Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 4, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1961 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 1 0 0 0
  Valdivielso ss 3 2 2 1
Green lf 3 1 2 0
Becquer 1b 4 1 1 3
Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0
Allison rf 4 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0
Naragon c 4 0 1 0
Martin 2b 3 0 1 0
Pascual p 2 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Palmquist p 0 0 0 0
  Sadowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 2 2 2
Bruton cf 5 1 3 1
Kaline rf 3 1 0 0
Colavito lf 5 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 3 2
Boros 3b 3 1 0 0
Brown c 3 1 1 2
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Lary p 4 1 2 0
Totals 35 10 14 8
Minnesota 000 100 003492
Detroit 110 002 15x10141
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  L (4-6) 7.0 9 5 4 3 2
  Palmquist   0.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Sadowski   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
4
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (8-3) 9.0 9 4 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
1
4

  E–Allison (4), Naragon (1), Boros (7).  DP–Minnesota 2, Detroit 1.  PB–Naragon (1).  2B–Minnesota Allison (6,off Lary), Detroit Bruton (8,off Palmquist).  HR–Minnesota Valdivielso (1,9th inning off Lary 0 on, 0 out); Becquer (1,9th inning off Lary 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Cash (12,2nd inning off Pascual 0 on, 0 out); Bruton (4,7th inning off Pascual 0 on, 1 out); Brown (9,8th inning off Palmquist 1 on, 1 out); Fernandez (2,8th inning off Palmquist 0 on, 1 out); Wood (5,8th inning off Palmquist 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Kaline (2,by Pascual).  Team–6.  CS–Tuttle (1,2nd base by Lary/Brown).  SB–Boros (2,2nd base off Palmquist/Naragon).  HBP–Pascual (1,Kaline).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:36.
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