Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 7, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 11, Minnesota Twins 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 1 2 6
Geiger cf 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 2 2 2
  Runnels pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 2 2 0
Nixon c 4 1 2 3
Hardy rf 5 1 2 0
Buddin ss 2 1 0 0
Monbouquette p 1 1 0 0
  Fornieles p 3 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 10 11
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 5 1 2 1
Green cf 4 2 2 1
Dobbek rf 5 1 1 0
Killebrew 1b,3b 5 3 2 3
Battey c 5 0 1 1
Lemon lf 3 1 1 1
Gardner 2b 5 0 1 0
Bertoia 3b 3 0 0 0
  Consolo 3b 0 0 0 0
  Allison ph 0 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
Pascual p 0 1 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 1 1
  Giel pr 0 0 0 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 8
Boston 200 420 02111101
Minnesota 003 110 2029111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette   3.1 6 4 3 1 3
  Fornieles  W (1-1) 4.2 4 5 5 4 1
  Muffett  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
5
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  L (2-2) 4.0 4 6 2 3 2
  Stobbs   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Lee   2.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Pleis   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
11
7
6
4

  E–Buddin (2), Bertoia (5).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Battey (3).  2B–Boston Nixon (1,off Stobbs); Schilling (4,off Lee), Minnesota Versalles (4,off Monbouquette).  HR–Boston Wertz (3,1st inning off Pascual 1 on, 2 out); Schilling (1,4th inning off Pascual 3 on, 2 out), Minnesota Killebrew 2 (5,5th inning off Fornieles 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Fornieles 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Buddin (1,off Lee).  HBP–Nixon (1,by Lee).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Lemon (1,off Muffett).  Team–7.  SB–Versalles 2 (9,2nd base off Monbouquette/Nixon,3rd base off Monbouquette/Nixon); Green (4,2nd base off Monbouquette/Nixon).  HBP–Lee (1,Nixon).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:56.  A–23,389.
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