Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 17, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 1 2 0
Geiger cf 6 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 6 1 1 1
Wertz 1b 3 0 0 0
  Runnels 1b 2 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 6 0 0 0
Nixon c 6 0 3 1
Jensen rf 5 0 3 0
Buddin ss 4 0 1 0
  Green ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Delock p 4 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 2 0 0 0
Totals 51 3 11 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Aspromonte 2b 6 0 0 1
Piersall cf 5 0 0 0
Francona lf 6 0 1 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 1 0
Phillips 3b 6 1 3 0
Romano c 6 1 2 2
Power 1b 5 0 3 0
Held ss 4 1 2 1
Hawkins p 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Bond ph 1 0 0 0
  Dailey p 1 0 0 0
  Dillard ph 0 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 12 4
Boston 000 000 030 000 003110
Cleveland 000 000 012 000 014120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock   8.2 7 3 3 2 1
  Fornieles  L (6-7) 5.0 5 1 1 3 3
Totals
13.2
12
4
4
5
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   7.0 7 3 3 4 4
  Allen   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Dailey   4.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Locke  W (4-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
14.0
11
3
3
5
9

  E–None.  DP–Boston 4, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Kirkland (20,off Delock); Power (26,off Delock); Phillips (22,off Fornieles).  3B–Boston Geiger (5,off Hawkins).  HR–Cleveland Held (15,8th inning off Delock 0 on, 0 out); Romano (17,9th inning off Delock 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Hawkins (2,off Delock); Held (3,off Fornieles); Power (7,off Fornieles).  IBB–Dillard (1,by Fornieles); Held (7,by Fornieles).  Team–10.  SB–Jensen (8,2nd base off Hawkins/Romano); Buddin (2,2nd base off Hawkins/Romano).  CS–Schilling (4,2nd base by Hawkins/Romano).  IBB–Fornieles 2 (6,Dillard,Held).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:36.  A–4,456.
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