Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 17, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 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 9, Baltimore Orioles 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 3 1 1 0
  Cottier 2b 2 1 1 0
Bruton cf 5 3 3 0
Kaline rf 5 1 2 3
Colavito lf 5 0 3 2
Cash 1b 2 1 1 1
  Osborne 1b 1 0 0 0
Boros 3b 4 1 2 0
Brown c 5 1 1 1
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 2
Regan p 3 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 15 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Herzog rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 2 1
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Triandos c 3 0 0 0
  Courtney c 1 0 0 0
Hansen ss 3 0 0 0
Snyder cf 3 0 1 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
Adair 2b 3 0 2 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Philley lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Detroit 100 020 4209151
Baltimore 000 100 000161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Regan  W (4-0) 9.0 6 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (1-4) 7.0 11 7 7 4 7
  Stock   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
4
8

  E–Fernandez (8), Triandos (3).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Kaline (8,off Fisher); Fernandez (6,off Fisher); Colavito (4,off Stock).  3B–Detroit Kaline (4,off Fisher).  HR–Baltimore B Robinson (1,4th inning off Regan 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Boros (5,by Fisher).  IBB–Cash (4,by Fisher).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  SB–Wood (8,2nd base off Fisher/Triandos); Cash (2,2nd base off Fisher/Triandos).  CS–Hansen (2,2nd base by Regan/Brown).  HBP–Fisher (2,Boros).  IBB–Fisher (2,Cash).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:31.  A–11,701.
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