Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
June 6, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 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."

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Kansas City Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 1 2 0
Lumpe 2b 5 1 0 0
Klimchock lf 4 0 0 0
  Pilarcik rf 1 0 0 0
Siebern 1b 2 1 1 2
Throneberry rf 3 0 1 0
  Hankins cf 0 0 0 0
Pignatano c 4 0 0 0
Posada cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Bertoia 3b 3 0 1 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Carey 3b 0 0 0 0
Walker p 3 0 1 0
  Archer p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen ph 1 0 0 0
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 1 2 1
Geiger cf 1 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0
  Hardy ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 3 2 1 2
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 1 1
Buddin ss 2 1 0 0
Monbouquette p 2 0 0 0
  Runnels ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 5 5
Kansas City 000 030 000360
Boston 000 100 40x552
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Walker   6.1 3 3 3 7 3
  Archer  L (2-1) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Kunkel   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
7
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  W (5-5) 7.0 6 3 0 4 3
  Stallard  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
0
5
3

  E–Wertz (2), Buddin (8).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Howser (14,off Monbouquette), Boston Schilling (8,off Walker).  HR–Kansas City Siebern (7,5th inning off Monbouquette 1 on, 2 out), Boston Wertz (6,7th inning off Archer 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Buddin (2,by Walker).  Team–6.  SB–Howser 3 (15,2nd base off Monbouquette/Ginsberg 3).  BK–Monbouquette (1).  IBB–Walker (1,Buddin).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:28.  A–8,713.
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