Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
September 27, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Shetrone cf 4 0 0 0
Snyder rf 4 2 2 0
Gentile 1b 1 1 1 2
  Throneberry 1b 1 0 0 0
Powell lf 4 0 1 1
  Herzog lf 0 0 0 0
Hansen ss 3 0 2 0
  Adair pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Breeding 2b 4 0 0 0
Lau c 4 0 0 0
Barber p 3 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 4 0 0 0
Lopez rf 4 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Howard c 3 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 4 0 0 0
Berra lf 2 1 1 1
  Blanchard lf 1 0 0 0
Reed cf 4 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Stafford p 1 0 0 0
  Richardson ph 1 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
  Tresh ph 1 1 1 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Baltimore 201 000 000360
New York 010 000 010260
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber  W (18-12) 8.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Hall  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stafford  L (13-9) 5.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Coates   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Arroyo   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
4

  E–None.  2B–Baltimore Snyder 2 (13,off Stafford 2); Hansen (13,off Coates).  HR–Baltimore Gentile (46,1st inning off Stafford 1 on, 2 out), New York Berra (22,2nd inning off Barber 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:07.  A–7,594.
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