Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
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 Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 5 1 2 0
Herzog lf 4 1 3 3
  Busby cf 0 0 0 0
Brandt cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 2 0 0 0
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Robinson E. rf 4 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 0 0 0
Adair 2b 4 1 2 0
Fisher p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 0 1 0
McAuliffe 3b 3 0 0 0
Kaline cf 4 0 2 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 4 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Roarke c 2 1 1 1
  Alusik ph 1 0 0 0
Foytack p 2 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 1 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Bruton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
Baltimore 200 000 100382
Detroit 010 000 000150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (6-11) 9.0 5 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  L (7-8) 7.0 7 3 3 4 1
  Staley   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
4

  E–Gentile (11), Fisher (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Osborne (5,off Fisher).  HR–Baltimore Herzog (4,1st inning off Foytack 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Roarke (2,2nd inning off Fisher 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Fisher (4,off Foytack).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  WP–Fisher (7).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Sam Carrigan.  T–2:17.  A–24,241.
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