Baltimore Orioles vs Los Angeles Angels
August 28, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Angels 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 8, Los Angeles Angels 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 5 2 2 0
Robinson E. rf 4 1 0 0
Brandt lf,cf 5 2 2 1
Gentile 1b 4 1 1 3
Hansen ss 5 1 4 4
Foiles c 3 0 0 0
  Lau c 0 0 0 0
Busby cf 0 0 0 0
  Herzog ph,lf 4 0 1 0
Adair 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown p 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 11 8
Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pearson rf 3 0 1 0
Koppe ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas L. 1b 4 0 0 0
Wagner lf 3 1 2 0
Thomas G. 3b 4 0 1 0
Hunt cf 4 0 0 1
Rice c 2 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
Bridges 2b 3 0 0 0
Bowsfield p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Baltimore 220 202 0008111
Los Angeles 000 100 000152
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (10-4) 9.0 5 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
4
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Bowsfield  L (9-6) 1.2 6 4 4 3 2
  James   3.1 1 2 1 2 3
  Fowler   2.0 3 2 2 0 4
  Moeller   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
6
10

  E–Foiles (1), Pearson (8), L Thomas (9).  DP–Baltimore 2.  PB–Foiles (4).  2B–Baltimore B Robinson (29,off Bowsfield), Los Angeles G Thomas (6,off Brown); Wagner (15,off Brown).  3B–Baltimore B Robinson (5,off Bowsfield).  HR–Baltimore Gentile (40,4th inning off James 1 on, 0 out); Hansen (10,6th inning off Fowler 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Brown (3,off James).  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:27.  A–3,472.
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