Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
July 13, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Minnesota Twins 9, Cleveland Indians 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Martin 2b 5 1 2 0
Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 2
Allison rf 2 1 0 0
Lemon lf 4 2 1 1
  Tuttle cf 0 0 0 0
Battey c 4 1 0 1
Lepcio 3b 4 1 1 4
Valdivielso ss 3 0 1 0
Ramos p 4 1 1 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 8 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 1
Piersall cf 5 0 2 0
Francona lf 5 1 0 0
Phillips 3b 4 1 1 0
Kirkland rf 3 1 1 2
Romano c 0 0 0 0
  Thomas c 4 1 2 1
Power 1b 4 1 1 0
de la Hoz ss 3 1 2 1
Grant p 3 0 2 1
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Minnesota 510 000 012980
Cleveland 012 110 0106111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos  W (6-10) 7.1 10 6 6 2 3
  Moore  SV (5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  L (8-3) 8.0 6 7 2 6 4
  Schaffernoth   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
9
4
8
4

  E–de la Hoz (5).  DP–Minnesota 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Minnesota Ramos (1,off Grant); Valdivielso (3,off Grant), Cleveland de la Hoz (5,off Ramos); Phillips (17,off Ramos); Thomas (1,off Ramos).  HR–Minnesota Lepcio (3,1st inning off Grant 3 on, 2 out); Lemon (10,8th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out); Killebrew (27,9th inning off Schaffernoth 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Kirkland (15,3rd inning off Ramos 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Temple (1,off Ramos).  Team–6.  CS–Allison (5,2nd base by Schaffernoth/Thomas).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:44.  A–3,491.
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