Washington Senators vs Minnesota Twins
July 26, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 9, Minnesota Twins 10

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Keough cf 4 0 3 2
Johnson ss 5 0 0 0
Zipfel 1b 5 1 1 0
King lf 4 1 1 0
  Tasby ph 0 1 0 0
Woodling rf 5 1 2 1
  Veal pr 0 0 0 0
Klaus 3b 4 1 1 3
  O'Connell ph 1 0 1 1
Daley c 4 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
Cottier 2b 4 2 1 1
Daniels p 2 1 2 1
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 0 1 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Bright ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 12 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 5 1 1 1
Green cf,lf 5 1 3 4
Killebrew 1b,3b 5 0 1 1
Allison rf 3 0 0 0
Lemon lf 2 1 0 0
  Pleis p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Naragon c 4 2 3 0
Lepcio 2b 3 2 1 3
Tuttle 3b,cf 4 1 1 0
Pascual p 1 1 0 0
  McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
  Cueto p 0 0 0 0
  Becquer ph,1b 2 1 1 1
Totals 35 10 11 10
Washington 000 025 1019120
Minnesota 030 034 00x10111
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels   4.1 5 6 6 2 1
  Garcia   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Sisler  L (2-5) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Klippstein   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Burnside   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual   5.2 7 6 6 2 5
  McDevitt   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Cueto  W (1-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Pleis   2.1 4 2 2 1 2
  Moore  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
4
9

  E–Pleis (1).  2B–Washington Keough (12,off Pascual); King (10,off Pascual); Zipfel (1,off Pleis), Minnesota Versalles (17,off Daniels); Naragon (1,off Sisler); Killebrew (12,off Sisler).  3B–Washington Keough (6,off McDevitt).  HR–Washington Cottier (2,5th inning off Pascual 0 on, 1 out); Daniels (2,5th inning off Pascual 0 on, 1 out); Klaus (7,6th inning off Pascual 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Lepcio (5,2nd inning off Daniels 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  SB–Keough (8,2nd base off Pascual/Naragon); Green (11,2nd base off Garcia/Daley).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:07.  A–18,658.
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