Los Angeles Angels vs Boston Red Sox
August 3, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1961 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels 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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Los Angeles Angels 0, Boston Red Sox 4

Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pearson cf 4 0 1 0
Koppe ss 4 0 2 0
Thomas L. rf 4 0 0 0
Wagner lf 3 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 3 0 0 0
Thomas G. 3b 2 0 0 0
Sadowski c 3 0 0 0
Moran 2b 2 0 0 0
McBride p 2 0 0 0
  Duren p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 3 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 0 0 1
Geiger cf 2 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 1 0
Wertz 1b 3 0 2 0
  Harrell pr 0 1 0 0
  Runnels 1b 0 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 1 0
Nixon c 4 1 3 1
Hardy rf 3 1 1 1
Buddin ss 3 0 0 0
Schwall p 3 0 0 1
Totals 32 4 9 4
Los Angeles 000 000 000032
Boston 000 000 04x491
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McBride  L (9-7) 7.0 9 4 4 4 5
  Duren   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
  James   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
7
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schwall  W (12-2) 9.0 3 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
6

  E–Bilko (5), G Thomas (6), Buddin (19).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Boston 3.  2B–Boston Wertz (13,off McBride).  SH–McBride (2,off Schwall).  Team LOB–4.  Team–11.  SB–Hardy (3,2nd base off McBride/Sadowski).  CS–Geiger (3,2nd base by McBride/Sadowski).  U-HP–Harry Schwarts, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:22.  A–12,057.
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