Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
May 2, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Athletics 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 0 2 1
Geiger cf 5 0 0 0
Hardy rf 3 0 1 1
Malzone 3b 4 1 1 0
Repulski lf 4 0 1 0
Pagliaroni c 4 2 2 2
Harrell 1b 4 0 0 0
Green ss 4 1 1 0
Delock p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
  Gile ph 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
  Runnels ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 0 0 0
Hankins rf 4 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 2 2 0
Siebern lf 4 0 1 0
  Posada lf 0 0 0 0
Throneberry 1b 3 3 2 2
Tuttle cf 3 1 0 0
Carey 3b 2 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 1 0 0
  Sullivan c 1 0 1 0
Pignatano c 2 0 1 2
  Pilarcik ph 1 0 1 2
  Causey 3b 0 0 0 0
Daley p 3 0 1 1
Totals 32 7 10 7
Boston 020 010 001483
Kansas City 000 203 20x7102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  L (1-1) 5.1 7 5 1 3 1
  Wills   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Fornieles   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
3
3
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Daley  W (2-3) 9.0 8 4 2 2 9
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
2
9

  E–Green 2 (6), Delock (1), Lumpe (3), Sullivan (2).  DP–Boston 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Pagliaroni (1,off Daley); Schilling (2,off Daley).  HR–Boston Pagliaroni (1,2nd inning off Daley 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Throneberry (4,7th inning off Fornieles 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Schilling (1,off Daley); Delock (1,off Daley); Daley (1,off Wills); Causey (1,off Fornieles).  HBP–Hardy (1,by Daley).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  CS–Repulski (1,2nd base by Daley/Pignatano).  HBP–Daley (3,Hardy).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Harry Schwarts, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:29.  A–5,688.
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