Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
September 25, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Athletics 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 2 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 1 1
  Bertoia pr 0 1 0 0
  McAuliffe ss 0 0 0 0
Bruton cf 5 1 2 1
Morton rf 5 0 2 1
Colavito lf 5 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Boros 3b 4 2 1 0
Wood 2b 4 1 2 2
Brown c 5 0 1 0
Mossi p 2 0 0 0
  Alusik ph 1 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 1 1
  Lary pr 0 1 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 15 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 1 2 0
Del Greco cf 4 1 2 0
Lumpe 2b 4 1 1 1
Siebern 1b 4 1 3 2
Johnson lf,3b 3 0 0 0
Posada rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Causey 3b 1 0 1 0
  Cipriani rf 2 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
Archer p 2 0 0 0
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Rakow p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera ph 1 0 1 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 3
Detroit 010 000 0506150
Kansas City 000 300 0104100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi   6.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Aguirre  W (4-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Staley  SV (4) 2.0 2 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Archer  L (9-14) 7.2 10 4 4 2 4
  Kunkel   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Rakow   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 4.  PB–Brown (6).  2B–Detroit Fernandez (15,off Archer); Boros (18,off Archer); Bruton (13,off Kunkel), Kansas City Del Greco (13,off Mossi).  3B–Detroit Wood (13,off Archer); Kaline (7,off Archer).  HR–Kansas City Siebern (18,4th inning off Mossi 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cash (9,by Archer).  Team LOB–12.  SH–D Johnson (1,off Aguirre).  Team–2.  CS–Howser (11,2nd base by Mossi/Brown).  WP–Staley (4).  HBP–Archer (5,Cash).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:26.
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