Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
April 25, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1961 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
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Cleveland Indians 2, Baltimore Orioles 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 1 1 0
Francona lf 4 0 1 0
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 1 1 1
Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 1
Held ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas c 3 0 0 0
  Kubiszyn ph 1 0 0 0
Bell p 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  de la Hoz ph 1 0 0 0
  Heman p 0 0 0 0
  Romano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 5 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Brandt cf 1 1 1 0
  Snyder cf 2 0 0 0
Herzog rf 3 0 0 0
  Robinson E. rf 1 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 0
Gentile 1b 3 1 2 3
Courtney c 3 0 0 0
Hansen ss 2 2 1 0
Stephens lf 3 0 0 0
Adair 2b 3 0 2 2
Barber p 4 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Cleveland 000 001 010250
Baltimore 210 110 00x572
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (0-3) 5.0 6 5 5 4 7
  Hamilton   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Heman   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
7
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber  W (2-1) 8.2 5 2 2 5 5
  Wilhelm  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
6

  E–B Robinson 2 (2).  2B–Cleveland Temple (1,off Barber); Held (1,off Barber); Power (4,off Barber), Baltimore Brandt (3,off Bell); Adair (1,off Bell); B Robinson (3,off Bell).  HR–Baltimore Gentile (3,1st inning off Bell 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  CS–Hansen (1,2nd base by Heman/Thomas).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:41.  A–8,474.
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