HBP–Clinton (3,by Bunning); Malzone (4,by Burnside); Cash (6,by Brewer).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  CS–Nixon (2,2nd base by Bunning/Chiti); Clinton (2,Home by Burnside/Foiles); Bilko (1,2nd base by Brewer/Nixon).  HBP–Brewer (6,Cash); Bunning (9,Clinton); Burnside (4,Malzone).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:23.  A–2,276.
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