Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
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 Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 1, Detroit Tigers 2

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Keough cf 4 0 0 1
Klaus 3b 4 0 0 0
Zipfel 1b 4 0 1 0
Woodling rf 4 0 0 0
King lf 3 0 1 0
Green c 3 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 1 1 0
Cottier 2b 1 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Connell 2b 0 0 0 0
Daniels p 1 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 1 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 1 2 0
Bruton cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Colavito lf 4 1 2 2
Cash 1b 3 0 1 0
Osborne 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bertoia 3b 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Roarke c 1 0 1 0
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Washington 001 000 000140
Detroit 100 100 00x280
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels  L (6-6) 7.0 7 2 2 4 4
  Klippstein   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (12-8) 9.0 4 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Washington 2, Detroit 1.  3B–Detroit Fernandez (1,off Daniels).  HR–Detroit Colavito (30,4th inning off Daniels 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Daniels (3,off Bunning).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Roarke (2,by Daniels).  Team–8.  IBB–Daniels (4,Roarke).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:04.  A–8,991.
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