Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
September 8, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1961 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Hinton lf 4 1 2 0
Brinkman 3b 3 0 0 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
Green rf 3 0 2 0
  Gabler pr 0 0 0 0
  King rf 0 0 0 0
Bright c 4 0 0 0
Tasby cf 3 0 1 0
Cottier 2b 3 0 0 0
Keough 1b 3 0 1 0
Burnside p 3 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
  Breeding pr 0 1 0 0
Brandt cf 4 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 4 1 1 1
Triandos c 4 0 1 0
Robinson E. rf 2 0 0 0
  Herzog ph 1 0 1 1
Hansen ss 2 0 0 0
Adair 2b 2 0 0 0
Barber p 1 0 0 0
  Philley ph 0 0 0 0
  Snyder pr 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Washington 000 100 000161
Baltimore 000 000 002260
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Burnside  L (1-8) 8.0 5 2 1 3 2
  Sisler   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
2
1
3
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber   8.0 5 1 1 4 3
  Wilhelm  W (9-7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
5

  E–Brinkman (1).  DP–Baltimore 2.  PB–Triandos (21).  2B–Washington Hinton (9,off Barber).  IBB–Green (5,by Barber).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Barber (9,off Burnside); Hansen (3,off Burnside).  Team–6.  SB–Gabler (1,2nd base off Wilhelm/Triandos).  CS–Tasby (11,2nd base by Barber/Triandos); Williams (4,2nd base by Burnside/Bright); E Robinson (3,2nd base by Burnside/Bright).  IBB–Barber (4,Green).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Sam Carrigan, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:22.
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