Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 1, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1961 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 11, Baltimore Orioles 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 4 0 1 1
Bruton cf 5 1 0 0
Kaline rf 5 2 2 0
Colavito lf 5 2 3 1
Cash 1b 4 3 3 2
Boros 3b 4 1 1 1
Wood 2b 5 1 1 2
Roarke c 2 1 0 2
  Maxwell ph 0 0 0 0
  Virgil c 2 0 0 0
Bruce p 1 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 1 1
  Gladding p 1 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 1 0 0 0
  Fischer p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 12 10
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 6 1 2 0
Snyder rf,lf 3 1 3 0
  Busby ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Brandt cf,lf 6 1 1 1
Gentile 1b 5 3 4 4
Triandos c 5 1 2 1
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
  Throneberry ph 0 0 0 0
  Robinson E. ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Hansen ss 4 0 1 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 1 2
  Hyde p 0 0 0 0
  Herzog ph 1 0 0 0
Breeding 2b 5 0 0 0
Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Barber p 1 0 0 0
  Adair ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 47 8 17 8
Detroit 000 033 001 0411121
Baltimore 400 010 002 018172
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce   4.0 8 4 4 1 2
  Gladding   2.1 4 1 1 1 2
  Aguirre   2.1 3 2 2 2 0
  Fischer  W (2-1) 2.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
17
8
8
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   5.0 5 6 6 2 3
  Barber   2.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Stock   1.2 2 1 1 3 2
  Hyde  L (1-2) 2.0 2 4 3 2 1
Totals
11.0
12
11
10
8
8

  E–Bruce (1), Brandt (5), Hyde (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 3.  PB–Triandos (12).  2B–Detroit Cash 2 (8,off Brown 2); Osborne (4,off Brown); Kaline (17,off Stock); Colavito (17,off Hyde), Baltimore Snyder (8,off Bruce).  3B–Detroit Wood (8,off Hyde), Baltimore Busby (1,off Aguirre).  HR–Baltimore Gentile 2 (20,1st inning off Bruce 2 on, 0 out,5th inning off Gladding 0 on, 0 out); Triandos (11,11th inning off Fischer 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Kaline (2,off Hyde); Snyder (1,off Bruce).  SF–McAuliffe (1,off Brown); Roarke (1,off Barber).  HBP–McAuliffe (1,by Brown).  IBB–Maxwell (2,by Stock); Cash (12,by Hyde).  Team LOB–10.  Team–11.  CS–Snyder (2,2nd base by Gladding/Roarke).  WP–Brown (2).  HBP–Brown (1,McAuliffe).  IBB–Stock (1,Maxwell); Hyde (1,Cash).  U-HP–Sam Carrigan, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–3:25.  A–10,884.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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