Kansas City Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels
July 4, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Los Angeles Angels defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Athletics 5, Los Angeles Angels 7

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 2 1 0
Hankins cf 5 0 0 0
Stephens rf 4 2 3 2
Siebern 1b 4 1 3 3
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 4 0 1 0
Causey 3b 4 0 2 0
Nuxhall p 2 0 0 0
  Rakow p 0 0 0 0
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pearson rf 4 0 2 1
Koppe ss 4 1 3 1
Hunt cf 5 1 2 1
Bilko 1b 3 1 2 1
Thomas G. lf 2 0 0 0
  Thomas L. ph,lf 2 1 0 0
Yost 3b 4 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 1 0
Bridges 2b 4 1 3 3
McBride p 1 1 1 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 1 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 14 7
Kansas City 301 000 0015100
Los Angeles 001 000 60x7140
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall   4.0 6 1 1 3 3
  Rakow  L (1-3) 2.0 4 4 4 2 2
  Kunkel   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Staley   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
6
5
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McBride   4.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Moeller   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Morgan  W (2-1) 2.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Fowler  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Stephens (5,off McBride), Los Angeles McBride (2,off Nuxhall); Hunt (16,off Rakow).  HR–Kansas City Siebern (10,1st inning off McBride 1 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Bridges (1,7th inning off Kunkel 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Rakow (1,off Moeller); Yost (2,off Kunkel).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  SB–Howser 2 (23,2nd base off McBride/Rice,3rd base off McBride/Rice); Stephens (2,2nd base off McBride/Rice).  CS–Siebern (3,2nd base by Morgan/Rice).  U-HP–Joe Linsalata, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:35.  A–12,871.
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