Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
May 10, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1961 at Comiskey Park I. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 8, Chicago White Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 6 0 2 0
Francona lf 5 1 3 0
Piersall cf 5 1 1 1
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
  Essegian ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Power 1b 5 3 3 1
Held ss 6 1 2 1
Phillips 3b 5 1 2 2
Romano c 4 0 0 0
Bell p 6 0 1 0
Totals 48 8 15 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 5 0 0 0
Sievers 1b 5 1 1 1
Landis cf 5 0 1 0
Martin 3b 4 1 2 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 1
Lollar c 3 0 1 0
Shaw p 3 0 0 0
  Baumann p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 7 2
Cleveland 010 100 000 068152
Chicago 010 100 000 00271
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (1-4) 11.0 7 2 2 4 8
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
4
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   8.2 9 2 1 3 4
  Baumann  L (1-2) 2.1 6 6 6 2 1
Totals
11.0
15
8
7
5
5

  E–Kirkland (2), Held (6), Martin (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Cleveland Held (4,off Shaw); Temple (5,off Shaw); Power (6,off Shaw); Francona 3 (8,off Shaw 2,off Baumann), Chicago Smith (4,off Bell); Martin (3,off Bell).  3B–Cleveland Held (1,off Baumann).  HR–Cleveland Power (1,2nd inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out); Essegian (1,11th inning off Baumann 1 on, 2 out); Phillips (3,11th inning off Baumann 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Sievers (7,4th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Francona (3,off Shaw).  IBB–Romano (2,by Shaw); Power (1,by Shaw).  Team LOB–13.  Team–8.  SB–Landis (4,2nd base off Bell/Romano).  IBB–Shaw 2 (3,Romano,Power).  U-HP–Al Smith, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–3:06.  A–13,003.
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