Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
June 5, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1961 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Kansas City Athletics 2, Boston Red Sox 6

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 0 0 0
Pignatano c 5 1 2 0
Boyd 1b 4 0 1 1
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen ph 1 0 0 0
Siebern lf 4 1 3 0
Posada cf 4 0 0 0
Bauer rf 4 0 2 0
Bertoia 2b 2 0 1 0
  Pilarcik ph 0 0 0 1
  Causey 2b 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 0 0 0
Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph,1b,2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 0 0 0
Geiger cf 3 1 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 3 3 2 2
Jensen rf 4 2 3 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 3 2
Ginsberg c 4 0 2 1
Buddin ss 2 0 0 0
  Runnels ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrell ss 1 0 0 0
Fornieles p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 5
Kansas City 100 001 0002102
Boston 010 102 20x6120
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L (3-5) 6.0 8 4 2 2 2
  Kunkel   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
4
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fornieles  W (2-2) 9.0 10 2 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
2

  E–Howser (11), Bauer (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 1.  PB–Ginsberg (1).  2B–Kansas City Pignatano (3,off Fornieles), Boston Jensen (5,off Herbert); Geiger (6,off Kunkel).  HR–Boston Wertz (5,7th inning off Kunkel 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Herbert (2,off Fornieles).  SF–Pilarcik (1,off Fornieles).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  WP–Fornieles (2).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:12.
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