Washington Senators vs Minnesota Twins
September 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 4, Minnesota Twins 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 3b 5 0 1 0
Cottier 2b 5 0 0 0
Hinton lf 4 1 3 0
Green rf 5 1 1 0
  King rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 2 2 1
Tasby cf 4 0 2 1
Zipfel 1b 3 0 0 1
Daley c 2 0 1 0
Donovan p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 4 0 0 0
Martin 2b 3 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0
Altobelli lf 3 1 1 1
Allison rf 3 0 0 0
Naragon c 3 0 0 0
Tuttle 3b 3 0 0 0
Versalles ss 3 0 0 0
Kaat p 1 0 0 0
  Dobbek ph 1 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Becquer ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 1 1
Washington 000 201 0104101
Minnesota 000 000 100112
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  W (10-9) 9.0 1 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (9-16) 6.0 7 3 3 3 5
  Stange   2.0 2 1 0 1 2
  Moore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
4
7

  E–Martin (15), Versalles (26).  DP–Washington 1, Minnesota 2.  3B–Washington Hinton (4,off Stange).  HR–Minnesota Altobelli (3,7th inning off Donovan 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Zipfel (2,off Kaat).  IBB–Daley (3,by Kaat).  Team LOB–9.  Team–2.  IBB–Kaat (2,Daley).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:20.  A–10,975.
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