Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Athletics
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 Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Athletics 20

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 5 0 3 1
Green cf 4 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 5 0 0 0
Allison rf 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 0 0 0
Lemon lf 4 0 1 0
Battey c 2 1 0 0
Bertoia 3b 3 1 1 0
Gardner 2b 2 0 1 0
  Consolo 2b 1 0 0 0
Sadowski p 1 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Bruckbauer p 0 0 0 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 0 0
  Giel p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Henry ph 1 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 1
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 2 2 3
Hankins rf 5 1 1 1
Lumpe 2b 4 3 1 0
Klimchock 3b 2 2 2 2
  Carey pr,3b 2 1 1 1
Siebern lf 4 2 1 1
Throneberry 1b 4 2 1 0
Tuttle cf 5 3 3 4
Sullivan c 4 3 4 5
Bass p 4 1 0 0
Totals 39 20 16 17
Minnesota 000 200 000272
Kansas City 016 308 20x20160
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Sadowski  L (0-1) 2.2 6 7 7 3 1
  Stange   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bruckbauer   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Stobbs   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Giel   0.1 5 8 7 2 0
  Moore   1.2 2 2 2 3 2
  Pleis   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
20
19
10
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bass  W (1-0) 9.0 7 2 2 9 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
9
2

  E–Lemon (3), Gardner (2).  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 3.  2B–Minnesota Bertoia (2,off Bass), Kansas City Howser 2 (3,off Bruckbauer,off Giel); Klimchock (1,off Bruckbauer); Lumpe (3,off Giel); Sullivan (2,off Giel).  3B–Kansas City Tuttle (2,off Sadowski); Sullivan 2 (2,off Sadowski,off Moore).  Team LOB–11.  SF–Howser (1,off Moore).  IBB–Throneberry (1,by Sadowski).  Team–6.  SB–Versalles (5,2nd base off Bass/Sullivan).  WP–Stange (1), Moore (2).  IBB–Sadowski (1,Throneberry).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Joe Linsalata, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–3:04.  A–4,664.
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