Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
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 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 8, Chicago White Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 3 3 2 3
Bruton cf 5 0 1 1
Kaline rf 4 1 1 2
Colavito lf 4 1 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 2 1
Boros 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown c 4 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Lary p 2 1 1 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 0 1 0 0
  Aguirre p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 8 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Robinson rf 2 2 1 0
  Smith ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Fox 2b 3 1 1 0
Minoso lf 3 1 0 0
Sievers 1b 4 2 2 6
Landis cf 4 0 1 0
Martin 3b 2 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Carreon c 3 0 1 0
Wynn p 2 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar ph 0 0 0 0
  Esposito pr 0 0 0 0
  Pierce p 0 0 0 0
  Lepcio ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 6 6
Detroit 000 002 510880
Chicago 000 204 000660
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary   5.0 6 6 6 3 2
  Grzenda  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre  SV (4) 3.0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
6
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L (2-1) 6.2 6 7 7 6 3
  Shaw   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Pierce   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Robinson (3,off Lary).  3B–Detroit Wood (3,off Wynn).  HR–Detroit Wood (3,8th inning off Pierce 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Sievers 2 (6,4th inning off Lary 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Lary 3 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Fox (2,off Lary).  Team–4.  SB–Landis (3,2nd base off Grzenda/Brown).  CS–Martin (1,Home by Lary/Brown).  WP–Shaw (2).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Sam Carrigan.  T–2:57.
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