Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
May 6, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1961 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 11, Chicago White Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 0 2 2
Bruton cf 6 3 2 0
Kaline rf 6 2 2 1
Colavito lf 5 1 2 3
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Boros 3b 4 1 0 1
Brown c 3 0 2 1
  Thomas pr 0 0 0 0
  Roarke c 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 3 1
  Cottier pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 1 1
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Morton ph 1 1 1 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 1 1 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 17 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Robinson rf 4 1 2 0
  Lepcio ph 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 1 2 1
Minoso lf 5 1 1 0
Sievers 1b 5 1 1 0
Landis cf 4 1 2 3
Martin 3b 5 2 2 2
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0
Lollar c 4 0 2 1
Pierce p 0 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0
  Score p 0 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Baumann p 2 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 7
Detroit 500 000 03311172
Chicago 402 001 0108131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   4.0 7 6 6 0 2
  Fischer   3.0 2 1 0 1 0
  Aguirre  W (1-1) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Fox  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
2
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce   0.1 2 5 5 3 1
  Kemmerer   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Score   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Baumann   5.1 6 3 2 2 0
  Shaw   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Staley  L (0-3) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Pizarro   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
10
6
3

  E–Boros (3), Fernandez (5), Martin (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Lollar (1).  2B–Detroit Morton (1,off Baumann), Chicago Sievers (4,off Bunning); Aparicio (4,off Fischer); Martin (2,off Aguirre); Lollar (1,off Aguirre).  3B–Chicago Robinson (1,off Bunning).  HR–Chicago Martin (2,1st inning off Bunning 1 on, 2 out); Landis (3,3rd inning off Bunning 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Brown (1,off Kemmerer); Landis (1,off Bunning).  Team LOB–12.  IBB–Lepcio (1,by Aguirre).  Team–8.  SB–Bruton (2,2nd base off Score/Lollar).  IBB–Aguirre (1,Lepcio).  U-HP–Sam Carrigan, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–3:17.  A–5,710.
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