Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
July 3, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 3 2 0
Fox 2b 4 0 2 2
Landis cf 5 0 1 2
Sievers 1b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 1 2 0
Smith rf 5 0 0 0
Martin 3b 3 0 0 0
Lollar c 5 0 1 1
  Carreon pr 0 0 0 0
Herbert p 2 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 1 1 1 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 1 1 0
  Hacker p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 4 2 2 0
Martin 2b 4 1 2 1
Killebrew 1b 4 1 0 0
Allison rf 4 1 1 4
Lemon lf 4 1 1 1
  Valdivielso 3b 0 0 0 0
Battey c 4 1 1 1
Green cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Tuttle 3b,cf 2 0 1 0
Pascual p 3 0 0 0
  McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
  Ramos p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Chicago 000 010 2216112
Minnesota 011 001 40x793
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert   6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Lown  L (5-3) 1.0 2 4 0 1 1
  Hacker   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
7
3
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  W (6-10) 7.2 9 5 4 4 9
  McDevitt   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ramos  SV (2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
4
10

  E–Fox (7), Smith (5), Battey (4), Tuttle 2 (7).  2B–Chicago Aparicio (14,off Pascual).  3B–Minnesota Martin (3,off Herbert).  HR–Minnesota Battey (6,2nd inning off Herbert 0 on, 1 out); Lemon (7,6th inning off Herbert 0 on, 1 out); Allison (15,7th inning off Lown 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Fox (6,by McDevitt); Minoso (9,by Ramos).  Team LOB–12.  Team–5.  SB–Aparicio 2 (26,3rd base off Pascual/Battey,2nd base off Pascual/Battey); Minoso (5,2nd base off Ramos/Battey); Green (7,2nd base off Herbert/Lollar).  HBP–McDevitt (5,Fox); Ramos (2,Minoso).  U-HP–Al Smith, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:47.  A–30,392.
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