Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
August 23, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1961 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 9

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 3b 4 0 1 1
Johnson ss 4 1 2 1
Woodling lf 4 1 1 1
King rf 3 0 0 0
Zipfel 1b 4 0 0 0
Tasby cf 4 0 1 0
Cottier 2b 4 1 1 0
Daley c 4 1 2 0
McClain p 2 0 0 0
  Keough ph 0 0 0 0
  Kutyna p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 0 0 0
Geiger cf 4 1 1 2
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 0
Wertz 1b 2 0 1 1
  Runnels ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 3 1
Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 0
Jensen rf 4 1 1 3
Green ss 3 2 1 0
Monbouquette p 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 9 11 7
Washington 000 200 101483
Boston 100 020 24x9111
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McClain   6.0 7 3 2 1 4
  Kutyna  L (6-6) 2.0 4 6 6 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  W (9-12) 9.0 8 4 4 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
4

  E–Malzone (18).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Washington Daley 2 (6,off Monbouquette 2), Boston Yastrzemski (21,off McClain); Wertz (16,off McClain); Green (8,off McClain).  HR–Washington Johnson (4,4th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 0 out); Woodling (10,4th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 0 out), Boston Geiger (17,7th inning off Kutyna 1 on, 2 out); Jensen (10,8th inning off Kutyna 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Long (5,off Monbouquette).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Monbouquette (11,off Kutyna).  Team–4.  SB–Runnels (4,2nd base off Kutyna/Daley).  WP–McClain (3).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:25.  A–5,316.
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