Washington Senators vs Kansas City Athletics
May 23, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 7, Kansas City Athletics 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Veal ss 5 2 2 0
O'Connell 2b 4 1 1 0
Hinton lf 5 0 3 1
King rf 3 1 1 1
  Stevens 1b 1 0 0 0
Tasby cf 4 2 2 2
Long 1b 4 0 3 2
  Keough pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Klaus 3b 4 0 1 1
Daley c 3 0 0 0
Hobaugh p 4 0 0 0
  Kutyna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 1 2 1
Lumpe 2b 5 1 1 1
Klimchock 3b 4 0 1 0
Larsen lf 4 0 0 0
Bauer rf 4 0 0 1
Throneberry 1b 3 1 1 0
Sullivan c 2 0 0 0
Posada cf 4 0 1 0
Herbert p 3 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Washington 011 000 0417130
Kansas City 000 010 020372
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hobaugh  W (2-2) 7.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Kutyna  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L (3-3) 7.1 11 6 5 1 4
  Wickersham   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
1
5

  E–Klimchock 2 (3).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Washington Tasby (5,off Herbert); King (4,off Herbert); Long (10,off Herbert); Klaus (2,off Herbert); Veal (4,off Wickersham), Kansas City Howser (8,off Hobaugh); Klimchock (2,off Hobaugh).  3B–Washington Tasby (1,off Herbert).  HBP–King (2,by Herbert).  IBB–Daley (1,by Herbert).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Hinton (4,2nd base off Herbert/Sullivan).  BK–Herbert (1).  HBP–Herbert (2,King).  IBB–Herbert (1,Daley).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Sam Carrigan.  T–2:25.  A–5,842.
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