Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Angels
August 25, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 12, Los Angeles Angels 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 2 2 0
Hardy rf 3 2 1 4
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 0 0
Malzone 3b 5 2 3 4
Pagliaroni c 4 1 1 0
Green ss 5 2 2 2
Runnels 1b 3 0 0 1
Geiger cf 4 1 2 1
Conley p 3 1 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 11 12
Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pearson cf 4 1 2 0
Koppe ss 2 0 0 0
  Bridges 2b 2 1 1 1
Thomas L. 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 0 0 0 0
Wagner lf 5 1 2 1
Thomas G. rf 5 1 1 2
Averill c 5 1 1 1
Satriano 3b,ss 4 1 2 0
Moran 2b,ss 3 0 3 0
  Yost pr,3b 1 0 1 1
Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  James p 1 0 0 0
  Rice ph 1 0 0 0
  Spring p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Bilko ph 1 0 0 0
  Donohue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Boston 150 300 20112110
Los Angeles 110 000 3106130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  W (8-11) 8.0 13 6 6 2 5
  Earley  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
8
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Moeller  L (4-7) 1.1 3 5 5 3 1
  James   2.2 3 4 4 4 2
  Spring   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Fowler   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Donohue   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
12
12
7
8

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Los Angeles 1.  PB–Averill (12).  2B–Boston Malzone 2 (16,off Moeller,off Fowler); Geiger 2 (18,off Moeller,off Fowler), Los Angeles Satriano (1,off Conley).  HR–Boston Green 2 (4,2nd inning off Moeller 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Donohue 0 on, 1 out); Hardy (2,2nd inning off James 3 on, 1 out); Malzone (12,4th inning off James 2 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Averill (19,2nd inning off Conley 0 on, 0 out); Bridges (2,7th inning off Conley 0 on, 1 out); G Thomas (9,7th inning off Conley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hardy (3,off Fowler); Koppe (3,off Conley).  SF–Runnels (3,off Fowler).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Hardy (4,2nd base off Moeller/Averill); Runnels (5,2nd base off James/Averill); Pearson (8,2nd base off Conley/Pagliaroni); Wagner (2,2nd base off Conley/Pagliaroni).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:35.  A–3,267.
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