Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
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 Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green 2b 4 0 1 0
Geiger cf 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 1 2 1
Runnels 1b 2 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 1 0
Nixon c 4 0 1 0
Buddin ss 4 0 0 0
Conley p 2 1 1 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson 3b 4 2 2 1
Snyder lf 3 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 0 0
  Busby cf 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Brandt cf,lf,cf 4 2 2 3
Gentile 1b 4 1 2 3
Triandos c 5 0 2 1
Herzog rf 3 0 0 0
Hansen ss 3 0 1 0
Breeding 2b 4 1 1 0
Fisher p 2 2 1 0
Totals 33 9 11 8
Boston 000 011 000262
Baltimore 100 030 05x9112
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  L (4-10) 7.0 8 4 4 3 5
  Fornieles   1.0 3 5 5 4 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
7
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (4-9) 9.0 6 2 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
4

  E–Yastrzemski (4), Nixon (5), Snyder (4), Triandos (6).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Boston Jensen (14,off Fisher), Baltimore B Robinson 2 (24,off Conley,off Fornieles).  HR–Baltimore Gentile (28,5th inning off Conley 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–B Robinson (7,off Conley); Fisher (3,off Conley).  Team–9.  SB–Breeding 2 (4,2nd base off Conley/Nixon,2nd base off Fornieles/Nixon).  WP–Fornieles (3).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:42.  A–14,950.
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