Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 25, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 6 1 2 0
Bruton cf 4 2 2 1
Kaline rf,lf 5 1 1 3
Colavito lf 4 1 2 0
  Morton pr 0 0 0 0
  Thomas rf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 1 1 2
Boros 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown c 5 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Foytack p 3 0 0 0
  Fox p 1 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Donohue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 9 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 0 0 0 0
  Valdivielso ph,ss 3 0 0 0
  Dobbek ph 1 1 1 0
  Consolo ss 1 0 0 0
Green cf 6 2 4 0
Mincher 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bertoia ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Killebrew 3b,1b 3 1 2 1
Lemon lf 6 1 2 3
Allison rf 4 1 1 0
Battey c 4 1 1 1
Gardner 2b 5 0 1 0
Ramos p 3 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadowski p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 1 1
  Kaat pr 0 0 0 0
  Giel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 14 7
Detroit 500 000 000 10690
Minnesota 000 300 011 117141
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack   7.0 7 4 4 3 6
  Fox   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Aguirre   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Fischer   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Donohue  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.1
14
7
7
6
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos   9.0 7 5 5 3 6
  Sadowski   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Giel  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
9
6
6
4
7

  E–Mincher (4).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Detroit Wood 2 (5,off Ramos 2); Colavito 2 (7,off Ramos,off Sadowski), Minnesota Dobbek (1,off Fox); Green (12,off Donohue).  3B–Detroit Brown (2,off Ramos).  HR–Detroit Kaline (3,1st inning off Ramos 2 on, 0 out); Cash (8,1st inning off Ramos 1 on, 0 out); Bruton (2,10th inning off Sadowski 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Lemon (3,4th inning off Foytack 1 on, 1 out); Battey (3,4th inning off Foytack 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Boros (6,by Ramos).  IBB–Cash (5,by Sadowski); Killebrew 2 (2,by Fischer,by Donohue).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Battey (1,off Fischer); Bertoia (2,off Donohue).  Team–12.  WP–Ramos (2).  HBP–Ramos (1,Boros).  IBB–Fischer (1,Killebrew); Donohue (2,Killebrew); Sadowski (2,Cash).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Joe Linsalata.  T–3:18.  A–8,549.
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