Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
August 11, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 1 1 0
Hardy cf 5 0 2 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 5 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 1 0
  Runnels ph 1 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 5 1 3 0
Buddin ss 4 0 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 1 0 0 0
Nichols p 2 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Breeding 2b 5 2 3 1
Robinson E. rf 3 1 1 1
Brandt cf,lf,cf 3 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 4 1 1 1
Triandos c 3 0 1 2
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 1 2 0
  Busby cf 0 0 0 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 0 1 0
Hoeft p 2 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 0 0
  Estrada p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Boston 001 000 0203100
Baltimore 200 102 10x6120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nichols  L (2-2) 5.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Muffett   2.0 5 3 3 0 3
  Fornieles   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W (2-3) 6.0 6 1 1 4 5
  Estrada   1.1 2 2 2 3 0
  Stock  SV (1) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Boston Hardy (15,off Hoeft); Buddin (19,off Estrada), Baltimore Breeding (7,off Muffett).  3B–Boston Malzone (4,off Hoeft), Baltimore Williams (2,off Muffett).  HR–Baltimore B Robinson (3,4th inning off Nichols 0 on, 0 out); Gentile (33,7th inning off Muffett 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Brandt (1,off Nichols).  Team–9.  SB–E Robinson (3,2nd base off Muffett/Pagliaroni).  WP–Hoeft (3), Estrada (7).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:47.  A–24,076.
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