Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 15, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1961 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 10, Baltimore Orioles 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 1 1 0
Bruton cf 5 2 3 0
Maxwell lf 3 1 2 2
  Morton lf 0 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 2 2 1
Cash 1b 3 2 1 2
Boros 3b 5 1 2 2
Brown c 5 0 2 3
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Foytack p 5 1 1 0
Totals 40 10 15 10
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 5 1 2 0
Stephens cf 4 1 0 0
Robinson 3b 5 0 2 3
Triandos c 5 0 2 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 1 0
Hansen ss 4 1 1 0
Herzog rf 4 1 2 2
Adair 2b 4 0 1 0
Hall p 3 0 0 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
  Philley ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Detroit 300 000 52010150
Baltimore 000 021 0115112
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  W (2-2) 9.0 11 5 5 3 5
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  L (1-2) 6.1 11 8 7 2 6
  Stock   2.2 4 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
15
10
9
3
11

  E–Triandos (2), Hansen (5).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Maxwell (1,off Hall), Baltimore Williams (6,off Foytack); B Robinson (10,off Foytack); Hansen (4,off Foytack).  3B–Detroit Bruton (2,off Hall).  HR–Baltimore Herzog (3,6th inning off Foytack 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Maxwell (1,off Hall); Cash (1,off Stock).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:38.  A–15,783.
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