Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 4, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1961 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Boston Red Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 1 3 0
Piersall cf 4 2 1 0
Francona lf 5 0 1 1
Kirkland rf 5 3 3 2
Power 1b 4 1 2 1
Held ss 4 0 2 1
Romano c 5 0 1 1
Phillips 3b 4 0 2 0
Grant p 4 0 0 0
  Funk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 0 1 0
Geiger cf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 2 0
Malzone 3b 2 1 1 2
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 1 0
Green ss 4 0 1 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 1 0
Delock p 1 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  Muffett p 1 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland 102 000 0137150
Boston 010 000 010273
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  W (14-8) 7.2 6 2 2 5 8
  Funk  SV (10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  L (6-8) 4.0 8 3 3 0 1
  Muffett   5.0 7 4 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
1
4

  E–Malzone 2 (20), Green (10).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Power (29,off Delock); Piersall (24,off Delock); Kirkland (22,off Muffett).  3B–Boston Yastrzemski (5,off Grant).  HR–Boston Malzone (13,2nd inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Power (8,off Muffett); Piersall (4,off Muffett).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Malzone (6,off Grant).  Team–10.  SB–Kirkland (7,2nd base off Delock/Pagliaroni); Temple (9,2nd base off Muffett/Pagliaroni).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Sam Carrigan, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:23.  A–12,908.
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