Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
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 Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 0 0 0
  Alusik ph 0 0 0 0
  Bertoia pr 0 0 0 0
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 3 1
Colavito lf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Boros 3b 3 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Roarke c 2 0 0 0
  Morton ph 0 0 0 0
  House c 0 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph 1 1 1 0
Foytack p 2 0 1 0
  Montejo p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Nischwitz p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
  Snyder lf 0 0 0 0
Brandt cf 3 1 1 1
Gentile 1b 4 2 2 0
Herzog rf 1 0 0 1
  Robinson E. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 2 2 0
Lau c 4 1 2 3
Adair 2b 3 0 0 0
Fisher p 1 0 0 1
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 7 6
Detroit 100 100 001390
Baltimore 000 402 00x671
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  L (10-9) 5.1 7 6 6 3 5
  Montejo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Nischwitz   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
3
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (9-11) 8.1 9 3 2 5 8
  Wilhelm  SV (15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
5
9

  E–Gentile (12).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Detroit Kaline 2 (35,off Fisher 2); McAuliffe (11,off Fisher), Baltimore Gentile (22,off Foytack).  3B–Baltimore Gentile (2,off Foytack).  HR–Detroit Cash (34,4th inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Brandt (14,4th inning off Foytack 0 on, 1 out); Lau (1,4th inning off Foytack 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Herzog (1,off Foytack).  HBP–Adair (2,by Montejo); Fisher (1,by Montejo).  Team–5.  HBP–Montejo 2 (2,Adair,Fisher).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Joe Linsalata.  T–2:34.
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