Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 2, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1961 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 5 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 0 2 0
Kaline rf 3 1 2 1
Colavito lf 3 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Boros 3b 3 0 0 1
Wood 2b 4 0 0 0
Roarke c 3 1 1 0
Regan p 1 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Morton ph 1 0 1 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 3 1
Snyder lf 3 1 1 0
  Busby ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Brandt cf,lf 2 1 0 0
Gentile 1b 3 1 1 4
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Robinson E. rf 4 1 1 1
Hansen ss 3 0 1 0
Breeding 2b 4 1 1 0
Estrada p 2 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Detroit 000 200 100381
Baltimore 004 101 00x680
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Regan  L (7-4) 4.0 6 5 5 2 1
  Woodeshick   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Aguirre   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Estrada  W (6-5) 6.2 8 3 3 2 2
  Hoeft  SV (2) 2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
2

  E–Roarke (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Colavito (18,off Estrada); Cash (9,off Estrada).  HR–Detroit Kaline (9,4th inning off Estrada 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Gentile (21,3rd inning off Regan 3 on, 1 out); E Robinson (3,6th inning off Woodeshick 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Boros (6,off Estrada).  HBP–Bruton (1,by Estrada); Kaline (3,by Estrada).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Estrada (4,off Regan).  Team–6.  SB–Breeding (1,2nd base off Woodeshick/Roarke).  HBP–Estrada 2 (8,Bruton,Kaline).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Sam Carrigan.  T–2:36.  A–11,115.
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