Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
April 21, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Kansas City Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 3 0
Francona lf 3 1 2 1
Piersall cf 4 0 1 2
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
  Bond rf 0 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 1 1 0
Power 1b 4 1 2 1
Held ss 4 0 1 1
Romano c 4 0 0 0
Grant p 2 2 1 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lumpe 2b 4 1 2 0
Howser ss 2 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 0 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 0 0 0 1
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Rakow p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen ph 1 0 0 0
Bauer rf 3 0 1 2
Siebern lf 4 0 0 0
Throneberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0
Carey 3b 3 1 1 0
Sullivan c 2 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Pignatano c 1 0 1 0
Herbert p 2 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 0 1 0 0
  Causey ss 0 0 0 0
  Posada ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Cleveland 001 010 0215110
Kansas City 001 000 200360
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grant   6.2 4 3 3 4 5
  Allen  W (2-0) 2.1 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
6
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert   7.0 8 2 2 2 0
  Johnson  L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Rakow   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
1

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Grant (1,off Herbert), Kansas City Lumpe (1,off Grant); Carey (1,off Grant).  3B–Cleveland Power (1,off K Johnson); Piersall (2,off Rakow), Kansas City Tuttle (1,off Grant).  SH–Temple (2,off Herbert).  SF–Piersall (1,off Herbert).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Temple (1,2nd base by Rakow/Pignatano).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Joe Linsalata, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:40.  A–25,727.
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