Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 10, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1961 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 0, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 0 3 0
  Grant pr 0 0 0 0
Francona lf 4 0 1 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Kirkland rf 3 0 0 0
Romano c 3 0 0 0
Held ss 3 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 0 0
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Boros 3b 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Colavito lf 2 1 1 1
Cash 1b 3 1 1 1
Wood 2b 3 0 0 0
Brown c 3 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 1 0
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Cleveland 000 000 000050
Detroit 000 000 20x241
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (4-5) 8.0 4 2 2 1 5
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (5-5) 8.2 5 0 0 0 5
  Fischer  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
5

  E–Fernandez (13).  DP–Detroit 2.  HR–Detroit Colavito (16,7th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out); Cash (14,7th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out).  Team–3.  SB–Bruton (6,2nd base off Bell/Romano).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Harry Schwarts, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:13.  A–21,124.
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