Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
June 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 5 0 2 1
Williams lf 5 0 0 0
Brandt cf 4 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 4 1 1 0
Triandos c 4 1 1 0
Hansen ss 4 0 0 0
Robinson E. rf 4 2 3 3
Adair 2b 3 0 1 0
Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Martin 2b 3 1 1 0
Green cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 1 2 2
Lemon lf 2 1 0 0
  Tuttle cf 0 0 0 0
Allison 1b 4 1 2 0
Dobbek rf 4 0 0 0
Battey c 4 0 2 1
Valdivielso ss 4 0 1 1
Kralick p 3 0 1 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
  Becquer ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 5 10 5
Baltimore 001 000 003490
Minnesota 200 100 0115102
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   4.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Fisher  L (2-8) 4.0 5 2 2 1 4
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kralick   8.1 8 4 4 1 4
  Stobbs  W (1-2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
5

  E–Killebrew (11), Tuttle (4).  2B–Baltimore E Robinson (1,off Kralick), Minnesota Battey (9,off Fisher).  HR–Baltimore E Robinson (1,9th inning off Kralick 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Killebrew (17,1st inning off Brown 1 on, 1 out); Becquer (2,9th inning off Fisher 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Martin (1,off Fisher).  Team–7.  SB–E Robinson (2,3rd base off Kralick/Battey); Adair (3,2nd base off Kralick/Battey).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:22.  A–17,851.
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