Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 1, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 1 0
Fox 2b 5 0 0 0
Landis cf 4 1 1 1
Sievers 1b 3 1 3 0
Minoso lf 3 0 0 1
Smith rf 3 2 2 1
Esposito 3b 3 0 0 0
Carreon c 4 1 2 2
Baumann p 3 0 0 0
  Lown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Bertoia 3b 4 1 1 0
Green cf 5 1 2 1
Allison rf 4 2 1 1
Killebrew 1b 5 1 2 2
Lemon lf 5 1 4 0
Henry c 4 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 3 2
Valdivielso ss 3 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Consolo ss 0 0 0 0
Stobbs p 2 0 1 0
  Whisenant ph 1 0 0 0
  Giel p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Chicago 100 112 000591
Minnesota 200 021 0016140
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumann   5.1 11 5 5 3 2
  Lown  L (0-2) 3.1 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.2
14
6
6
4
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs   6.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Giel   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Moore  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
3

  E–Minoso (2).  DP–Chicago 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Chicago Sievers (3,off Stobbs), Minnesota Green 2 (5,off Baumann 2); Allison (4,off Baumann); Gardner (4,off Lown).  3B–Chicago Sievers (2,off Stobbs).  HR–Chicago Landis (2,1st inning off Stobbs 0 on, 2 out); Smith (4,4th inning off Stobbs 0 on, 2 out); Carreon (1,5th inning off Stobbs 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Killebrew (2,1st inning off Baumann 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Minoso (5,off Stobbs).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  U-HP–Al Smith, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:58.  A–5,777.
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