Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 3, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 0 2 2
Bruton cf 4 2 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 2 0
Colavito lf 4 0 1 1
Cash 1b 4 1 2 1
McAuliffe 3b 3 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Roarke c 2 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown c 1 0 0 0
  Bertoia pr 0 1 0 0
  House c 0 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Morton ph 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 4 0 2 1
Kubek ss 4 0 0 0
Maris rf 4 1 1 0
Mantle cf 4 2 2 3
Berra lf 4 2 3 1
Blanchard c 2 0 0 0
  Tresh pr 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 3 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Stafford p 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph,c 2 1 1 3
Totals 32 8 10 8
Detroit 100 001 012590
New York 300 010 0048101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   6.0 6 4 4 0 7
  Regan   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Fox   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Staley  L (2-5) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Kline   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.2
10
8
8
2
10
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stafford   7.0 6 2 2 2 1
  Arroyo  W (13-3) 2.0 3 3 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
4
3

  E–Skowron (6).  DP–Detroit 1, New York 2.  2B–Detroit Cash (22,off Stafford).  HR–Detroit Cash (33,6th inning off Stafford 0 on, 2 out), New York Mantle 2 (50,1st inning off Bunning 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Staley 0 on, 0 out); Berra (19,1st inning off Bunning 0 on, 2 out); Howard (15,9th inning off Kline 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Morton (1,by Arroyo); Skowron (6,by Kline).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Stafford (3,off Bunning); Arroyo (3,off Kline).  Team–2.  SB–Bruton (22,2nd base off Stafford/Blanchard).  CS–Richardson (5,2nd base by Bunning/Roarke).  IBB–Kline (6,Skowron); Arroyo (7,Morton).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:42.  A–55,676.
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