Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 29, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1961 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Robinson rf 4 1 0 0
Fox 2b 5 1 1 1
Landis cf 4 0 2 0
Sievers 1b 5 0 1 2
  Martin 1b 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 2 0 0 0
  Carey pr,3b 2 0 0 0
Smith 3b,lf 4 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Lollar c 3 0 1 0
Herbert p 4 2 2 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 0 1 0
Bruton cf 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Colavito lf 4 2 3 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
McAuliffe 3b,ss 2 1 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 3 2
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Bertoia 3b 0 0 0 0
Roarke c 3 0 1 1
  Alusik ph 1 0 1 0
  Morton pr 0 0 0 0
Lary p 3 0 1 0
  Osborne ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Chicago 000 030 100480
Detroit 000 201 0003103
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  W (9-12) 7.1 9 3 3 1 4
  Lown  SV (9) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  L (19-7) 9.0 8 4 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
3

  E–Cash (10), McAuliffe (13), Fernandez (22).  2B–Chicago Fox (10,off Lary), Detroit Roarke (6,off Herbert); Colavito (27,off Herbert).  3B–Detroit Fernandez (4,off Herbert).  IBB–Lollar (10,by Lary).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Osborne (1,off Lown).  Team–8.  SB–Landis (17,2nd base off Lary/Roarke); Aparicio (43,2nd base off Lary/Roarke).  CS–Wood (7,2nd base by Herbert/Lollar).  IBB–Lary (2,Lollar).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:31.  A–47,830.
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