Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
April 28, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Athletics 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Landis cf 4 1 2 1
Sievers 1b 5 0 2 1
Minoso lf 3 1 1 1
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Goodman 3b 3 0 1 1
  Esposito pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 1 1 0
McLish p 3 0 1 0
  Baumann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 1 2 0
Hankins rf 3 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Siebern lf 4 0 2 1
Throneberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 3 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 1 0
  Posada pr 0 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 1 1 1
Pignatano c 3 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
Herbert p 2 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 1 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Chicago 001 001 110490
Kansas City 100 000 100261
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  W (2-1) 8.2 6 2 2 2 6
  Baumann  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L (1-1) 8.0 9 4 4 3 5
  Larsen   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–Carey (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Chicago Fox (5,off Herbert); Minoso (4,off Herbert); Goodman (1,off Herbert).  HR–Kansas City Carey (1,7th inning off McLish 0 on, 2 out).  SH–McLish (1,off Herbert); Smith (1,off Herbert); Hankins (1,off McLish).  SF–Minoso (3,off Herbert).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–Aparicio (3,2nd base off Herbert/Pignatano); Howser (2,2nd base off McLish/Lollar).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:26.  A–6,675.
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