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 Kansas City Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 10, Boston Red Sox 6

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 0 1 2
Hankins cf 5 1 0 0
Pilarcik rf 3 1 0 0
Siebern lf 2 2 2 1
  Posada pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Klimchock 1b 3 1 1 3
  Pignatano ph,c 1 0 1 0
Sullivan c,1b 4 2 1 1
Bertoia 3b 4 1 0 0
Causey 2b 3 1 1 0
Nuxhall p 3 0 2 2
  Kunkel p 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 10 9 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 1 1 0
Hardy cf,lf 5 2 3 2
Jensen rf 3 0 1 0
Malzone 3b 5 1 1 2
Repulski lf 4 0 1 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
  Yastrzemski ph 1 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 4 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 2 0 0 1
  Geiger cf 1 0 0 0
Buddin ss 4 1 1 0
Brewer p 2 1 1 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
  Wertz ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 5
Kansas City 100 151 2001092
Boston 210 003 000693
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  W (4-1) 5.1 8 6 3 5 1
  Kunkel  SV (3) 3.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
3
5
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer   4.0 3 3 2 5 1
  Hillman  L (2-2) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Muffett   2.0 2 2 1 0 1
  Wills   3.0 1 2 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
10
6
7
4

  E–Bertoia (10), Causey (3), Schilling (3), Malzone (5), Runnels (4).  2B–Boston Hardy (5,off Nuxhall).  3B–Kansas City Klimchock (1,off Hillman), Boston Brewer (1,off Nuxhall).  HR–Kansas City Siebern (6,6th inning off Muffett 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bertoia (3,off Muffett); Causey (3,off Muffett); Kunkel (1,off Wills).  SF–Klimchock (1,off Brewer); Howser (2,off Wills).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:52.  A–4,356.
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