New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Angels
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 Wrigley Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 8, Los Angeles Angels 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 6 0 1 1
Gardner 3b 6 1 0 0
Maris rf 3 3 1 1
Mantle cf 4 1 1 0
Berra lf 6 0 1 0
Howard c 4 2 2 1
Skowron 1b 3 1 3 4
Boyer ss 5 0 1 0
Ford p 1 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Reniff p 0 0 0 0
  Kubek ph 1 0 0 0
  Sheldon p 0 0 0 0
  Blanchard ph 0 0 0 0
  DeMaestri pr 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 10 7
Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pearson rf 4 2 1 1
Koppe ss 5 0 2 1
Thomas G. lf 6 0 1 1
Bilko 1b 1 1 0 1
  Thomas L. ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Averill c 4 0 1 0
Hunt cf 4 0 1 0
Yost 3b 2 1 0 0
Moran 2b 3 1 2 2
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 2b 1 0 0 0
Duren p 1 1 0 0
  Grba p 1 0 0 0
  Rice ph 1 0 0 0
  Donohue p 0 0 0 0
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Sadowski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
New York 000 104 010 28100
Los Angeles 011 400 000 0681
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford   4.0 6 6 6 6 2
  Reniff   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sheldon   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Arroyo  W (11-3) 3.0 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
10.0
8
6
6
12
8
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Duren   5.1 4 5 5 4 8
  Grba   2.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Donohue  L (4-6) 1.2 3 2 2 2 1
  Moeller   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
8
8
8
10

  E–Bridges (5).  2B–New York Boyer (14,off Grba); Skowron (18,off Grba); Mantle (14,off Donohue).  3B–New York Maris (3,off Donohue), Los Angeles Moran (1,off Ford).  HR–New York Skowron (22,6th inning off Duren 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Howard (3,by Duren).  IBB–Blanchard (9,by Grba); Skowron (5,by Donohue).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Averill (1,off Arroyo).  Team–12.  SB–Berra (2,2nd base off Duren/Averill); Hunt (7,2nd base off Reniff/Howard).  CS–Hunt (2,Home by Reniff/Howard).  WP–Reniff (2), Arroyo (3), Moeller (4).  HBP–Duren (3,Howard).  IBB–Grba (8,Blanchard); Donohue (6,Skowron).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Al Smith.  T–3:43.  A–19,773.
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